Bishop of Newcastle (England)

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Bishop of Newcastle
Bishopric
anglican
Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Newcastle crop 2, 2024.jpg
Incumbent:
Helen-Ann Hartley
Location
Ecclesiastical province York
ResidenceBishop's House, Gosforth
Information
First holder Ernest Wilberforce
Established1882
Diocese Newcastle
Cathedral Newcastle Cathedral

The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.

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The diocese presently covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882. The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth — not far north of Newcastle city centre. [1]

The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Helen-Ann Hartley became diocesan Bishop of Newcastle on 3 February 2023, the confirmation of her election. [2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Newcastle
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18821896 ERWilberforce.JPG Ernest Wilberforce Translated to Chichester.
18961903 Edgar Jacob 001.jpg Edgar Jacob Translated to St Albans.
19031907 Arthur Lloyd Bishop of Newcastle (2).jpg Arthur Lloyd Translated from Thetford.
19071915 Norman Dumenil John Straton.jpg Norman Straton Translated from Sodor and Man.
19151927 No image.svg Herbert Wild
19271941 No image.svg Harold Bilbrough Translated from Dover.
19411957 No image.svg Noel Hudson Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely.
19571972 No image.svg Hugh Ashdown
19731980 No image.svg Ronald Bowlby Translated to Southwark.
19811997 No image.svg Alec Graham Translated from Bedford.
19972014 No image.svg Martin Wharton Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames.
20142015 Farewell to the Rt Revd Alison White (51904302984) (Frank White cropped).jpg Frank White Acting bishop, as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle
20152021 Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Newcastle crop 2.jpg Christine Hardman Retired 30 November 2021. [3] [4]
20212023 Mark Wroe
Bishop of Berwick 		Acting bishop, as Bishop of Berwick. [4]
2023present Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Newcastle crop 2, 2024.jpg Helen-Ann Hartley Elected 28 November 2022; [5] confirmed 3 February 2023. [2]
Source(s): [6] [7]

Assistant bishops

Among those others who have served the diocese as assistant bishops have been:

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References

  1. ↑ "Christine Elizabeth Hardman" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Diary (February 2023)". Archbishop of York. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Diocese of Newcastle — Confirmation of Election Service for the 12th Bishop of Newcastle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 September 2015)
  4. 1 2 "Bishop Christine bids emotional farewell as Bishop of Newcastle". Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Church of England in the Diocese of Newcastle [@NclDiocese] (28 November 2022). "The College of Canons at @nclcathedral met today to formally elect..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Historical successions: Newcastle". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  8. ↑ "Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bishop Cecil Wood" . Church Times . No. 3194. 11 April 1924. p. 441. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2021– via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ↑ "Clerical Obituary" . Church Times . No. 4916. 3 May 1957. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2021– via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ↑ "Newcastle's new Assistant Bishop" . Church Times . No. 6117. 9 October 1980. p. 20. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 8 September 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
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