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Bishop of Bolton: Church: Church of England: Province: Province of York: Diocese: Diocese of Manchester: In office: 2023-Predecessor: Mark Ashcroft: Other post(s) Vicar of St Michael le Belfrey, York (2010–2023) Orders; Ordination: 1996 (deacon) 1997(priest) by David Hope: Consecration: 22 June 2023 by Stephen Cottrell: Personal details; Born
The Bishop of Bolton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England. [1] The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester ; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 , by Order in Council dated 8 February 1984.
From 1979 until 1986 he was Vicar of Ovenden, and also in the latter part of his Incumbency the Bishop of Wakefield's adviser on Evangelism. After further pastoral posts he became Warden of Lee Abbey, Lynton, Devon, in 2002. [7] [8] This lead in turn to elevation to the suffragan bishopric of Bolton on the retirement of David Gillett.
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The role was created by an Order of the Bishop on 20 May 1982. [ 1 ] As archdeacon, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [ 2 ] within the archdeaconry of Bolton, which consists six area deaneries : Bolton, Bury, Deane, Radcliffe and Prestwich, Rossendale and Walmsley.
David George Galliford (20 June 1925 – 13 October 2021) was an English Anglican Suffragan Bishop who served in two sees in Manchester diocese between 1975 and 1991. Church career [ edit ]
Theophilus Bolton, D.D. (1678–1744) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland in the 17th century. He is known for establishing the Bolton Library. [1] [2]He was born in County Mayo, and was the grandson of Richard Bolton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1639 to 1648. [3]
Mervyn Stockwood was born in Bridgend, Wales.In 1916, during the First World War, his solicitor father was killed in the Battle of the Somme.He was introduced to Anglo-Catholic worship at All Saints' Church, Clifton, which reinforced his love of ritual and sense of the dramatic.