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Anglican Bishop Of Lancaster
The Bishop of Lancaster is a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the traditional county town of Lancaster in Lancashire; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 24 July 1936. The current bishop is Jill Duff Jillian Louise Calland Duff (called Jill; Worsley; born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2018, she has been the Bishop of Lancaster, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. Previously, she had been Director of St Mellitus C .... List of Anglican bishops References External links Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings {{Anglican Suffragan Bishops Anglican bishops of Lancaster Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Blackburn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffragan Bishop
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictional in their role. Suffragan bishops may be charged by a metropolitan to oversee a suffragan diocese and may be assigned to areas which do not have a cathedral of their own. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop instead leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led by the suffragan is called a suffragan diocese. Anglican Communion In the Anglican churches, the term applies to a bishop who is assigned responsibilities to support a diocesan bishop. For example, the Bishop of Jarrow is a suffragan to the diocesan Bishop of Durham. Suffragan bishops in the Anglican Communion are nearly identical in their role to auxiliary bishops in the Roman Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translation (ecclesiastical)
Translation is the transfer of a bishop from one episcopal see to another. The word is from the Latin ', meaning "carry across" (another religious meaning of the term is the translation of relics). This can be *From suffragan bishop status to diocesan bishop *From coadjutor bishop to diocesan bishop *From one country's episcopate to another *From diocesan bishop to archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ... References Anglicanism Episcopacy in the Catholic Church Christian terminology {{christianity-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Pearson
Geoffrey Seagrave Pearson (born 18 July 1951) is a British Anglican bishop, a retired Bishop of Lancaster in the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn. Early life and education Pearson was educated at St John's College, Durham, gaining his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972, and then trained for the ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham (part of St John's). Ordained ministry He was made a deacon in 1974 and ordained a priest at Petertide 1975 (29 June), by Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, at Wakefield Cathedral, serving his title (curacy) at Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire (1974–1977). He then became curate-in-charge (1977–1982) and then incumbent (1982–1985) at the Church of the Redeemer, Blackburn, before taking up an appointment as Assistant Home Secretary for the General Board for Mission and Unity (1985–1989, during which time he was also licensed as an honorary curate at Forty Hill, London) and Executive Secretary for the British Council of Churches' Evangelism Committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Pedley
Geoffrey Stephen Pedley (known as Stephen; born 13 September 1940) was the Bishop suffragan of Lancaster from 1998 until 2005. He was educated at Marlborough and Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1966 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in Liverpool and Coventry before a spell in Zambia. Returning to England in 1977 he became Vicar of St Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees and then Whickham before becoming a Residentiary Canon at Durham Cathedral, Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing () a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca .... References 1940 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Queens' College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Sheffield
The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York. A similar title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. John Quirk, the only Bishop suffragan of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing that diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Sheffield was created out of the south-western part of the Diocese of York in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscroft, Ranmoor — west-south-west of the city centre. On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Philip North had been nominated to translate to Sheffield before June 2017,Diocese of Sheffield — Next Bishop of Sheffield Announced (Accessed 31 January 2017) but North withdrew his acceptance of the nomination in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Nicholls
John Nicholls (born 16 July 1943) is a British Anglican bishop who was formerly the Bishop of Sheffield. Early life and education Nicholls was born on 16 July 1943, the son of James and Nellie Nicholls. He was educated at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. He then studied at King's College, London and its postgraduate facility at St Boniface College, Warminster. Ordained ministry Nicholls was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1967 and as a priest in 1968. He was curate of St Clement with St Cyprian, Salford from 1967 to 1969, curate of All Saints and Martyrs, Manchester from 1969 to 1972, and vicar there from 1972 to 1978. Between 1978 and 1983, he was director of pastoral studies at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield and between 1983 and 1990 a residential canon of Manchester Cathedral. In 1990, he became Bishop of Lancaster, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. He was consecrated a bishop on 25 April 1990 by John Habgood, Archbishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Carlisle
