The Bishop of Blackburn is the
Ordinary
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Music
* ''Ordinary'' (EP) (2015), by South Korean group Beast
* ''Ordinary'' (Every Little Thing album) (2011)
* "Ordinary" (Two Door Cinema Club song) (2016)
* "Ordinary" (Wayne Brady song) (2008)
* ...
of the
Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the
Province of York.
The diocese covers much of the county of
Lancashire and has its
see
See or SEE may refer to:
* Sight - seeing
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Music:
** ''See'' (album), studio album by rock band The Rascals
*** "See", song by The Rascals, on the album ''See''
** "See" (Tycho song), song by Tycho
* Television
* ...
in the
town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the
Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. Despite having a cathedral Blackburn is not a
city
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.
The office has existed since the foundation of the see from part of the
Diocese of Manchester in 1926 under
George V. The See is currently vacant following the retirement of
Julian Henderson
Julian Tudor Henderson (born 23 July 1954) is a retired British Anglican bishop. From 2013 to 2022, he was the Bishop of Blackburn, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn in the Church of England. From 2005 to 2013, he was the Archdeaco ...
on 31 August 2022; in the vacancy,
Philip North, the Bishop suffragan of Burnley, is also acting diocesan bishop.
The bishop's residence is
Bishop's House,
Salesbury
Salesbury is a village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, located centrally in the county of Lancashire, England. The B6245 road runs straight through the village providing transport links to towns such as Blackburn, Preston and Burnley. Sales ...
. On 10 January 2023, it was announced that North had been nominated to become the next diocesan bishop.
List of bishops
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:
*19821999 (d.):
Ken Giggall
George Kenneth Giggall (15 April 1913 – 23 September 1999) was an Anglican bishop. Biography
Giggall was born on 15 April 1913 and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained dea ...
(former
Bishop of St Helena and
Auxiliary Bishop of Gibraltar
The Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, commonly known as the Bishop in Europe, is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe in the Province of Canterbury.
Overview
The diocese provides the ministry of Anglican chaplains, not only in ...
) retired to
Lytham
*19922000 (ret.):
Donald Nestor
Donald Patrick Nestor (6 October 1938 – 10 January 2003) was a British suffragan bishop in Lesotho, a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa from 1979. In 1992 he returned to England to serve as an Assistant Bishop of Blackburn and ...
, Priest-in-Charge of
Bretherton and former
Suffragan Bishop of Lesotho
References
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