The Bishop of Richborough is a suffragan bishop and

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for the whole of the Province of Canterbury in the

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History

The see was erected under the

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dated 8 February 1994 and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a " flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which cannot in good conscience accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women. The title takes its name from

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, a settlement north of

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. In the southern province, the bishops of Ebbsfleet and of Richborough each minister in 13 of the 40 dioceses. The Bishop of Richborough serves the eastern half (

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, Ely, Guildford, St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, Leicester,

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, St Albans and Winchester). Prior to the creation of the see in 1995, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet served the entire area of the Province of Canterbury with the exceptions of the dioceses of London, Rochester and Southwark which came under the oversight of the Bishop of Fulham. On 31 December 2010, Keith Newton resigned as the Bishop of Richborough and soon afterwards was received into the

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. On 5 May 2011, Norman Banks was announced as the bishop-designate for the position.''

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'', 16 May 2011 He was subsequently consecrated bishop on 16 June 2011.Number 10 – Suffragan See of Richborough
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History

List of bishops

See also

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