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Encyclopedia > Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43 25 N, 3° 31 39 W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... In ecclesiastical terms an Ordinary is the incumbent of a position of authority within the hierarchical organisation of the Church. ... The Church of England is the officially 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. ...


The diocese covers the County of Devon. The see is in the City of Exeter where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter which was founded as an abbey possibly before 690. Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43 25 N, 3° 31 39 W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... The founding of the cathedral at Exeter, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050, when the seat of the bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton because of a fear of sea-raids. ... Events Beginning of Wu Zetians Zhou Dynasty in China. ...


Devon (/Wessex) has held a bishopric since about 905 when, on the division of the Diocese of Sherborne, the first cathedral was founded at Tawton (now Bishop's Tawton). In 912 the seat was moved to the Collegiate Holy Cross Church at Crediton. Lyfing became Bishop of Crediton in 1027 and shortly afterwards became Bishop of St. Germans. It was he who united the two sees covering Cornwall and Devon. Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the kingdom of England. ... Alternate meaning: Area code 905 Events Births Deaths Categories: 905 ... Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd-ar-rahman III - prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ... Crediton is a town in Devon, England. ... Lyfing (d. ... Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. ...


The seat was transferred again to the City of Exeter in 1050 under Edward the Confessor by Bishop Leofric. The diocese was redivided in 1877 along the Devon-Cornwall border by Henry Phillpotts, creating the Diocese of Truro. Events Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Births Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. ... Edward the Confessor (c. ... Leofric (1016 - 1072) was born in Devon, England, and died there, in Exeter, on 10 February, 1072. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Phillpotts (1778-1869), or Henry of Exeter, as he was commonly called, was one of the most striking figures in the English Church of the 18th century. ... Truro (Cornish: not known with certainty, but often cited as Truru meaning three rivers. ...


The current bishop is the Right Reverend Michael Laurence Langrish, the 70th Lord Bishop of Exeter, who signs Michael Exon.


List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Exeter, England and its precursor offices

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
See at Tawton
905 to 909 Werstan
(Eadulphus)
909 to 912 Putta
See at Crediton
912 to 939 Edwulf
939 to 953 Aethelgar
953 to 973 Aelfwold I
973 to 978 Sideman
978 to 986 Aelfric
986 to 987 Aelfwold II
987 to 1013 Aelfwold III
1013 to 1027 Ednoth
1027 to 1046 Lyfing
1046 to 1050 Leofric Becoming Bishop of Exeter
See at Exeter
1050 to 10 February 1072 Leofric Hitherto Bishop of Crediton; died in office
1072 to 1107 Osbern FitzOsbern Died in office
1107 to 26 September 1138 William Warelwast Died in office
1138 to 28 March 1155 Robert of Chichester Died in office
1155 to 1160 Robert Warelwast
1161 to 14 December 1184 Bartholomew Iscanus Died in office
1186 to 1 June 1191 John the Chanter Died in office
1194 to 26 October 1206 Henry Marshal Died in office
1214 to 9 September 1223 Simon de Apulia Died in office
1223 to 24 November 1244 William Bruere Died in office
1245 to 26 December 1257 Richard Blundy
(Richard Blondy)
Died in office
1258 to 22 July 1280 Walter Branscombe
(Walter Bronescombe)
Died in office
1280 to 1 October 1291 Peter Quinel Died in office
1291 to 1307 Thomas Bitton
(Thomas de Bytton)
1308 to 1326 Walter Stapledon
1326 to 1327 James Berkeley
1327 to 1327 John Godeley
1327 to 1369 John Grandisson
1370 to 1394 Thomas Brantingham
(Thomas Brantyngham)
1395 to 1419 Edmund Stafford
1419 to 1419 John Catterick
(John Ketterick)
1420 to 1455 Edmund Lacey
(Edmund Lacy)
1455 to 1456 John Hales
1456 to 1465 George Neville
1465 to 1478 John Booth
(John Bothe)
1478 to 1487 Peter Courtenay
1487 to 1492 Richard Fox
1492 to 1495 Oliver King
1496 to 1502 Richard Redman
1502 to 1504 John Arundel
1504 to 1519 Hugh Oldham
1519 to 1551 John Veysey
1551 to 1553 Miles Coverdale
1553 to 1555 John Veysey Restored
1555 to 1560 James Turberville
1560 to 1571 William Alleyn
(William Alley)
1571 to 1578 William Bradbridge
1579 to 1594 John Woolton
1594 to 1597 Geravse Babington
1598 to 1621 William Cotton
1621 to 1626 Valentine Carey
1627 to 1641 Joseph Hall
1642 to 1659 Ralph Brownrigg
1660 to 1662 John Gauden
1662 to 1667 Seth Ward
1667 to 1676 Anthony Sparrow
1676 to 1688 Thomas Lamplugh
1688 to 1707 Jonathan Trelawney
(John Trelawny )
1708 to 1716 Offspring Blackall
1717 to 1724 Lancelot Blackburn
1724 to 1742 Stephen Weston
1742 to 1746 Nicholas Claget
1746 to 1762 George Lavington
1762 to 1777 Frederick Keppel
1778 to 1792 John Ross
1792 to 1796 William Buller
1797 to 1803 Henry Reginald Courtenay
1803 to 1807 John Fisher
1807 to 1820 George Pelham
1820 to 1830 William Carey
1830 to 1830 Christopher Bethell
1830 to 1869 Henry Phillpotts Died in office
1869 to 1885 Frederick Temple Consecrated 21 December 1869; translated to London
1885 to 1900 Edward Henry Bickerseth
1900 to 1903 Herbert Edward Ryle
1903 to 1916 Archibald Robertson
1916 to 1936 Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil
1936 to 1948 Charles Edward Curzon
1949 to 1973 Robert Cecil Mortimer
1973 to 1985 Eric Arthur John Mercer
1985 to 1999 Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson
2000 to present Michael Laurence Langrish Bishop of Birkenhead


