Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
| Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Church of England | |
| Province: | Canterbury |
|---|---|
 St Edmundsbury Cathedral | |
| Bishop: | Martin Seeley |
| Cathedral: | St Edmundsbury Cathedral |
| Organisation | |
| Archdeaconries: | Ipswich, Sudbury, Suffolk |
| No. of parishes: | 446 |
| No. of churches: | 482 |
| Details | |
| Website: | www.cofesuffolk.org |
The Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese serving Suffolk, excluding Lowestoft and the villages north and south of Oulton Broad (which belong to the Diocese of Norwich). It is part of the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese was formed on 23 January 1914 from part of the Diocese of Norwich and the Diocese of Ely.[1]
The cathedral of the diocese is St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds but the diocesan offices, the bishops' offices and residences are all in Ipswich.
Bishops
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Diocese has one suffragan bishops: the Bishop of Dunwich. There are also some retired bishops living in the diocese who are licensed as honorary assistant bishops. Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor, the Bishop of Richborough.
Under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534, the title Bishop of Ipswich was created in 1536, but it fell into abeyance following the first holder surrendering the office in 1538.[2][3] In 1899, the title was revived with two suffragan bishops of Ipswich were appointed to assist the diocesan Bishop of Norwich.[3] The office of Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created when the Diocese was established by Act of Parliament in 1913
| Bishops of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1914 | 1921 | Henry Hodgson, DD | Consecrated on 24 February 1914. Died in office on 28 February 1921. |
| 1921 | 1923 | Albert David | Consecrated on 25 July 1921. Translated to Liverpool on 18 October 1923. |
| 1923 | 1940 | Walter Whittingham, DD, MA | Consecrated on 1 November 1923. Resigned on 31 August 1940. |
| 1940 | 1953 | Richard Brook, DD | Consecrated on 1 November 1940. Resigned on 1 October 1953. |
| 1954 | 1965 | Arthur Morris, DD | Translated from Pontefract in 1954. Resigned on 31 December 1965. |
| 1966 | 1978 | Leslie Brown, CBE, DD | Previously Archbishop of Uganda. Installed 1966. Resigned on 30 September 1978. |
| 1978 | 1986 | John Waine, KCVO, BA | Translated from Stafford. Installd 1978. Translated to Chelmsford in 1986. |
| 1986 | 1996 | John Dennis | Translated from Knaresborough. Installed in 1986. Retired in 1996.[4] |
| 1997 | 2007 | Richard Lewis | Translated from Taunton. Installed 1997. Retired in June 2007.[5] |
| 2007 | 2013 | Nigel Stock, BA, DipTh | Translated from Stockport. Installed in 2007. |
| 7 May 2015 | present | Martin Seeley | Previously Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge. Nominated on 20 November 2014;[6] election confirmed 7 May 2015. |
| Source(s):[7][8] | |||
Outside links
References
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28795, pp. 588–589, 23 January 1914. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 288.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Crockford's Clerical Directory 2007, p. 947.
- ↑ Entry at Crockford Clerical Directory.
- ↑ Entry at Crockford Clerical Directory.
- ↑ Official announcement
- ↑ "Historical successions: St Edmundsbury and Ipswich". Crockford's Clerical Directory. http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=484. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 270.
Books
- Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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