Bishop of Ramsbury

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The Bishop of Ramsbury is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. [1] The title takes its name from the village of Ramsbury in Wiltshire, and was first used between the 10th and 11th centuries by the Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Ramsbury; the modern See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 24 October 1973. [2] From the establishment of the Salisbury area scheme in 1981 until its abolition in 2009, the bishops suffragan of Ramsbury were area bishops. [3] The bishop oversees the Wiltshire parts of the diocese, i.e. the Archdeaconries of Sarum and Wiltshire.

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The diocese announced in August 2011 that the Bishop of Salisbury had commissioned (under new national guidelines) a consultation as to whether a new Bishop of Ramsbury should be appointed. [4] [5]

The Roman Catholic Church has also a Bishop of Ramsbury (Ramsbiria as latin name), a titular bishop since 1969 (currently James Curry, Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster).

Modern bishops suffragan

Bishops of Ramsbury
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19741988 John Neale b. 1926; first area bishop from 1981
19891998 Peter Vaughan b. 1930
19992005 Peter Hullah b. 1949
20062010 Stephen Conway b. 1957; [6] last area bishop until 2009; translated to Ely.
20122018 Ed Condry b. 1953; nominated on 19 June 2012; [7] consecrated 23 September 2012; [8] retired 30 April 2018.
2019present Andrew Rumsey b. 1968; nominated on 22 October 2018
Source(s): [1]

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  1. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "No. 46113". The London Gazette . 26 October 1973. p. 12738.
  3. Salisbury Diocesan Synod minutes – 99th session, 7 November 2009 Archived 24 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine p. 3 (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  4. Diocese of Salisbury – Have your say over Ramsbury
  5. "Bishop Holtham reviews suffragan see". Church Times. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. Diocese of Salisbury – Bishop of Ramsbury. Retrieved on 12 August 2011.
  7. Number 10 – Suffragan See of Ramsbury. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  8. Diocese of Canterbury – Canon Ed Condry announced as the new Bishop of Ramsbury Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine