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Bishop Of Southwell And Nottingham
__NOTOC__ The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in the Province of York.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . The diocese covers including the whole of Nottinghamshire and a small area of South Yorkshire. The see is in the town of Southwell where the seat is located at the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as Southwell Minster), which was elevated to cathedral status in 1884. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Manor, Southwell — in the minster precincts. The diocese was created in 1884. Until 2005 it was known simply by the name "Southwell"; Nottingham was added to the title in that year. The current bishop is Paul Williams, whose election was confirmed on 11 May 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
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 called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Heywood
Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood (1 March 1871March 1960) was a bishop in the Church of England. Family and education Heywood was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family, the sixth son of Henry Robinson Heywood, priest and honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral. Bernard married Marion Maude and they had five sons and two daughters. He was educated at Sunningdale School, then Harrow School and Welldon. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated in 1892. Ministry He was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1895. He was Vicar of St Paul's Church, Bury from 1897 to 1906; Vicar of St Peter's Church, Swinton from 1906 to 1916; and Vicar of Leeds Parish Church from 1916 to 1926. Bishop of Southwell from 1926 to 1928 (before resigning owing to a period of ill health), he was subsequently an Assistant Bishop of York from 1929 to 1931 (during which time he had oversight of the East Riding) and then suffragan Bishop of Hull (effectively the same role) and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cassidy (bishop)
George Henry Cassidy (born 17 October 1942) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He served as Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham from 1999 to 2009. Early life and education The son of Joseph Abram Cassidy and Ethel McDonald, Cassidy was educated at Belfast High School and Queen's University, Belfast, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics in 1965. He was further educated in University College, London, where he graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree in 1967. He trained for ordained ministry with the Church of England at Oak Hill Theological College, London and was ordained in 1972. Cassidy worked as planning officer in the Ministry of Development of Northern Ireland from 1967 to 1968 and in the Department of Lands and Settlements, Kenya from 1968 to 1970. Ordained ministry From 1972 to 1975 he was curate of Christ Church, Clifton, from 1975 to 1982 the vicar of St Edyth's, Sea Mills and of St Paul's, Portman Square, London from 1982 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Harris
Patrick Burnet Harris (30 September 193426 December 2020) was a Church of England bishop who served in two episcopal positions. He was educated at St Albans School and Keble College, Oxford. He trained for ordination at Clifton Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961 and his first post was as a curate at St Ebbe's Church, Oxford after which he became a missionary in South America with the South American Mission Society. He became the Archdeacon of Salta in 1969 before being ordained to the episcopate four years later as Bishop of Northern Argentina. After seven years he returned to England firstly as Rector of Kirkheaton and Assistant Bishop of Wakefield (1981–1985); and then Secretary of the Partnership for World Mission Crockford(London, Church House 1995) and Assistant Bishop of Oxford (1986–1988) where he remained until he was appointed Bishop of Southwell, a post he held until his 1999 retirement. In retirement he served as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Aston
The Bishop of Aston is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Aston, an area of the City of Birmingham; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888, by Order in Council dated 15 July 1954. The suffragan bishop of Aston assists the diocesan bishop of Birmingham, sharing Episcopal oversight throughout the diocese. Anne Hollinghurst became suffragan Bishop of Aston – the first woman to hold the post – upon her consecration on 29 September 2015.Diocese of Birmingham — Anne Hollinghurst announced as next Bishop of Aston (Accessed 2 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whinney
Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney (8 July 19303 February 2017) was a Church of England bishop who served in two episcopal posts; he was also a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. He was born in Chelsea, London on 8 July 1930 and educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (he became a Cambridge Master of Arts ); he later gained a Master of Sacred Theology (STM) degree from General Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1957 after an earlier career as an accountant. His first ministry position was as a curate at Rainham after which he held two posts in Bermondsey, firstly as priest in charge of the Cambridge University Mission Settlement and later as the vicar of St James' with Christ Church. He became the Archdeacon of Southwark before being ordained to the episcopate in 1982 as the Bishop of Aston. After three years he was translated to be the Bishop of Southwell where he remained until 1988. Taking temporary early retirement from Southwell with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Wakeling
