Bishop of Warwick
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The Bishop of Warwick is an episcopal
title used by a suffragan bishop
of the Church of England
Diocese of Coventry
, in the Province of Canterbury
, England
. The title takes its name after Warwick
, the county town
of Warwickshire
.
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Episcopal polity
Episcopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...
title used by a suffragan bishop
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Diocese of Coventry
Diocese of Coventry
The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The diocese covers Coventry and Warwickshire.The diocese is...
, in the Province of Canterbury
Province of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The title takes its name after Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
, the county town
County town
A county town is a county's administrative centre in the United Kingdom or Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county. The concept of a county town eventually became detached from its...
of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
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List of the Bishops of Warwick
| No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Arnold | 1980 | 1990 | (b.1926) |
| 2 | Clive Handford Clive Handford George Clive Handford, CMG, was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf.-Life:Educated at Hatfield College and Queen's College, Edgbaston, he was ordained in 1963 and began his ecclesiastical carer with a curacy in Mansfield. He then began what was to be a long association with the Middle... |
1990 | 1996 | (b.1937) Translated to Cyprus and the Gulf |
| 3 | Anthony Priddis Anthony Priddis Anthony Martin Priddis is the current Bishop of Hereford ion the Church of England.-Ministry:Priddis was ordained in 1972 and began his ordained ministry as a deacon at New Addington, Surrey. In 1975 he moved to High Wycombe in the Diocese of Oxford and held a number of positions including St... |
1996 | 2005 | (b.1948) Translated to Hereford |
| 4 | John Stroyan John Stroyan John Ronald Angus Stroyan has been the Anglican Bishop of Warwick since 2005. He was educated at Harrow School, St Andrew's University and Queen's College, Edgbaston before embarking on a curacy at St Peter’s Hillfields... |
2005 | present | (b.1955) |
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