The Bishop of Gloucester is the

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of the

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in the

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. The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The

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's centre of governance is the

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where the bishop's chair (''cathedra'') is located in the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity. The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Gloucester; very near the Cathedral. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1541 under

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from part of the Diocese of Worcester. On 5 August 2014,

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, the

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, became acting bishop of Gloucester.Diocese of Gloucester – Letter from the Bishop of Tewkesbury
(Accessed 7 August 2014) On 26 March 2015, it was announced that

Rachel Treweek Rachel Treweek (née Montgomery; born 4 February 1963 at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) is an Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual. Since June 2015, she has served as Bishop of Gloucester, the first female diocesan bis ...

was to become the next bishop of Gloucester (and the first woman to serve as a diocesan bishop in the Church of England);Diocese of Gloucester — The Bishop of Gloucester Designate
(Accessed 26 March 2015) she legally became the bishop of Gloucester with the confirmation of her election on 15 June 2015.Archbishop of Canterbury — Diary: Bishop of Gloucester — Confirmation of Election
(Accessed 27 May 2015)

List of bishops

Chronological list of the bishops of the Diocese of Gloucester. (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were: *1892–?:

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(also

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after 1897), former Bishop of Bathurst *19291954 (d.): James Palmer, former

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, former

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, undertook some bishop's duties in Gloucestershire around 1954 *1955–1956 (res.):

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, Rector of

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; former

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and

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Among those who have served as (honorary) assistant bishops in retirement have been: *20052020 (d.):

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, retired

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*20052011 (res.):

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, retired

Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury The Bishop of Ramsbury is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name from the village of Ramsbury in Wiltshire, and was first us ...

*20052008 (d.):

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, retired

Bishop of Derby The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . The diocese was formed from par ...

References

External links

Bishop of Gloucester's homepage
{{Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain 1541 establishments in England

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