{{Short description|Anglican suffragan bishop in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Portal|Christianity}} The '''Bishop of Bolton''' is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England.<ref name=crockfords945/> The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888, by Order in Council dated 8 February 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49649 |page=2217 |date=16 February 1984}}</ref>
On 15 March 2023, it was announced that Matthew Porter was to become the next Bishop of Bolton,<ref name="porter">{{cite web |website=Diocese of Manchester |title=New Bishop of Bolton announced by Downing Street |date=15 March 2023 |url=https://www.manchester.anglican.org/news/latest-news/new-bishop-of-bolton-announced-by-downing-street.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324172325/https://www.manchester.anglican.org/news/latest-news/new-bishop-of-bolton-announced-by-downing-street.php |archive-date=24 March 2023 |access-date=1 April 2023 }}</ref> he took up the post with his episcopal consecration on 22 June 2023.<ref name="mp-con">{{cite web |website=Diocese of Leeds |title=Two new bishops for our diocese consecrated at York Minster |url=https://leeds.anglican.org/who-we-are/news/two-new-bishops-for-our-diocese-consecrated-at-york-minster.php |date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624212337/https://leeds.anglican.org/who-we-are/news/two-new-bishops-for-our-diocese-consecrated-at-york-minster.php |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023 }}</ref>
==List of bishops== {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" ! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Bishops of Bolton |- ! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|From ! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until ! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent ! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align="center"| 1984 ||align="center"| 1991 || '''David Galliford''' || (1925–2021) Previously Bishop of Hulme. |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align="center"| 1991 ||align="center"| 1999 || '''David Bonser''' <ref>[https://archive.today/20120709082324/http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2005/3/24/439016.html 'Much loved' bishop dies]. ''The Bolton Evening News'', first published 24 March 2005.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120708101318/http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2005/6/7/432923.html Service for ex-Bishop of Bolton]. ''The Bolton Evening News'', first published 7 June 2005.</ref> || (1934–2005) |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align="center"| 1999 ||align="center"| 2007 || '''David Gillett''' <ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Bolton News|url=https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/1953572.farewell-service-for-bishop-david/|title= Farewell service for Bishop David|date=9 January 2008}}</ref> || (b. 1945) |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| 30 June 2016 || '''Chris Edmondson''' <ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1040196_new_bishops_in_pledge |title=New bishops in pledge|date= 19 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Bolton News|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2227634.new-bishop-of-bolton-consecrated/|title= New Bishop of Bolton consecrated|date=26 April 2008}}</ref> || (b. 1950) Retired. |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align="center"| 2016 ||align="center"| February 2023 || '''Mark Ashcroft''' || (b. 1954) 18 October 2016<ref>{{Cite web | title = The new Bishop of Bolton | author = Diocese of Manchester | date = 22 June 2016 | access-date = 22 June 2016 | url = http://www.manchester.anglican.org/news/1929/the-new-bishop-of-bolton | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160625020851/http://www.manchester.anglican.org/news/1929/the-new-bishop-of-bolton | archive-date = 25 June 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Retired in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |website=Diocese of Manchester |title=Bishop of Bolton to retire |url=https://www.manchester.anglican.org/bishop-of-bolton-to-retire.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719090141/https://www.manchester.anglican.org/bishop-of-bolton-to-retire.php |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=3 August 2022 }}</ref> |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align="center"| 2023 ||align="center"| ''present'' || ''Matthew Porter'' || (b. 1960) consecrated 22 June 2023.<ref name="mp-con" /> |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align="center" colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=crockfords945>{{cite book |title=Crockford's Clerical Directory |edition=100th |location=London |publisher=Church House Publishing |year=2007 |page=945 |isbn=978-0-7151-1030-0}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]
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