List of bishops in the Church of England

Key
	Active bishop		Male bishop
	Inactive bishop		Female bishop
	Position vacant

The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility, either as spokesperson bishops for the Church of England or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords. Template:Clear

Diocesan bishops

As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies). Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and also in Tynwald Court; fourteen diocesans are not currently Lords Spiritual; and the Bishop in Europe is ineligible to be a Lord Spiritual.

Lords Spiritual ex officio

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmedTemplate:Efn	ConsecratedTemplate:Efn	IntroducedTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort  The Bishop of London	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="sm-ww">Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts (announced)<ref name="sm-cant">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="mullally">Diocese of Exeter — New Bishop of Crediton to be Dame Sarah Mullally Template:Webarchive (Accessed 14 June 2015)</ref>	Template:Dts (London)<ref name="sm-hol-lon">Template:Cite web</ref> TBA (Canterbury)
Template:Sort  (acting primate)	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="sc-york">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts (Chelmsford) 22 October 2020 (York)<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref>
Template:Sort  Archbishop-designate of Canterbury	Template:Sortname<ref name="mullally" />	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="sm-ww" />	Template:Dts<ref name="sm-lon">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="mullally" />	Template:Dts (London)<ref name="sm-hol-lon"/> TBA (Canterbury)
Template:Sort	ZyVacant since 29 February 2024	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite hansard</ref>

Lords Spiritual by virtue of seniority of service

Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (originally in force until 17 May 2025,<ref name="LSWA15">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>[1] Template:Webarchive & [2] Template:Webarchive</ref> extended in 2025 by five more years until 18 May 2030).<ref name=ExtensionPrimary>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Extension2>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmedTemplate:Efn	ConsecratedTemplate:Efn	IntroducedTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="scox">Template:Cite web</ref> (Sheffield: late 2008)	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts (Sheffield)<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref> 19 July 2016 (Oxford)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (Ely)<ref>Diocese of Ely – March 5th date set for Installation and Children's Event Template:Webarchive (Accessed 11 April 2014)</ref> 20 July 2023 (Lincoln)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts (Ely)<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref> Template:Dts (Lincoln)<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname<ref name="leeds10">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Efn-ua	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (Leeds)<ref name="leeds10" />Template:Efn 1 April 2011 (Bradford)	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite Hansard</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Diocese of Gloucester — Canons elect Rachel Treweek as next Bishop Template:Webarchive (Accessed 12 May 2015)</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Incorporated – Report of the Board and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 Template:Webarchive p. 6 (Accessed 15 July 2013)</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="whitby-cns">Template:Cite press release</ref>Template:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="lane">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort  Convenor of the Lords Spiritual<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="wats">Template:Cite press release</ref>Template:Efn-lr	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="Williams">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="will">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="snow-cro">Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="snow-cofe">Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester Template:Webarchive & photo on Twitter Template:Webarchive (Accessed 26 February 2016)</ref>	Template:Dts	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname<ref name="swk12">Template:Cite press release</ref>	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="lichce">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="swk12" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="pw-twit">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="pw-mins">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="livnew" />	Template:Dts	Template:Dts<ref>Lords Hansard — Introduction: The Bishop of Newcastle (Accessed 27 October 2023)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts<ref name="ush-dud">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Lords Hansard — Introduction: The Bishop of Norwich (Accessed 27 October 2023)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname<ref name="rj-here">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="lew-jac">Diocese of Chichester – New Bishop of Lewes Appointed Template:Webarchive (Accessed 17 March 2014)</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="sellin-crock">Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="sellin-cofe">Template:Cite tweet</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="sellin-cons">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth month and age	Template:Dts<ref>York Minster order of service — Confirmation of Election of Tanner as Bishop of Chester Template:Webarchive (Accessed 16 July 2020)</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Diocese of Newcastle — Mark Tanner announced as new Suffragan Bishop of Berwick Template:Webarchive (Accessed 2 September 2016)</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref>Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts (morning)<ref name="sjae">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="jfpce">Template:Cite web & Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	TBC

Other diocesan bishops

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmedTemplate:Efn	ConsecratedTemplate:Efn
Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:DtsAppointed February 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts
Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:DtsNot elected<ref name="innes">Diocese in Europe – New Diocesan Bishop Appointed (Accessed 7 May 2014) Template:Webarchive</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="innes" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="grenfell">Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="lake">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="lake" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts<ref name="brahud">Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref name="mb-croc">Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="mb-cons">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname (on leave pending resignation)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref name="livnew">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="jp-cons">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-la	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Diocese of Blackburn – Consecration of the Eleventh Bishop of Burnley at York Minster Template:Webarchive (Accessed 2 February 2015)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts<ref name="mv-cofe">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="mv-cons">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts (letters patent)<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="harrison">St Edmundsbury & Ipswich — The next Bishop of Dunwich announced Template:Webarchive (Accessed 16 December 2015)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="dwilliams">Diocese of Winchester – A new Bishop for Basingstoke (Accessed 26 June 2014) Template:Webarchive</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref name="croc-rsh">Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="sanerhaigh">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort  The Bishop of St Germans  and Bishop to the Forces	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref name="nelson">Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts (announced)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 20 September 2021 (Forces)<ref name="nelson-forces">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="nelson-con1">Template:Cite web</ref> (morning)<ref name="nelson-con2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	ZwVacant since 20 July 2023	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Sort	ZzVacant since 31 May 2025	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Sort	ZzVacant since 1 September 2025	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts

Acting diocesan bishops

Acting diocesan bishops, properly called episcopal commissaries, are referred to by a wide variety of informal titles. For simplicity, this article refers only to the Acting Bishop of Somewhere.

There is no acting diocesan bishop during the Canterbury vacancy because the Bishop of Dover is de facto diocesan anyway.

Acting bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Acting since	ConsecrationTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Huntingdon	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Jarrow	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Dudley	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Wigan	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts (translated to Wigan)<ref name="rw-lp" />	Template:Dts<ref name="bw-ba" />
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Bedford	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="sta">Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Sort  The Bishop of Swindon	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref>Template:Crockford</ref>	1 September 2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="swindon-cons" />

Suffragan bishops

Template:As of, there are 73 bishops suffragan. Of the 73: one, the Bishop of Dover, acts as a diocesan bishop; one, the Bishop of Islington, has a national role (though often focused in London); five bishops provide Alternative Episcopal Oversight (to parishes who reject the presbyteral and/or episcopal ministry of women); 20 are area bishops; and the remaining 46 are deployed in suffragan roles across their diocese (or have informal portfolios or geographical responsibility).

Diocese	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Took officeTemplate:Efn	ConsecratedTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecration)	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort  Bishop to the Forces,  Bishop-designate of Worcester	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref name="nelson" />	Template:Dts (consecration) 20 September 2021 (Forces)<ref name="nelson-forces" />	Template:Dts<ref name="nelson-con1" /> (morning)<ref name="nelson-con2" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="trip">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (translated)<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr
Template:Sort	Template:Sort  acting Bishop of St Albans	Template:Sortname<ref name="bed">Template:Cite press release</ref>	Template:Birth date and age<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="sta">Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref>Template:Crockford</ref>	Template:Dts (installation)<ref name="wambunya">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname<ref name="rmorris">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Birth date and age<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="rmorris" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname<ref name="brahud" />	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="brahud" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort  Interim Bishop of Liverpool	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts (letters patent)<ref name="rw-lp">Template:London Gazette</ref>	Template:Dts (Taunton)<ref name="bw-ba">Diocese of Bath & Wells — Bishops & Archdeacons Template:Webarchive (Accessed 4 September 2015)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort  national bishop for church plants,  Archbishop-elect of MelbourneTemplate:Efn-ua	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="edmisl">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="chamberlain">Diocese of Lincoln — New Bishop of Grantham announced Template:Webarchive (Accessed 8 September 2015)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref name="gorham">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecrated)	Template:Dts<ref>Gloucester Diocese — New Bishop of Tewkesbury Template:Webarchive (Accessed 25 July 2016)</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts (consecration)	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age<ref name="sbj-ww">Template:Who's Who</ref>	Template:Dts (consecration)	Template:Dts<ref name="sbj-con">Diocese of Rochester — New Bishop of Tonbridge Announced Template:Webarchive (Accessed 27 March 2018)</ref>
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Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth year and age	Template:Dts (oaths)<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn-lr
Template:Sort	Template:Sort  acting Bishop of Durham	Template:Sortname	Template:Birth date and age	Template:Dts (consecration)	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Other bishops

Template:As of, there are sixteen people in active ministry (i.e. not retired) in the Church of England who are in episcopal orders but not in episcopal posts in the Church of England.

