Bishop to the Forces

The Anglican church in the British Armed Forces falls under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury; however, for all practical purposes the function is performed by the Bishop to the Forces. His full title is "The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces". The Bishop to the Forces is not a military chaplain.[1]

There is sometimes confusion between the (Anglican) "Bishop to the Forces" and the (Roman Catholic) "Bishop of the Forces": for this reason the latter is normally given his title in full, i.e. "The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Forces".[2]

List of bishops

Bishops to the Forces
From Until Incumbent Notes
19481956Cuthbert BardsleyAlso Bishop of Croydon; later became Bishop of Coventry.
19561966Stanley BettsAlso Bishop of Maidstone; later became Dean of Rochester.
19661975John HughesAlso Bishop of Croydon.
19771984Stuart SnellAlso Bishop of Croydon.
19851990Ronald GordonAlso Bishop at Lambeth.
19901992David SmithAlso Bishop of Maidstone; later became Bishop of Bradford.
19922001John KirkhamAlso Bishop of Sherborne.
20012009David ConnerAlso Dean of Windsor.
20092014Stephen VennerAlso Bishop of Dover and Bishop for the Falkland Islands.
9 July 20142017Nigel StockAlso Bishop at Lambeth and Bishop for the Falkland Islands;[3] retired August 2017.[4]
6 September 2017presentTim ThorntonAs Bishop at Lambeth and Bishop for the Falkland Islands;[5] commissioned 6 September 2017.[6]
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See also

References

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
  2. Archived July 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "England: Archbishop Welby commissions new Bishop to the Forces". Anglicannews.org. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. Archbishop of Canterbury — Nigel Stock announces retirement as Bishop at Lambeth (Accessed 17 March 2017)
  5. Lambeth Palace — Tim Thornton announced as new Bishop at Lambeth (Accessed 4 April 2017)
  6. Lambeth Palace — Tim Thornton commissioned as new Bishop at Lambeth (Accessed 9 September 2017)


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