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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop of the state Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion, outranking the other English archbishop, the Archbishop of York. ... The Bishop of Bath and Wells is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Birmingham is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham in the Province of Canterbury The diocese covers the north west of the traditional county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the diocese is... The Bishop of Bristol is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury The diocese covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough) and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located... The Bishop of Gibraltar is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe in the Province of Canterbury The office has been in existence since the union in 1980 of the see of Gibraltar (founded 1842) with the Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe (Fulham). ... The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. ... The current Bishop of London is Richard John Carew Chartres, who is the 132nd Bishop, and was installed on January 26, 1996. ... The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Oxford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Peterborough is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Portsmouth presides over a see encompassing southern Hampshire and the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England. ... The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. ... A list of the Anglican bishops of the Diocese of St Albans 1877 - Thomas Leigh Chaughton 1890 - John Wogan Festing 1903 - Edgar Jacob 1920 - Michael Bolton Furse 1944 - Philip Henry Loyd 1950 - Edward Michael Gresford Jones 1970 - Robert Runcie 1980 - John Bernard Taylor 1995 - Christopher William Herbert Categories: Religion stubs... The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Anglican Diocese of Southwark was formed in 1905 out of the Diocese of Rochester. ... The diocese of Truro is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England having been formed in 1876. ... The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ... The Bishop of Worcester controls the see of Worcester and has his seat in Worcester Cathedral. ... The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Bradford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bradford, in the Province of York The diocese covers the extreme west of Yorkshire, and has its see in the City of Bradford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter. ... The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. ... Arms of the Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ... The Bishop of Liverpool is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool in the Province of York. ... 1848 James Pannlie 1870 James Fraser 1886 James Moorhouse 1903 Edmund Arbuthnott Knox 1921 William Temple 1929 Frederic Sumpter Guy Warren (see also Bishop of Chelmsford) 1947 William Derrick Lindsay Greer 1970 Patrick Campbell Rodger 1979 Stanley Guy Francis Booth-Cloburn 1993 Christopher Mayfield 2003 Nigel Simeon McCullon ... The following have been Bishop of Newcastle. ... Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern diocese dates from 1836. ... The Bishop of Sheffield is the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Sheffield. ... The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Southwell is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell in the Province of York. ... List of the Bishops of Wakefield, located in West Yorkshire, England. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. ... The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. ... The Diocese of Monmouth was created in 1921, when the Church in Wales was disestablished from the Church of England. ... The Bishop of Saint Asaph is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint Asaph. ... The Bishop of Saint Davids is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint Davids. ... List of Bishops of Swansea and Brecon 1927 Edwin Lathan Bevan 1934 John Morgan 1939 Edward William Williamson 1953 William Glyn Hughes Simon 1958 John James Absalom Thomas 1976 Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan 1988 Dewa Morris Bridges 1999 Anthony Edward Pierce Categories: Bishops ... The Primus, styled The Most Revd the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. ... The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. ...

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