The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the

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Diocese of Leicester in the

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. Through reorganisation within the

, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became

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.Leicester Cathedral: History
. Retrieved on 22 November 2008. The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Knighton, south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the

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on 22 February 2016.Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester
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Bishops of Leicester

Assistant bishops

Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include: *19351949 (ret.): John Willis, former

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*19491955 (d.):

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, Vicar of

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and Senior Canon of

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; former

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*19501965 (ret.): Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of Copt Oak (until 1952), of Ab Kettleby with Wartnaby and Holwell (1952–1959), Rector of

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(from 1959); former Assistant Bishop of West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell (17 December 189730 December 1975),

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, Bishop of Liverpool, at

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. *19721997 (d.):

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, former Bishop of Northern Nigeria (1952–1969), Canon Treasurer of

(1970–1988) *19661973 (ret.): Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of

, former Bishop of North Kerala and

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Cecil de Carteret, former

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, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.

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s — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: *1999–2011 (res.): Colin Scott, retired Bishop of Hulme

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