Bishop of Leicester

Bishop of Leicester
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent:
Martyn Snow
Province Canterbury
Diocese Leicester
Cathedral Leicester Cathedral
Residence Bishop's Lodge, Knighton
First incumbent Cyril Bardsley
Formation 1927

The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.[1]

Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral.[2][1] The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Knighton,[3] south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[4]

Bishops of Leicester

Bishops of Leicester
From Until Incumbent Notes
19271940Cyril BardsleyTranslated from Peterborough
19401953Guy SmithTranslated from Willesden
19531979Ronald Williams
19791991Richard RuttTranslated from St Germans. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1995.
19911999Tom ButlerTranslated from Willesden; later moved to Southwark
199911 July 2015Tim StevensTranslated from Dunwich[5]
1 September 201522 February 2016John Holbrook, Bishop of BrixworthActing bishop[6]
22 February 2016presentMartyn Snow[4] Previously Bishop of Tewkesbury.[7]
Source(s):[1][2][8]

Sources

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 "Historical successions: Leicester". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 Leicester Cathedral: History Archived 25 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester Archived 17 March 2016 at Archive.is & photo on Twitter (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  5. ↑ Diocese of Leicester – Bishop Tim announces retirement Archived 19 November 2014 at Archive.is (Accessed 18 November 2014)
  6. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Interim Bishop of Leicester (Accessed 30 June 2015)
  7. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester (Accessed 15 December 2015)
  8. ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 252.
Bibliography

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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