Bishop of Middleton

The Bishop of Middleton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Middleton in Greater Manchester.

List of bishops

Bishops of Middleton
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1927	1932	Richard Parsons	(1882–1948). Translated to Southwark, and later to Hereford
1932	1938	Cecil Wilson	(1875–1937)
1938	1943	Arthur Alston	(1872–1954)
1943	1952	Edward Mowll	(1881–1944)
1952	1958	Frank Woods	(1907–1992). Translated to Melbourne
1958	1959	Robert Nelson	(1913–1959)
1959	1982	Ted Wickham	(1911–1994)
1982	1994	Donald Tytler	(1925–1992)
1994	1999	Stephen Venner	(b. 1944). Translated to Dover
1999	2007	Michael Lewis	(b. 1953). Translated to Cyprus and the Gulf
2008	present	Mark Davies	(b. 1962)
Source(s):^[1]

References

1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. pp. 947–948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton Mark Ashcroft, Bishop suffragan of Bolton AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale David Bailey, Archdeacon of Bolton David Sharples, Archdeacon of Salford Archdeacon of Manchester (vacant)

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

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

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