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The Bishop of Bermuda is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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title given to the ordinary

Ordinary

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of the Anglican Church of Bermuda

Anglican Church of Bermuda

The Anglican Church of Bermuda consists of twelve parishes and is a part of the Anglican Communion, though part of no ecclesiastical province. Currently, the Rt Rev Patrick White oversees the Island's ministry....

, one of six extra-provincial Anglican churches

Extra-provincial Anglican churches

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within the Church of England

Church of England

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overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

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. The present Bishop is the Right Reverend Patrick White

Patrick White (bishop)

The Rt Rev Patrick White is the current Bishop of Bermuda. He was ordained after a period of study at Wycliffe College and is now an honorary Doctor of Divinity there. Married to Elizabeth, he was elected in September 2008 and consecrated in January 2009....

. His predecessors were

List of the Bishops of Bermuda

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1925 to 1948	Arthur Heber Browne Arthur Heber Browne The Rt Rev Arthur Heber Browne was the inaugural Bishop of Bermuda. Born in 1864 and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he was ordained in 1887. After a curacy at Berkeley, Gloucestershire he was appointed the Vicar of Northleach in 1890. He then served the Anglican Church in Canada before a...	(1864–1951)
1949 to 1956	John Arthur Jagoe John Arthur Jagoe The Rt Rev John Arthur Jagoe CB, CBE was the second Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 2 January 1889 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1912. A Chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I, he then began a long association with the RAF rising in time to be ...	(1889–1962).
1956 to 1963	Anthony Lewis Elliott Williams Anthony Lewis Elliott Williams Anthony Lewis Elliott Williams was the third Bishop of Bermuda.Born on 6 February 1892 and educated at The King's School, Worcester and Exeter College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1915. His first post was as a Curate at St John, Kidderminster after which he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Ripon. He...	(1892–1975).
1963 to 1970	John Armstrong, Bishop of Bermuda John Armstrong, Bishop of Bermuda The Rt Rev John Armstrong CB, OBE was the fourth Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 4 October 1905 and educated at Durham School and Australian College of Theology, he was ordained in 1932. A Chaplain to the Royal Navy he eventually rose to be Chaplain of the Fleet from 1960 to 1963 when he was elevated...	(1905–1992).
1970 to 1976	Eric Joseph Trapp Eric Joseph Trapp The Rt Rev Eric Joseph Trapp was an Anglican Bishop in the mid 20th century. Born on 17 July 1910 and educated at Alderman Newton’s School, Leicester and Leeds University , he was ordained after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1935...	(1910–1993).
1976	Robert Wright Stopford	(1901–1976)
1977 to 1982	Anselm Genders Anselm Genders The Rt Rev Anselm Genders, CR was Bishop of Bermuda from 1977 until 1982. Born on August 15, 1919 and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham and Brasenose College, Oxford during which time his studies were interrupted by wartime service with the RNVR.After graduation he taught...	(1919–2008)
1983	no appointment
1984 to 1989	Christopher Charles Luxmoore Christopher Charles Luxmoore The Rt Rev Christopher Charles Luxmoore was the eighth Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 9 April 1926 and educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1953. His first post was as a curate at St John the Baptist, Newcastle upon Tyne after which he was Priest in Charge of...	(b 1926)
1990 to 1996	William John Denbigh Down William John Denbigh Down The The Rt Rev William John Denbigh "Bill" Down was the ninth Bishop of Bermuda and later the Assistant Bishop of Leicester.Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, Down was ordained in 1960...	(b 1936)
1996 to 2008	Ewen Ratteray Ewen Ratteray The Rt Rev Ewen Ratteray is the current Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 18 February 1942 and educated at Codrington College, Barbados, he was ordained in 1966. After a curacy in Pontefract he began to rise in the Church hierarchy: being successively Vicar of Airedale then Archdeacon of Hamilton,...	(b.1942)
2009 to Present	Patrick White Patrick White (bishop) The Rt Rev Patrick White is the current Bishop of Bermuda. He was ordained after a period of study at Wycliffe College and is now an honorary Doctor of Divinity there. Married to Elizabeth, he was elected in September 2008 and consecrated in January 2009....	(b.1943)

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