NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bishop of Lichfield, England (Anglican)

The Bishop of Lichfield heads the Church of England diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury, in England. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Lichfield Cathedral June 2005 Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham. ... The Church of England is the officially gimp established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Province of Canterbury consists of the following dioceses of the Church of England: Their archbishop is the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

The diocese of Mercia was founded 656 by Diuma. Subsequently becoming the Diocese of Lichfield, it became linked variously with the dioceses of Coventry and Chester. With the deprivation and death of Bishop Ralph Baynes the line of Catholic Bishops came to an end. Events Ali succeeds Uthman as Caliph Battle of Basrah (also known as Battle of the Camel) Oswiu of Northumbria annexes Mercia Births Deaths Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph (murdered) Peada, king of Mercia (murdered) Categories: 656 ...

The present diocese covers 4,516 km² (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The see is in the town of Lichfield where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad. This article is about the unit of measure. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ËˆwÉ”ËÉ¹ÉªkËŒÊƒÉ™/ or /ËˆwÉ”ËÉ¹ÉªkËŒÊƒÉªÉ™/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... The West Midlands refers to western area of The Midlands (central England). ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... Lichfield Cathedral June 2005 Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham. ... Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. ...

The Bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Lichfield.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield, who signs Jonathan Lichfield.

List of the Anglican Bishops of Lichfield, England and its precursor offices

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry
1560 to 1580	Thomas Bentham	Fellow of Magdalene College, Oxford
1580 to 1609	William Overton	Prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury
1609 to 1610	George Abbot	Dean of Winchester; became Bishop of London
1610 to 1614	Richard Neile (Richard Neale)	Became Bishop of Rochester
1614 to 1619	John Overal	Dean of St Paul's, London; became Bishop of Norwich
1619 to 1632	Thomas Moreton	Bishop of Chester; became Bishop of Durham
1632 to 1643	Robert Wright	Bristol
1643 to 1661	Accepted Frewen	Dean of Gloucester; became Archbishop of York
1661 to 1671	John Hacket	Canon-resident of St Paul's, London
1671 to 1692	Thomas Wood	Dean of Lichfield
1692 to 1699	William Lloyd	Bishop of St Asaph; became Worcester
1699 to 1717	John Hough	Oxford; became Bishop of Worcester
1717 to 1730	Edward Chandler	Prebendary of Worcester; became Bishop of Durham
1730 to 1749	Richard Smalbroke	Bishop of St David's
1749 to 1768	The Honourable Frederick Cornwallis	Canon of Windsor; Dean of St Paul's, London (1766); became Archishop of Canterbury
1768 to 1771	The Honourable John Egerton	Bishop of Bangor; became Bishop of Durham
1771 to 1774	Brownlow North	Dean of Canterbury; became Bishop of Worcester
1774 to 1781	Richard Hurd	Master of the Temple; became Bishop of Worcester
1781 to 1823	The Honourable James Cornwallis	Dean of Canterbury; becoming the Earl of Cornwallis
1823 to 1824	The Honourable James Cornwallis, the Earl of Cornwallis	Died in office
4 February 1824 to 31 March 1836	The Honourable Henry Ryder	Gloucester; died in office
15 June 1836 to 24 January 1837	Samuel Butler	Becoming Bishop of Lichfield
Diocese of Lichfield
24 January 1837 to 4 December 1839	Samuel Butler	Died in office
30 December 1839 to 11 October 1843	James Bowstead	Bishop of Sodor & Man
6 November 1843 to 19 October 1867	John Lonsdale	Archdeacon of Middlesex and Principal of King's College, London; died in office
13 December 1867 to 11 April 1878	George Augustus Selwyn	Translated from New Zealand; died in office
13 May 1878 to ????	William Dalrymple Maclagan, DD
???? to 1953
1953 to 1975	Arthur Stretton Reeve, DD
1975 to 1984	Kenneth John Fraser Skelton, CBE, MA	Bishop of Matabeleland then Rector of Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland; retired
1984 to 2003	Keith Norman Sutton
2003 to present	Jonathan Glendhill

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Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain
Provincial metropolitans	Diocesan bishops
The Church of England
Canterbury	Bath & Wells \| Birmingham \| Bristol \| Saint Edmundsbury & Ipswich \| Chelmsford \| Chichester \| Coventry \| Derby \| Ely \| Exeter \| Gibraltar in Europe \| Gloucester \| Guildford \| Hereford \| Leicester \| Lichfield \| Lincoln \| London \| Norwich \| Oxford \| Peterborough \| Portsmouth \| Rochester \| Saint Albans \| Salisbury \| Southwark \| Truro \| Winchester \| Worcester
York	Blackburn \| Bradford \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Durham \| Liverpool \| Manchester \| Newcastle \| Ripon and Leeds \| Sheffield \| Sodor & Man \| Southwell \| Wakefield
The Church in Wales
Wales	Bangor \| Llandaff \| Monmouth \| Saint Asaph \| Saint David's \| Swansea & Brecon
The Scottish Episcopal Church
Primus	Aberdeen and Orkney \| Argyll & the Isles \| Brechin \| Edinburgh \| Glasgow & Galloway \| Moray, Ross & Caithness \| Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
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Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004 Joseph Whittaker & Sons/A&C Black, London