Bishop of Manchester

{{Short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}} {{for|the Roman Catholic bishop in the US state of New Hampshire|Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox diocese | bishopric = Manchester | border = anglican | incumbent = David Walker | image = Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Manchester crop 2, 2025.jpg  | province = York | residence = Bishopscourt, Broughton  | established = 1847 | cathedral = Manchester Cathedral | first_incumbent = James Prince Lee | diocese = Manchester  }} {{Portal|Christianity}} The '''Bishop of Manchester''' is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.<ref name=crockfords100th>{{cite book|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009|edition=100th |publisher=Church House Publishing |ISBN=978-0-7151-1030-0}})</ref><ref name=HOCBC>{{cite book |author-last1=Fryde |author-first1=E. B. |author-last2=Greenway |author-first2=D. E. |author-last3=Porter|author-first3=S. |author-last4=Roy|author-first4=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=Third Edition, revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=260–261}}</ref>

The current bishop is David Walker who was enthroned on 30 November 2013. The bishop's official residence is Bishopscourt, Broughton, Salford.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=190&view=alpha Provincial Directory: Manchester]. Retrieved 17 February 2009.</ref>

==History== The Diocese of Manchester was founded in 1847. With the growth of the population in and around Manchester, the bishop appointed the first suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Hulme, in 1924 to assist in overseeing the diocese. Three years later a second was appointed, the Bishop of Middleton. After nearly sixty years, the third and final suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Bolton, was appointed in 1984.<ref name=manybps>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/05/08/anglican_diocese_feature.shtml Manchester and its many bishops]. ''BBC''. Retrieved 17 February 2009.</ref>

==List of bishops== {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" |- ! colspan="4" style="background:#7f1734; color:white;"| Bishops of Manchester |- ! style="background:#d4b1bb; width:10%;"| From ! style="background:#d4b1bb; width:10%;"| Until ! style="background:#d4b1bb; width:33%;"| Incumbent ! style="background:#d4b1bb; width:42%;"| Notes

|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#f7f0f2;" | style="text-align: center;" | 1870 | style="text-align: center;" | 1885 | 60px '''James Fraser''' | Died in office; in the ensuing vacancy, John Mitchinson was acting bishop.<ref>{{Church Times | title = col. 1 | archive = 1885_11_20_899 | issue = 1191 | date = 20 November 1885 | page = 899 | accessed = 27 May 2019 }}</ref>

|- style="vertical-align:top; background:white;" | style="text-align: center;" | 1979 | style="text-align: center;" | 1992<ref>{{cite news|title=New bishop announced|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/new-bishop-announced-1565097.html|access-date=6 April 2015|publisher=Independent|date=23 Dec 1992}}</ref> | 60px '''Stanley Booth-Clibborn''' | Retired; died 1996.

|- style="vertical-align:top; background:white;" | style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=crockfordsweb816>{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=816 |title=Historical successions: Manchester |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=14 July 2012}}</ref> |}

==Assistant bishops== Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese are: *1887{{snd}}1901 (d.): Francis Cramer-Roberts, Vicar of Blackburn, Archdeacon of Blackburn (1900 onwards) and former Bishop of Nassau<ref>{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1887_01_21_046 | issue = 1252 | date = 21 January 1887 | page = 46 | accessed = 20 December 2019 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{cc|Bishops of the Diocese of Manchester}} * [http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]

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