The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Carlisle where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which was a collegiate church until elevated to cathedral status in 1133. The diocese was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham. It was extended in 1856 taking over part of the Diocese of Chester. The residence of the bishop was Rose Castle, Dalston, until 2009; the current bishop is the first to reside in the new Bishop's House, Keswick. The current bishop is James Newcome, the 67th Bishop of Carlisle, who signs ''James Carliol'' and was enthroned on 10 October 2009. History Early times The original territory of the diocese first became a political unit in the reign of King William Rufus (1087–1100), who made it into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Harland
Ian Harland (19 December 1932 – 27 December 2008) was a Church of England cleric, serving as Anglican Bishop of Lancaster then Bishop of Carlisle. Life From a clerical family (Samuel Harland, general secretary of the Commonwealth and Continental Church Society, was his father), Harland was educated at The Dragon School in Oxford and Haileybury. He then went to university at Peterhouse, Cambridge, taking a law degree. After two years as a schoolmaster at Sunningdale School he studied for the priesthood at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and began his ministry as a curate in Melton Mowbray in 1960. He was subsequently Vicar of three parishes in the diocese of Sheffield - Oughtibridge (1963–72), St Cuthbert at Fir Vale and Brightside (1972–75), then Rotherham (1975–79). In the last two posts he also served as Rural Dean of Ecclesfield and Archdeacon of Doncaster, and in 1967 he married Susan Hinman, with whom he had one son and three daughters. From 1979 to 1982 he served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Page
Dennis Fountain Page (1 December 1919 – 19 January 2009) was the Anglican Bishop of Lancaster from 1975 until 1985. Page was educated at Shrewsbury School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1943 and was a curate at Rugby, Warwickshire before becoming the priest in Charge of Hillmorton and then the Rector of Hockwold. From 1965 to 1975 he was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon before his ordination to the episcopate by Stuart Blanch, Archbishop of York, at Blackburn Cathedral Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Blackburn Saint Mary the Virgin with St Paul, is an Church of England, Anglican (Church of England) cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, England ... on 1 March 1975. References 1919 births 2009 deaths People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Huntingdon 20th-century Church of England bishops Anglican b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall
Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (13 October 19031 May 1982) was an Anglican priest and bishop who served as the Bishop of Lancaster (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn) from 1955 until 1975.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edition) volume 2. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). p. 1970. Early life and military service Hoskyns-Abrahall was born on 13 October 1903 to Bennet and Edith ( Tapp), and was descended from the Hoskyns baronets. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and trained at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Dartmouth. He served in the Royal Navy. He was promoted from acting sub-lieutenant to sub-lieutenant on 15 October 1924, and from sub-lieutenant to lieutenant on 15 December 1926. As a lieutenant he was PT instructor at RNC Dartmouth. He played cricket for the Navy, soccer for the Naval officers, rugby for Portsmouth Combined Services, he boxed for the navy and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Sodor And Man
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man (Manx Gaelic: ''Sodor as Mannin'') in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese only covers the Isle of Man. The Peel Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St German where the bishop's seat is located, is in the town of Peel, Isle of Man, Peel. St German's was elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980. The bishop is an ''ex officio'' member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man (the upper house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man) and of Tynwald Court. The bishop's residence is Thie yn Aspick (Bishop's House), Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas. The right to appoint the Bishop of Sodor and Man is vested in the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British crown; the Monarch acts, perhaps somewhat anomalously (in view of Man's status as a Crown Dependency), on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister. However, unlike diocesan bishops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Pollard
Benjamin Pollard TD (12 September 1890 – 11 April 1967) was an Anglican bishop. Early life and education Pollard was born on 12 September 1890, the son of Benjamin Pollard and Cecilia Beatrice Pollard (''née'' Foxwell). He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the Victoria University of Manchester. Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1914 and was a chaplain during World War I with the British Armed Forces. Previously he had spent two years working for the Ministry of Munitions. When interviewed for a commission in the Army Chaplaincy he was noted as ‘A1, good and moderate’. He was posted to East Leeds Hospital, then to Aldershot and finally to Salonika where he remained until after the Armistice. After this he became the Precentor of Sheffield Cathedral and then Rector of Bradfield. From 1924 to 1928 he was Rector of St Chrysostom's Victoria Park, Manchester and then began a long association with the Lancaster area. He was Vicar for eight years and, in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