John Denis Wakeling MC (12 December 1918 – 10 October 2004) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was born in Leicester and was educated at St Michael's Limpsfield, a Church Missionary Society school in Surrey. He studied classics at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and served in the Royal Marines in World War II. He was awarded an MC in 1945 for his part in operations in Yugoslavia. He prepared for the ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained in 1948. He was chaplain at Clare College, Cambridge, then vicar of Emmanuel, Plymouth from 1952 to 1959 and of Barking, Essex from 1959 to 1965 when he was appointed the Archdeacon of West Ham. His appointment as the Bishop of Southwell in Nottinghamshire followed in 1970; he was consecrated at York Minster on Michaelmas Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Buckingham
The Bishop of Buckingham is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name from the historic county town of Buckingham; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888, by Order in Council An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council ('' Ki ... dated 22 November 1913. The bishops suffragan of Buckingham have been area bishops since the Oxford area scheme was founded in 1984. List of bishops References External links Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Oxford {{Anglican-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Savage (bishop)
Gordon David Savage (14 April 1915 – 9 June 1990) was an Anglican bishop who served in two posts from 1960 to 1970. Born on 14 April 1915 he was educated at Reading School and St Catherine's College, Oxford and ordained in 1940. His first post was as Chaplain, Lecturer and Tutor at '' Tyndale Hall, Bristol'' until 1944. In 1945 he was appointed General Secretary of Church Association The Church Association was an English evangelical Anglican organisation founded in 1865. It was particularly active in opposition to Anglo-Catholicism, ritualism, and the Oxford Movement. Founded in 1865 by Richard P. Blakeney, the association st ... and was responsible for its merger with the National Church League to form Church Society, which he led until 1952. He then served as Vicar of Marston, Oxford (1952–57); Vicar of Whitchurch and Archdeacon of Buckingham (1957–60); Suffragan Bishop of Buckingham (1957–60) and Diocesan Bishop of Bishop of Southwell, Southwell (1964–70). In 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Barry
Frank Russell Barry (called Russell) was an Anglican bishop and author who served as Bishop of Southwell for over 20 years in the middle of the 20th century. Born on 28 January 1890 he was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1914. During the Great War he had two interviews for a commission as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. He was unsuccessful at his first interview in October, 1914, but was appointed in November, 1915. As TCF he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches. The citation for his DSO referred to his actions near Mouquet Farm during the Battle of the Somme. 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He tended and dressed the wounded under very heavy fire with the greatest courage and determination. He set a splendid example throughout the operation'. Although only 28 when the War ended, Barry had been promoted from 4th Class to 2nd Class within the Chaplaincy and, in 1919, became Principal of the ''Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Stepney
The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The post is held by Joanne Grenfell whose consecration as bishop, and start of her tenure as Bishop of Stepney, was on 3 July 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral; the principal consecrator was Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. The first bishop was appointed to take responsibility for North and East London, which had been under the care of the Bishop of Bedford; the new See was erected because the retiring bishop Robert Billing retained the See of Bedford, and Stepney was a more obvious See for the suffragan for the East End. In 1898, the new Bishop of Islington received responsibility for North London. In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, and I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mosley (bishop)
Henry Mosley (1868–1948) was an Anglican cleric who was Bishop of Stepney from 1919 to 1928 and Bishop of Southwell from 1928 to 1941. Early life Mosley was born at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, the son of Henry Mosley. He was educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme High School and matriculated at Keble College, Oxford on 17 October 1887. He was awarded a BA in 1890 and began his ordained ministry.“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Ministry Mosley began with a curacy at Bethnal Green and held a succession of inner city posts in the east of London. He was with the Trinity Stratford Mission and became Rector of Poplar. He was then at Hackney and Stoke Newington and became Rural Dean. In 1919 he was appointed the suffragan Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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