List of bishops of Chester
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List of bishop
s of Chester
after the foundation of the modern diocese of Chester
in 1546. Earlier the midland diocese had for a time had its see at Chester, for which see List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Lichfield and its precursor offices.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
after the foundation of the modern diocese of Chester
Diocese of Chester
The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York based in Chester, covering the county of Cheshire in its pre-1974 boundaries...
in 1546. Earlier the midland diocese had for a time had its see at Chester, for which see List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Lichfield and its precursor offices.
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| 1542 to 1554 | John Bird John Bird (bishop) John Bird was an English Carmelite monk and bishop.He was Warden of the Carmelite house in Coventry, and twice Provincial of his order. He attracted the attention of Henry VIII by his preaching in favour of the royal supremacy over the Church.... |
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| 1554 to 1555 | George Cotes George Cotes George Cotes was an English Catholic bishop.He had been Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, in 1522 and then became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1527. He was Junior Proctor of the university in 1531. It was some years before he was elected Master of Balliol College, in which post he... |
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| 1556 to 1559 | Cuthbert Scott Cuthbert Scott Cuthbert Scott was a Catholic bishop and academic at the University of Cambridge.-Cambridge University:Scott was made a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1537, became M.A. in 1538 and was Master of Christ's College from 1553 to 1556.In 1554 he became Vice Chancellor of the University of ... |
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| 1561 to 1577 | William Downham William Downham William Downham was bishop of Chester.Under Mary of England, he was chaplain to her sister Princess Elizabeth. He became bishop of Chester in 1561, shortly after Elizabeth's accession.... |
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| 1579 to 1595 | William Chaderton William Chaderton William Chaderton was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1555, and graduated M.A... |
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| 1595 to 1596 | Hugh Bellot Hugh Bellot Hugh Bellot was bishop of Bangor and then bishop of Chester. He assisted William Morgan in his Welsh language translation of the Bible. He was also a reputed misogynist.-Life:... |
Translated from Bangor Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire... |
| 1597 to 1604 | Richard Vaughan Richard Vaughan (bishop) -Life:His father was Thomas ap Robert Fychan of Nyffryn, Llyn, Caernarvonshire. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1574, MA in 1577, and DD in 1589... |
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| 1604 to 1615 | George Lloyd | |
| 1616 to 1619 | Thomas Morton Thomas Morton (bishop) Thomas Morton was an English churchman, bishop of several dioceses.-Early life:Morton was born in York on 20 March 1564. He was brought up and grammar school educated in the city and nearby Halifax. In 1582 he became a pensioner at St John's College, Cambridge from which he graduated with a BA in... |
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| 1619 to 1652 | John Bridgeman | |
| 1660 to 1661 | Brian Walton | |
| 1662 to 1662 | Henry Ferne Henry Ferne -Life:Ferne was admitted to St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1618, and to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1620. He graduated B.A. in 1623 and was elected fellow in 1624. He was awarded a D.D. at Cambridge in 1642... |
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| 1662 to 1668 | George Hall George Hall (bishop) -Life:His father was Joseph Hall. George Hall was born at Waltham Abbey, Essex, and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow. He became vicar of Menheniot and in 1641 archdeacon of Cornwall.... |
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| 1668 to 1672 | John Wilkins John Wilkins John Wilkins FRS was an English clergyman, natural philosopher and author, as well as a founder of the Invisible College and one of the founders of the Royal Society, and Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.... |
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| 1673 to 1686 | John Pearson | |
| 1686 to 1689 | Thomas Cartwright Thomas Cartwright (bishop) Thomas Cartwright was an English bishop and diarist, known as a supporter of James II.-Life:He was born and went to school in Northampton, and studied at the University of Oxford. He was first at Magdalen Hall, and then at Queen's College where he was tutored by Thomas Tully. He was ordained by... |
