Bishop of Berwick
The Bishop of Berwick is an episcopal title used by the suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York, England.[1]
- For assistant bishops in Newcastle, New South Wales, see Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia).
The title was originally created in 1537 in the Diocese of Durham,[2] and takes its name from the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. After the death of the only bishop in 1572, the title went into abeyance.[3]
From 1980 until 2016, the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle was an episcopal title used by the sole stipendiary assistant bishop (effectively suffragan bishop) of the Diocese of Newcastle.[4] The title took its name as the bishop who assists the diocesan Bishop of Newcastle.
On 28 November 2015, Frank White, Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (at the end of a vacancy in the See of Newcastle), presented a proposal to the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle (within which diocese Berwick now lies) to revive the abeyant Suffragan See of Berwick.[5][6] The Dioceses Commission approved the petition to revive the See,[7] the post was advertised in April 2016, and the appointment of Mark Tanner, Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham, (part of St John's College, Durham) was announced on 1 September 2016;[1] Tanner translated to Chester on 15 July 2020.[8]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Berwick | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1537 | 1572 | Thomas Sparke | Consecrated on 9 December 1537; died in 1572. |
| 1572 | 2016 | in abeyance | |
| Assistant Bishops of Newcastle | |||
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1980 | 1998[9] | Ken Gill | Formerly Bishop of the Central Karnataka Diocese of the Church of South India.[10] Appointed stipendiary Assistant Bishop of Newcastle in 1980.[11] |
| 1998 | 2010 | Paul Richardson | Formerly Bishop of Wangaratta in the Anglican Church of Australia. Resigned and joined the Roman Catholic Church[12] |
| 2010 | 2016 | Frank White | Formerly suffragan Bishop of Brixworth.[13] |
| Bishops of Berwick | |||
| 1572 | 2016 | in abeyance | |
| 2016 | 2020 | Mark Tanner | Consecrated 18 October 2016;[1] translated to Chester 15 July 2020.[8] |
| Source(s):[2][14] | |||
Other assistant bishops
References
- Diocese of Newcastle — Mark Tanner announced as new Suffragan Bishop of Berwick Archived 5 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 2 September 2016)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- Handbook of British Chronology, page 287. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.
- Anglican Communion — Newcastle
- Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Agenda Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 19 January 2016)
- Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Suffragan See of Berwick Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 19 January 2016)
- Diocese of Newcastle — Frank White to retire in September Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 28 April 2016)
- Haydon News, April 1998 (p. 12)
- "Archbishop of Canterbury Awards Lambeth Degrees". Official Archbishop of Canterbury website. 7 September 2004. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- Whitaker's Almanack (120th ed.). London: Whitaker and Sons Ltd. 1988. p. 488. ISBN 0-85021-178-6.
- ""Church of England bishop converts to Rome" - Damian Thompson - Daily Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- "Diocese of Newcastle — New Assistant Bishop of Newcastle announced". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.