Bishop of Ebbsfleet

The Bishop of Ebbsfleet is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor (also known as a "flying bishop") for the western half of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England.[1]

The See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 February 1994[2] and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which do not accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women. The position is named after Ebbsfleet in Thanet, Kent. In the southern province, the Bishops of Ebbsfleet and of Richborough each minister in thirteen of the 40 dioceses. The Bishop of Ebbsfleet serves the western thirteen dioceses (Bath and Wells, Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Salisbury, Truro and Worcester).[3] Until the creation of the suffragan See of Richborough 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.

Jonathan Goodall was announced as the fifth Bishop of Ebbsfleet on 2 August 2013.[4] His episcopal consecration took place on 25 September 2013 at Westminster Abbey. He had been the chaplain and ecumenical secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

List of Bishops of Ebbsfleet
Bishops of Ebbsfleet
From Until Incumbent Notes
29 April 199431 October 1998John Richards
December 199818 December 1999Michael Houghton SSCDied in office
30 November 200031 December 2010Andrew Burnham SSCResigned to become a Roman Catholic[5]
16 June 201113 February 2013Jonathan Baker SSCTranslated to Fulham
25 September 2013
presentJonathan Goodall SSC
Source(s):[1]

See also

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "No. 53585". The London Gazette. 11 February 1994. p. 2143.
  3. See of Ebbsflett
  4. Suffragan See of Ebbsfleet: nomination of Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall approved. 2 August 2013.
  5. The Resignation of Bishop Andrew Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. 24 November 2010.


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