Bishop of Birmingham
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The Bishop of Birmingham heads the Church of England diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, in England.
The diocese covers the North West of the historical county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Philip which was elevated to cathedral status in 1905.
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's Croft in Harborne, Birmingham.
The office has existed since the foundation of the see in 1905 from the Diocese of Worcester under King Edward VII.
The bishopric is presently vacant following the appointment of the Right Reverend Dr John Sentamu, the 8th Lord Bishop of Birmingham, to the Archbishopric of York. On 23 May 2006 it was announced that the nomination of Rt Revd David Andrew Urquhart, currently serving as suffragan bishop of Birkenhead in the Diocese of Chester, for election had been approved by the Queen.
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[edit] List of the Church of England Bishops of Birmingham, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 to 1911 | Charles Gore | Translated from Worcester; translated to Oxford |
| 1911 to 1924 | Henry Russell Wakefield | |
| 1924 to 1953 | Ernest William Barnes, FRS | Canon of Westminster |
| 1953 to 1969 | John Leonard Wilson | Bishop of Singapore (as a POW) 1941-48; Dean of Manchester 1948-53 |
| 1969 to 1977 | Lawrence Ambrose Brown | Suffragan Bishop of Warrington |
| 1977 to 1987 | Hugh William Montefiore | Area Bishop of Kingston |
| 1987 to 2002 | Mark Santer | Area Bishop of Kensington |
| 2002 to 2005 | Dr John Mugabi Tucker Sentamu, LLB, MA, MPhil, PhD | Area Bishop of Stepney; translated to York |
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| Church of England | Archbishop of Canterbury: Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester Archbishop of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield |
| Church in Wales | Archbishop of Wales: Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon |
| Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |
[edit] Sources
- Whitaker's Almanack 1910 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1949/50 and 1989/90, Oxford University Press/ Church Commissioners
- http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/page9514.asp
