Bishop of Newcastle (England)

The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.

Bishop of Newcastle
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent: Christine Hardman
Location
Ecclesiastical province	York
Residence	Bishop's House, Gosforth
Information
First holder	Ernest Wilberforce
Established	1882
Diocese	Newcastle
Cathedral	Newcastle Cathedral

The diocese presently covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882. The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth — not far north of Newcastle city centre.[1]

The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Christine Hardman became the Bishop of Newcastle upon the confirmation of her canonical election on 22 September 2015 at York Minster; her episcopal consecration occurred on 30 November at York Minster.[2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Newcastle
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1882	1896	Ernest Wilberforce	Translated to Chichester.
1896	1903	Edgar Jacob	Translated to St Albans.
1903	1907	Arthur Lloyd	Translated from Thetford.
1907	1915	Norman Straton	Translated from Sodor and Man.
1915	1927	Herbert Wild
1927	1941	Harold Bilbrough	Translated from Dover.
1941	1957	Noel Hudson	Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely.
1957	1972	Hugh Ashdown
1973	1980	Ronald Bowlby	Translated to Southwark.
1981	1997	Alec Graham	Translated from Bedford.
1997	2014	Martin Wharton	Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames.
2014	2015	Frank White Assistant Bishop of Newcastle	Acting bishop, as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle
2015	incumbent	Christine Hardman
Source(s):[3][4]

Assistant bishops

Anthony Hunter resigned as assistant bishop effective 1 September 1980.[5]

References

1. "Christine Elizabeth Hardman". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. Diocese of Newcastle — Confirmation of Election Service for the 12th Bishop of Newcastle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 September 2015)
3. "Historical successions: Newcastle". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
5. "Newcastle's new Assistant Bishop". Church Times (#6117). 9 October 1980. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.