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The Bishop of Bradwell is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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title used by a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

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of the Church of England

Church of England

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, in the Province of Canterbury

Province of Canterbury

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, England

England

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. The title takes its name after the town of Bradwell-on-Sea

Bradwell-on-Sea

Bradwell-on-Sea is a village in Essex, England. The village is on the Dengie peninsula. It is located about north-northeast of Southminster and is east from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the District of Maldon in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon whose boundaries were...

in Essex

Essex

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On 26 July 2011, it was announced that the Ven John Wraw

John Wraw

John Wraw BA is a Church of England clergyman who is the Archdeacon of Wiltshire and Bishop-designate of Bradwell.-Education:...

(Archdeacon of Wilts) will become the new Bishop of Bradwell in "early 2012".

List of the Bishops of Bradwell

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Neville Welch	1968	1973
2	John Gibbs John Gibbs (Bishop) John Gibbs was an Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England from 1976 until 1985. He was the first Church of England bishop in modern times to have started his ministry in the nonconformist tradition....	1973	1976	Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan BishopFrom Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan BishopFrom one country's Episcopate to another... to Coventry Bishop of Coventry The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield....
3	Derek Bond	1976	1993
4	Dr Laurie Green	1993	2011
5	John Wraw John Wraw John Wraw BA is a Church of England clergyman who is the Archdeacon of Wiltshire and Bishop-designate of Bradwell.-Education:...	Early 2012		Currently Archdeacon of Wilts

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