Bishop of Ludlow

The Bishop of Ludlow is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1]

The See of Ludlow was created in 1981 and is the only suffragan see in the Diocese of Hereford. The bishop assists the Bishop of Hereford; since 2013 the ongoing vacancy in the See of Hereford has meant the Bishop of Ludlow is currently the acting diocesan bishop.

The title takes its name after the historic market town of Ludlow in south Shropshire, with its Church of St Laurence.

List of Bishops of Ludlow

Bishops of Ludlow
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1981	1987	Mark Wood
1987	1994	Ian Griggs
1994	2002	John Saxbee	Translated to Lincoln
2002	2009	Michael Hooper
2009	present	Alistair Magowan
Source(s): ^[1]

References

1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury	Aston Barking Basingstoke Bedford Bradwell Brixworth Buckingham Colchester Crediton Croydon Dorchester Dorking Dover Dudley Dunwich Ebbsfleet Edmonton Europe Fulham Grantham Grimsby Hertford Horsham Huntingdon Islington Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewes Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Plymouth Ramsbury Reading Repton Richborough Sherborne Shrewsbury Southampton St Germans Stafford Stepney Swindon Taunton Tewkesbury Thetford Tonbridge Warwick Willesden Wolverhampton Woolwich

Province of York	Berwick Beverley Birkenhead Bolton Burnley Doncaster Hull Jarrow Lancaster Middleton Penrith Richmond Ripon Selby Sherwood Stockport Wakefield Warrington Whitby

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Leominster Marlborough Northampton Nottingham Oswestry Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Whalley Wigan

Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Assistant Bishop of Leicester; Assistant Bishop of Newcastle; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop at Lambeth

Diocese of Hereford

Hereford Cathedral The Palace, Hereford

Office holders	Richard Frith, Bishop of Hereford Alistair Magowan, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow and Archdeacon of Ludlow AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford Paddy Benson, Archdeacon of Hereford

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)

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