Bishop of Newcastle (England)
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| Bishop of Newcastle | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| Anglican | |
| Incumbent: Martin Wharton |
|
| Province: | York |
| Diocese: | Newcastle |
| Cathedral: | Newcastle Cathedral |
| First Bishop: | Ernest Wilberforce |
| Formation: | 1882 |
The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.
The diocese at present covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882.
The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth.
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. The current bishop, the 11th, is Martin Wharton.
List of bishops[edit]
| Bishops of Newcastle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1882 | 1896 | Ernest Wilberforce | Translated to Chichester. |
| 1896 | 1903 | Edgar Jacob | Translated to St Albans. |
| 1903 | 1907 | Arthur Lloyd | Translated from Thetford. |
| 1907 | 1915 | Norman Straton | Translated from Sodor and Man. |
| 1915 | 1927 | Herbert Wild | |
| 1927 | 1941 | Harold Bilbrough | Translated from Dover. |
| 1941 | 1957 | Noel Hudson | Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely. |
| 1957 | 1972 | Hugh Ashdown | |
| 1973 | 1980 | Ronald Bowlby | Translated to Southwark. |
| 1981 | 1997 | Andrew Graham | Translated from Bedford. |
| 1997 | present | Martin Wharton | Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames. |
| Source(s):[1][2] | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Historical successions: Newcastle". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, died E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
