Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)

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The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Plymouth in Devon; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 21 November 1922. The suffragan bishop has particular episcopal oversight of the archdeaconries of Plymouth and of Totnes.

The current bishop, since September 2022, is James Grier.

List of Bishops of Plymouth

Anglican Bishops of Plymouth
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1923	1933	Howard Masterman
1934	1950	Whitfield Daukes
1950	1962	Norman Clarke
1962	1972	Guy Sanderson
1972	1982	Richard Cartwright
1982	1988	Kenneth Newing
1988	1996	Richard Hawkins	Translated to Crediton
1996	2005	John Garton
2005	2013	John Ford	Translated to The Murray, Australia
19 April 2015	2022	Nick McKinnel	Translated from Crediton 19 April 2015.
Sep 2022	present	James Grier	Consecrated 29 September 2022
Source(s):

References

^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
"No. 32769". The London Gazette. 21 November 1922. p. 8186.
"New Bishop of Plymouth is Coming Home". Diocese of Exeter. 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
Diocese of Exeter — Vacancy in the See of Crediton (Archive.org) (Accessed 1 May 2015)
"No. 63829". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 30 September 2022. p. 18518.
"Plymouth's New Bishop James Consecrated at Westminster Abbey". Diocese of Exeter. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

v t e Diocese of Exeter
Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter
Office holders	Mike Harrison, Bishop of Exeter Jackie Searle, Bishop suffragan of Crediton James Grier, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes Andrew Beane, Archdeacon of Exeter Verena Breed, Archdeacon-designate of Barnstaple Jane Bakker, Archdeacon of Plymouth
Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury

Province of York

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Leominster Ludlow Maidstone Marlborough Northampton Nottingham Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Swansea Whalley Wigan
Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield) Richmond (to Kirkstall)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

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