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| 1689 to 1707 | Nicholas Stratford Nicholas Stratford Nicholas Stratford was an Anglican prelate. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1689 to 1707.He was born at Hemel Hempstead,, graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford in 1656, and was Fellow there in 1657. He contributed to the royalist poetry anthology Britannia Rediviva in 1660, writing in Latin... |
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| 1708 to 1714 | Sir William Dawes, 3rd Baronet | |
| 1714 to 1725 | Francis Gastrell Francis Gastrell Francis Gastrell was bishop of Chester and a writer on deism. He was a friend of Jonathan Swift, mentioned several times in A Journal to Stella, and chaplain to Robert Harley, when Harley was speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:... |
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| 1726 to 1752 | Samuel Peploe Samuel Peploe (bishop) Rt. Rev. Samuel Peploe was Bishop of Chester from 1726 to 1752.-Life:Samuel Peploe was born the son of Podmore Peploe and was baptized at Dawley Parva, Shropshire. He had three brothers, Jonathan, Nathan and Paul, and was educated at Penkridge School, Staffordshire... |
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| 1752 to 1771 | Edmund Keene Edmund Keene Edmund Keene was an English churchman and academic, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Ely.-Life:He was the third but second surviving son of Charles Keene, and younger brother of Sir Benjamin Keene, and was born at King's Lynn, Norfolk... |
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| 1771 to 1776 | William Markham | |
| 1776 to 1787 | Beilby Porteus Beilby Porteus Beilby Porteus , successively Bishop of Chester and of London was an Anglican reformer and leading abolitionist in England... |
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| 1788 to 1800 | William Cleaver William Cleaver William Cleaver was an English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and bishop of three sees.-Life:He was the eldest son of the Rev. W. Cleaver, master of a private school at Twyford in Buckinghamshire, and brother of Archbishop Euseby Cleaver. He was at Magdalen College,... |
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| 1800 to 1809 | Henry Majendie | |
| 1810 to 1812 | Bowyer Sparke | |
| 1812 to 1824 | George Law | |
| 1824 to 1828 | Charles Blomfield | |
| 1828 to 1848 | John Sumner | |
| 1845 to 1865 | John Graham John Graham (bishop) John Graham was an English churchman and academic. He was master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1830 to 1848 and Bishop of Chester from 1848 to 1865.-Life:... |
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| 1865 to 1884 | William Jacobson William Jacobson For the law school professor, see William A. JacobsonFor the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see William Jacobson .... |
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| 1884 to 1889 | William Stubbs William Stubbs William Stubbs was an English historian and Bishop of Oxford.The son of William Morley Stubbs, a solicitor, he was born at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and was educated at Ripon Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1848, obtaining a first-class in classics and a third in... |
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| 1889 to 1919 | Francis Jayne Francis Jayne Rev Francis John Jayne , was a British bishop and academic.Born in Pant-y-beiliau, Llanelli, he was educated at Rugby School and Wadham College, Oxford. He took his B.A. in 1868 and M.A. in 1870... |
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| 1919 to 1932 | Luke Paget | |
| 1932 to 1939 | Geoffrey Fisher Geoffrey Fisher Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, GCVO, PC was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961.-Background:... |
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| 1939 to 1955 | Douglas Crick Douglas Crick Douglas Henry Crick was the Anglican Bishop of Chester from 1939 until 1955.Crick was born in 1885 and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before beginning his ordained ministry as a chaplain to the Mersey Mission for Seamen. A curacy at Maltby followed before a period in... |
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| 1955 to 1973 | Gerald Ellison Gerald Ellison Gerald Ellison KCVO PC was an Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Chester from 1955 to 1973 and the Bishop of London from 1973 to 1981.-Early life and career:... |
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| 1974 to 1981 | Victor Whitsey | |
| 1982 to 1996 | Michael Baughen Michael Baughen Michael Alfred Baughen is a retired Anglican bishop.Born at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, he was educated at Bromley County Grammar School, the University of London and Oak Hill Theological College.... |
Retired |
| 1996 to present | Dr Peter Forster Peter Forster Peter Robert Forster is a British Anglican bishop. He is currently the Bishop of Chester in the Church of England.Born in Solihull, the son of Thomas and Edna , Forster was educated at the town's Tudor Grange Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford, where he received a Master of Arts in... |
Enthroned 21 January 1997 |
Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London