The Bishop of Carlisle is the

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of the

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in the

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. The diocese covers the county of

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except for

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and the former

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is in the city of

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where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which was a

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until elevated to cathedral status in 1133. The diocese was created in 1133 by

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out of part of the

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. It was extended in 1856 taking over part of the

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. The residence of the bishop was

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, until 2009; the current bishop is the first to reside in the new Bishop's House, Keswick. The current bishop is

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, 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

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(1087–1100), who made it into the Earldom of Carlisle, which covered most of the counties of

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and

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. In 1133, during the reign of his successor,

, a diocese was erected in the territory of the earldom, the territory being subtracted from the

. This happened despite there being locally a strong Celtic element that looked to Glasgow for episcopal administration. As the first bishop, the king secured the appointment of his former confessor, Æthelwulf (1133–1155), an Englishman, Prior of the

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, whom he had established at Carlisle in 1102, though at the time of his consecration Æthelwulf seems to have been Prior of the Augustinian house at

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in Yorkshire. An efficient administrator, he ruled the diocese until his death in 1156 and succeeded in imparting a certain vigour to diocesan life. Among other initiatives, he built a moderate-sized Norman minster of which the transepts and part of the nave still exist. To serve this

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he introduced his own Augustinian brethren, with the result that Carlisle was the only see in England with an Augustinian cathedral chapter, the other monastic cathedral chapters in England consisting of

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monks. There was only one archdeaconry, that of Carlisle. Of the next bishop, Bernard, little is known, and after his death, in or about 1186, there was a long vacancy, during which the diocese was administered by another Bernard,

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List of bishops

Assistant bishops

Among those who served as assistant bishops of the diocese were: *1931–1938: Logie Danson, Canon Residentiary of Carlisle Cathedral and former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak; later Bishop of Edinburgh Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: *1997–2021: Alec Graham, retired Bishop of Newcastle (England), Bishop of Newcastle

References

;Notes ;Bibliography *
Bishops of Carlisle: 1133-1324
British History Online
Bishops of Carlisle: 1292-1556
British History Online
Bishops of Carlisle: 1537-1860
British History Online *''Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894)'' Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969'' *''Whitaker's Almanack 1883'' to ''2004'' Joseph Whitaker & Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London'' *''Crockfords 1858'' to ''2003/4'' ''Church Commissioners'' *''The above text is in part adapted freely from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908.''

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
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