The Bishop of Whalley was an
episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
*Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
** Episcopal Church (United State ...
title used by a
Church of England 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 jurisdiction ...
; the See was created by
Order in Council on 28 June 1909 (under the
Suffragans Nomination Act 1888) and took its name after the large village
Whalley in
Lancashire.
[The parish of Whalley]
''A History of the County of Lancaster'': Volume 6 (1911), pp. 349-360. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.
The suffragan bishop was originally under the jurisdiction of the
Diocese of Manchester, but with the creation of the
Diocese of Blackburn in 1926, the suffragan bishop and the Whalley area became part of the new diocese. Since 1936, the title has been in
abeyance
Abeyance (from the Old French ''abeance'' meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...
.
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List of bishops
References
External links
Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
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