Bishop of Warrington

The Bishop of Warrington is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool, in the Province of York, England.[1] The title takes its name after the town of Warrington in Cheshire; the current bishop's official residence is in Prescot, Knowsley.[2]

List of bishops of Warrington
Bishops of Warrington
From Until Incumbent Notes
19181920Linton Smith(1869–1950). Translated to Hereford on 5 October 1920.[3]
19201927Edwin Kempson(1862–1931)
19271946Herbert Gresford Jones(1870–1958)
19461960Charles Claxton(1903–1992). Translated to Blackburn on 18 July 1960.[4]
19601969Laurie Brown(1907–1994). Translated to Birmingham on 9 December 1969.[4]
19701975John Bickersteth(b. 1921). Translated to Bath and Wells on 12 December 1975.[4]
19761996Michael Henshall(1928–2017)
19962000John Packer(b. 1946). Consecrated in November 1996 at York Minster and installed at Liverpool Cathedral on 21 November 1996;[5] translated to Ripon and Leeds
20002009David Jennings(b. 1944). Nominated on 11 July 2000;[6] Resigned on 30 September 2009.[7]
20092018Richard Blackburn(b. 1952) Formerly Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham
2018presentBeverley Mason(b. 1960) consecrated 18 October 2018[8]
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References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "Richard Finn Blackburn". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 252.
  4. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 230.
  5. Bishop Ordained. Retrieved on 28 August 2009.
  6. Suffragan See of Warrington. Number10. Dated 11 July 2000.
  7. Suffragan See of Warrington Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine. Number10. Dated 27 August 2009.
  8. "Downing Street has announced that the next Bishop of Warrington will be the Venerable Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds". Diocese Of Liverpool. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

Bibliography
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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