Suffragan Bishop in Europe
The Suffragan Bishop in Europe is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese in Europe (in the Province of Canterbury.) The suffragan bishop assists the diocesan Bishop in Europe in overseeing the largest geographical diocese of the Church of England. [1] [2]
List of bishops
Before the current role was created by the erection of the Diocese in Europe from the Diocese of Gibraltar and the Bishop of Fulham's Jurisdiction of Central and Northern Europe, there had been at least two Assistant Bishops serving both the diocese and the jurisdiction in a similar role:
Assistant Bishops (Gibraltar and Fulham)
Incumbent
1974 1977 Harold Isherwood (1907–1989) also vicar-general (1970–1975)
1977 1980 Ambrose Weekes (1919–2012) also vicar-general
Suffragan Bishops in Europe
1980 1986 Ambrose Weekes (1919–2012)
1986 1995 Edward Holland (b. 1936). Translated to Colchester.
1995 2002 Henry Scriven (b. 1951)
2002 present David Hamid (b. 1955). [3]
Source(s): [1]
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1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
↑ Diocese in Europe website Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 4 June 2008.
↑ Diocese in Europe: The Rt Revd David Hamid Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 4 June 2008.
Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
Weblog of the Suffragan Bishop in Europe, 'eurobishop'
Bishops suffragan in the Church of England
Active suffragan sees
Province of Canterbury
Bradwell
Brixworth
Dunwich
Richborough
St Germans
Tewkesbury
Province of York
Former suffragan sees
Abeyant
Bishopwearmouth
Oswestry
Penrydd
Knaresborough (to Ripon)
Malmesbury (to Swindon)
Pontefract (to Wakefield)
Richmond (to Kirkstall)
See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop at Lambeth
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