• Jonathan Ruhumuliza, former Bishop of Cameroon (Church of the Province of West Africa) and of Kigali (Anglican Church of Rwanda; consecrated 1991), has been in parish ministry in England since 2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pete Broadbent, former Bishop of Willesden (consecrated 2001), has been Bishop's Adviser (2030 Vision) in the Diocese of London since 1 October 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Saulo Barros, former Bishop of The Amazon (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil; consecrated 2006) is Priest-in-Charge of St Martin's Church, Plaistow.<ref>Template:Church Times</ref>
• Humphrey Southern, former Bishop of Repton (consecrated 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon since 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthony Poggo, former Bishop of Kajo-Keji (Episcopal Church of South Sudan; consecrated 2007), has been based at Lambeth Palace since 2016: as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Advisor on Anglican Communion Affairs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> until 2022 and as Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council since<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christopher Cocksworth, former Bishop of Coventry (consecrated 2008), has been Dean of Windsor since 2023
• Mark Sowerby, former Bishop of Horsham (consecrated 2009),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been Principal of the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, since 2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mark Rylands, former Bishop of Shrewsbury (consecrated 2009),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been a parish priest in Devon since 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Chris Goldsmith, former Bishop of St Germans (consecrated 2013),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been based at Church House, Westminster as national Director of Ministry since 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rob Gillion, former Bishop of Riverina (Anglican Church of Australia; consecrated 2014), has been Vicar of Streatham Christ Church and Associate Bishop for the Arts in the Diocese of Southwark since 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Graham Tomlin, former area Bishop of Kensington (consecrated 2015), has been leading the Centre for Cultural Witness since 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rob Wickham, former area Bishop of Edmonton<ref>Template:Church Times</ref> (consecrated 2015),<ref name="edmisl" /> has been the CEO of Church Urban Fund since July 2023.
• Anne Hollinghurst, former Bishop of Aston (consecrated 2015),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been Principal of The Queen's Foundation, Edgbaston, and an honorary assistant bishop in the neighbouring Diocese of Lichfield (and member of that diocese's House of Bishops) since September 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jan McFarlane, former Bishop of Repton (consecrated 2016),<ref name="cons">Template:Cite web</ref> has been Dean of Lichfield since 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jo Bailey Wells, former Bishop of Dorking (consecrated 2016),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has been "Bishop for Episcopal Ministry" at the Anglican Communion Office since January 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthony Ball, Canon of Westminster, is also a part-time bishop (consecrated 2021) in the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

House of Bishops

The membership of the General Synod's House of Bishops is:<ref name="gshob">Template:Cite web</ref>

• All 42 bishops diocesan (or as many as are in post)
• The Bishop suffragan of Dover (as a quasi-diocesan bishop; Rose Hudson-Wilkin, since 2019) and the Bishop to the Forces (Hugh Nelson, Bishop suffragan of St Germans and Bishop-designate of Worcester; since 2021)
• 9 bishops suffragan (5 from Canterbury province; 4 from York) elected by and from among all the bishops suffragan.

The following have been elected to serve in the Convocations for 2021–2026:<ref>Canterbury election results Template:Webarchive and York election results Template:Webarchive (Accessed 13 October 2021)</ref>

1. Ric Thorpe, Bishop suffragan of Islington (since 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2. Martin Gorick, Bishop suffragan of Dudley (since 2021)
3. Jill Duff, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster (since 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4. Julie Conalty, Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead (since 2023)<ref name="owen23">Template:Cite web</ref>
5. Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley (since 2023)<ref name="owen23" />
6. Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham (since 2025)<ref name="owen25">Template:Cite web</ref>
7. one southern vacancy vice Hollinghurst
8. one northern vacancy vice Mason
9. another southern vacancy vice Grenfell

Acting diocesan bishops (commissaries) also attend but do not vote (unless they happen to hold a vote as an elected representative suffragan) at meetings of the House.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The four "provincial episcopal visitors" (the Bishops suffragan of Richborough, of Ebbsfleet, of Oswestry and of Beverley) may attend and speak, but are not members and may not vote — unless they are elected as representative suffragans<ref name="gshob" /><ref name="aeo23">Template:Cite web</ref> (as Beverley is).

