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Deborah Mary Sellin (born 1 October 1964 [1]) is a Church of England bishop serving as Bishop of Peterborough since 2023. She was previously Bishop of Southampton , a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester , and acted as diocesan Bishop of Winchester .
The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII . The current Bishop of Peterborough is Debbie Sellin , since the confirmation , on 13 December 2023 at Lambeth Palace Chapel , of her election .
The last abbot, John Chambers, was consecrated in his former abbey church on 23 October 1541 as the first Bishop of Peterborough. A link with the Anglican Church of Kenya Diocese of Bungoma was formed by the two bishops following the Lambeth Conference in 1998.
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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, [11] [12] extended ...
Donald Spargo Allister (born 27 August 1952) is a retired Church of England bishop who served as the Archdeacon of Chester from 2002 to 2010 and the Bishop of Peterborough from 2010 to 2023. Allister served in parish positions in Hyde, Greater Manchester ; Sevenoaks , Kent ; Birkenhead , Merseyside and Cheadle, Greater Manchester .
John Vockler was consecrated coadjutor bishop in 1959. [8] Lionel Renfrey was an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988. [9] The current assistant bishops in the diocese are: Tim Harris - ordained (consecrated) as an assistant bishop and Bishop for Mission and Evangelism in 2011 [10] and became bishop administrator during the 2016–2017 ...