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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 ...
This article lists Diocesan Bishops and Archbishops in the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland. In the Church of England [ edit ]
Each member church of the Anglican Communion is an independent body headed by a primate. A primate is the most senior bishop of a member church. As well as being primus inter pares, the Archbishop of Canterbury is Primate of All England, the senior bishop in the Church of England.
In December 2014, Libby Lane was announced as the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of England. She was consecrated as a bishop in January 2015. [95] In July 2015, Rachel Treweek was the first woman to become a diocesan bishop in the Church of England when she became the Bishop of Gloucester. [96]
Diocese of Nasik (Church of North India) Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (Australia) List of bishops in the Church of Nigeria in 2000; List of bishops in the Church of Nigeria in 2007; List of provinces, dioceses and bishops in the Church of Nigeria in 2021; Anglican Bishop of North Queensland; Anglican Bishop of the Northern Territory
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", who was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great and arrived in ...
Duff was born in 1972 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. [5] [6] She was educated at Bolton School, a private school in Bolton. [1]She studied Natural Sciences at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1993: [6] [2] as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree in 1997. [6]
David Grant Williams (born 16 April 1961) is a Church of England bishop. He is the current Bishop of Basingstoke, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester. [1] Before his consecration in 2014, he was vicar of Christ Church, Winchester. [2] In December 2024, it was announced he is to become the next Bishop of Truro. [3]