The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the

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Diocese of Sheffield The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. The Diocese of Sheffield was created under George V on 23 January 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York (along with that pa ...

in the

Province of York The Province of York, or less formally the Northern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England and consists of 12 dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man. York was elevated to ...

. A similar title was first created as a suffragan see in the

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in 1901. John Quirk, the only Bishop suffragan of Sheffield assisted the

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in overseeing that diocese. Under

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, 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 Ranmoor () is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England. It is an affluent suburb in the Fulwood ward of the city. It mostly developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it features a number of large houses that were built for th ...

— west-south-west of the city centre. On 31 January 2017, it was announced that

Philip North Philip John North (born 2 December 1966) is a bishop in the Church of England. Since February 2015, he has been Bishop of Burnley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. He was previously team rector of the parish of Old St Pancras. ...

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 March officially citing "personal reasons". Since his nomination, there had been a number of public articles challenging the appropriateness of his appointment, based on his rejection of the ordination of priests who are women and the number of priests in Sheffield diocese who are women. On 7 April 2017, it was announced that

Pete Wilcox Peter Jonathan Wilcox (born 1961) is a British Anglican bishop. Since June 2017, he has been the bishop of Sheffield in the Church of England. He was previously the dean of Liverpool from 2012 to 2017. Early life and education Wilcox was born ...

was to be consecrated Bishop of Sheffield on 22 June 2017.Diocese of Sheffield — Consecration of Pete Wilcox, 22 June 2017
(Accessed 6 May 2017) He was elected to the See by the College of Canons of

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on 5 May 2017; and his election was

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on 5 June 2017 at

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.Pete Wilcox on Twitter
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List of bishops

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served the diocese as assistant bishops have been: *1947–1971: Vincent Gerard, Vicar of

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

(until 1960), then Canon Residentiary of

(until 1969) and former

Bishop of Waiapu The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taup ...

*19631966 (ret.):

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, Rector of

Todwick Todwick is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,637, reducing marginally to 1,634 at the 2011 Census, and contains a primary school (junior and infants) and a nursery, Todwick ...

(until 1964) and former Bishop in Madras *1943 (ret.)1947 (d.):

Samuel Heaslett Samuel Heaslett (1875–1947) was an Anglican bishop. He was born in Belfast in 1875 and educated at Durham University, where he obtained a First Class degree in theology. Ordained in 1900 he began his overseas mission career in the service of th ...

, retired Bishop of South Tokyo and Presiding Bishop,

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References

External links

Diocese of Sheffield
{{Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain *