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{{short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}
{{about|the diocesan bishops|the suffragan bishops|Bishop of Guildford (suffragan)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox diocese
| bishopric         = [[Guildford]]
| border            = anglican
| incumbent         = [[Andrew Watson (bishop)|Andrew Watson]]
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| province          = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
| residence         = [[Willow Grange, Jacobs Well|Willow Grange]], [[Jacobs Well, Surrey|Jacobs Well]]
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| established       = 1927
| cathedral         = [[Guildford Cathedral]]
| diocese           = [[Diocese of Guildford|Guildford]]
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|jurisdiction=|name=|image=File:AndrewWatsonGuildfordCathedral.jpg|country=|denomination=}}

The '''Bishop of Guildford''' is the [[Ordinary (officer)|Ordinary]] of the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Guildford]] in the [[Province of Canterbury]].

The title had first appeared as a suffragan see in the [[Diocese of Winchester]] in 1874. The [[Bishop of Guildford (suffragan)|Bishop suffragan of Guildford]] assisted the [[Bishop of Winchester]] in overseeing that diocese. Under [[George V]], the Diocese of Guildford was created out of the north-eastern part of the Diocese of Winchester in 1927.

The diocese covers the western half of the County of [[Surrey]]. The [[Episcopal see|see]] is in the town of [[Guildford]] where the seat is located at the [[Guildford Cathedral|Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit]] which was built as a cathedral from 1936 to 1965. The bishop's residence is [[Willow Grange, Jacobs Well|Willow Grange]], [[Jacobs Well, Surrey|Jacobs Well]]<ref>{{Crockford | forenames = Andrew John | surname = Watson | id = 25724 | accessed = 29 June 2017 }}</ref> — to the north of Guildford.

The incumbent bishop is [[Andrew Watson (bishop)|Andrew Watson]], 10th Bishop of Guildford, since the [[Confirmation of bishops|confirmation of his election]] on 24 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/news/story/1221/ |title=Diocese of Guildford &#124; Public meeting on Wednesday 12 March for a new Bishop of Guildford |access-date=2014-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331143849/http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/news/story/1221/ |archive-date=2014-03-31 }}</ref>

== List of bishops ==
{| class="wikitable" 
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Bishops of Guildford 
|-valign=center
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1927 ||align=center|1934 ||'''[[John Greig (bishop)|John Greig]]''' ||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe|Gibraltar]]. Nominated on 1 June and confirmed on 28 June 1927. Resigned in 1934.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1934 ||align=center|1949 ||'''[[John Macmillan (bishop)|John Macmillan]]'''||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Dover|Dover]]. Nominated on 19 October and confirmed on 22 November 1934. Resigned on 15 October 1949.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1949 ||align=center|1956 ||'''[[Henry Montgomery&nbsp;Campbell]]''' ||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Kensington|Kensington]]. Nominated on 21 October and confirmed on 23 November 1949. Translated to [[Bishop of London|London]] on 25 January 1956.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1956 ||align=center|1960 ||'''[[Ivor Watkins]]'''||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Swindon|Malmesbury]]. Nominated on 25 May and confirmed on 11 July 1956. Died in office on 24 October 1960.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1961 ||align=center|1973 ||'''[[George Reindorp]]''' ||<small>Nominated on 20 January and consecrated on 25 March 1961. Translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]] on 15 January 1973.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1973 ||align=center|1982 ||'''[[David Brown (bishop)|David Brown]]'''||<small>Nominated on 23 July and consecrated on 1 November 1973. Died in office on 13 July 1982.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1983 ||align=center|1994 ||'''[[Michael Adie]]'''||<small>Nominated on 5 May and consecrated on 30 June 1983. Retired in 1994.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1994 ||align=center|2004 ||'''[[John Gladwin]]'''||<small>Nominated and consecrated in 1994. Translated to [[Bishop of Chelmsford|Chelmsford]] in 2004.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|2004 ||align=center|2013 ||[[File:Bishopchristopherhill.jpg|60px]] '''[[Christopher Hill (bishop)|Christopher Hill]]'''||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Stafford|Stafford]]. Nominated and confirmed in 2004.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|2014 ||align=center| present ||[[File:AndrewWatsonGuildfordCathedral (cropped).jpg|60px]] '''[[Andrew Watson (bishop)|Andrew Watson]]'''||<small>Consecrated [[Bishop of Aston|Bishop suffragan of Aston]] in 2008; election confirmed 24 November 2014.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center colspan=4| Source(s):<ref name=crockfordsweb693>{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=693 |title=Historical successions: Guildford |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=13 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=250 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&pg=PA250}}</ref>
|}

==Assistant bishops==
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been:
*1930{{snd}}1955 (d.): [[Cyril Golding-Bird]], [[Archdeacon of Dorking]] (until 1936), then [[Archdeacon of Surrey|of Surrey]] (until 1949); former Bishop [[Bishop of Kalgoorlie|of Kalgoorlie]] and [[Bishop of Mauritius|of Mauritius]]<ref>{{Who's Who |id=U237742 |title=Golding-Bird, Cyuril Henry}}</ref>
*In 1952, [[Freddy Hawkes]], [[Bishop suffragan of Kingston]], retired to [[Oxted]]. He did some bishop's work in retirement, such as an ordination in 1956.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations at Trinity | archive = 1956_06_08_015 | issue = 4869 | date = 8 June 1956 | page = 15 | accessed = 15 February 2021 }}</ref>
*1955{{snd}}1967 (res.): [[Basil Dale]], Rector of [[Haslemere]] (1955–1962), full-time assistant bishop (1962–1967)<ref>{{Church Times | title = Assistant Bishop of Guildford resigns | archive = 1967_06_02_008 | issue = 5442 | date = 2 June 1967 | page = 8 | accessed = 27 February 2020 }}</ref> and former [[Bishop of Jamaica]]<ref name="mbale">{{Church Times | title = Guildford post for Bishop of Mbale | archive = 1964_03_20_010 | issue = 5275 | date = 20 March 1964 | page = 10 | accessed = 11 January 2020 }}</ref>
*1963{{snd}}1983 (res.): [[St&nbsp;John Pike]], Vicar of [[Ewshot]] (1963–1971), Vicar of [[Lyne, Surrey|Botleys with Lyne]] and [[Longcross|Long Cross]] (1971–1983) and former [[Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas]]<ref name="mbale" /><ref>{{Church Times | title = Resignations | archive = 1983_10_28_015 | issue = 6298 | date = 28 October 1983 | page = 15 | accessed = 27 February 2020 }}</ref>
*1964{{snd}}1972 (ret.): [[Lucian Usher-Wilson]], Vicar of [[Churt]] and former [[Bishop of Mbale]]<ref>{{Who's Who | id= U169975 | title=Usher-Wilson, Lucian Charles }}</ref><ref name="mbale" />

== References ==
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* ''Whitaker's Almanack'' to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
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