Since 1 December 2016 six female bishops suffragan are "[given] rights of attendance".<ref>Church of England General Synod — House of Bishops summary of decisions, June 2016 (GS Misc 1144) (Archived 14 August 2017, accessed 23 November 2017)</ref> They are:<ref name="gshob" />

1. Alison White, Bishop suffragan of Hull
2. Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Wigan
3. Karen Gorham, Bishop suffragan of Sherborne
4. one vacancy vice Hartley
5. one vacancy vice Bailey Wells
6. one vacancy vice Hollinghurst

Scheduled Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) meetings

Template:Further The following meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission have been held since 2020, with the outcomes listed:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See	First meeting	Second meeting	Announcement	Election confirmed
Chester	3 February 2020	16 & 17 March 2020	12 May 2020	15 July 2020
Chelmsford	12 October 2020	18 & 19 November 2020	17 December 2020	11 March 2021
Portsmouth	21 June 2021	20 & 21 July 2021	8 October 2021	18 January 2022<ref name="jfpce" />
Salisbury	29 September 2021	9 & 10 November 2021	13 January 2022	1 April 2022
Rochester	14 December 2021	27 & 28 January 2022	31 March 2022	24 May 2022
Bath and Wells	31 January 2022	28 February & 1 March 2022	28 April 2022	29 June 2022
Liverpool	16 May 2022	21 & 22 June 2022	18 October 2022	20 January 2023
Newcastle	7 June 2022	18 & 19 July 2022	20 October 2022	3 February 2023
Blackburn	21 September 2022	8 & 9 November 2022	10 January 2023	25 April 2023
Lincoln	24 February 2023	28 & 29 March 2023	24 May 2023	20 July 2023
Winchester	21 March 2023	27 & 28 April 2023	6 July 2023	10 October 2023
Birmingham	21 April 2023	18 & 19 May 2023	31 August 2023	22 November 2023
Peterborough	13 June 2023	19 & 20 July 2023	28 September 2023	13 December 2023
Carlisle	7 November 2023	13 & 14 December 2023	15 December 2023: Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Sodor and Man	17 January 2024	13 & 14 March 2024	16 May 2024	n/a
Exeter	29 February 2024	9 & 10 April 2024	4 June 2024	25 September 2024
Ely	13 May 2024	11 & 12 July 2024	15 July 2024: Template:Small<ref name="ely24">Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Coventry	26 June 2024	11 & 12 September 2024	4 November 2024	14 February 2025
Truro	6 September 2024	15 & 16 October 2024	11 December 2024	28 March 2025
Durham	11 October 2024	26 & 27 November 2024	17 February 2025 (nominated candidate withdrew)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Carlisle	22 January 2025	13 & 14 March 2025	9 May 2025	1 September 2025
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich	4 March 2025	28 & 29 April 2025	27 June 2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	5 September 2025
Worcester	9 May 2025	12 & 13 June 2025	29 July 2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	28 November 2025 (announced)
Canterbury	May & July 2025<ref>[3] (Accessed 22 January 2025) Archived s.d.</ref>	September 2025	3 October 2025	28 January 2026 (announced)
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Durham	3 September 2025	9 & 10 December 2025	Candlemas 2026	Template:CNone
Ely	2 October 2025	12 & 13 November 2025	Epiphany 2026	Template:CNone
St Albans	4 December 2025	20 & 21 January 2026	March 2026	Template:CNone
Bristol	19 February 2026	15 & 16 April 2026	June 2026	Template:CNone
Leeds	4 March 2026	13 & 14 May 2026	July 2026	Template:CNone
Liverpool	1 December 2026	27 & 28 January 2027	mid-March 2027	Template:CNone
London	Template:Circa	Template:Circa	Template:Circa	Template:Circa

See also

• List of deans in the Church of England
• List of archdeacons in the Church of England
• List of Anglican diocesan bishops in Britain and Ireland
• List of Church of England dioceses
• List of current members of the House of Lords
• Religion in the United Kingdom

Resignations and retirements

Bishops are generally required to retire at age 70, but may continue in office for longer (up to a maximum of 75) by direction of their superior (the archbishop for diocesan bishops, the diocesan bishop for suffragan bishops).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Current list of Lords Spiritual (select "Party and Group" and "Bishops")
• Peter Owen – Suffragan Bishops in the Church of England