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Bishop of Gloucester
The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity.
The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1541 under King Henry VIII from part of the Diocese of Worcester. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Michael Francis Perham , MA, the 40th Lord Bishop of Gloucester, who signs Michael Gloucestr.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Gloucester, England
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Gloucester | ||
| 1541 to 1550 | John Wakeman | Last abbot of Tewkesbury |
| 1550 to 1553 | John Hooper | Deprived |
| 1554 to 1558 | James Brookes | Died in office |
| 1558 to 1562 | vacant | |
| 1562 to 1579 | Richard Cheney | Translated from Bristol |
| 1579 to 1581 | vacant | |
| 1581 to 1598 | John Bullingham | Translated from Bristol |
| 1598 to 1604 | Godfrey Goldsborough | Prebendary of Worcester |
| 1604 to 1607 | Thomas Ravis | Dean of Christ College, Oxford; elected 4 March 1604; translated to London |
| 1607 to 1610 | Henry Barry | Dean of Chester; translated to Worcester |
| 1610 to 14 June 1612 | Giles Thomson | Dean of Windsor; consecrated 9 June 1611; died in office |
| 1612 to 1624 | Miles Smith | Canon-resident of Hereford |
| 1625 to 1655 | Geoffrey Goodman | Dean of Rochester; sequestrated 1640; died in communion with Rome, 1655 |
| 1655 to 1660 | vacant | |
| 1660 to 1672 | William Nicholson | Archdeacon of Brecknock |
| 1672 to 1681 | John Pritchet (John Pritchard) | Vicar of St Giles, Cripplegate |
| 1681 to 1691 | Robert Frampton | Dean of Gloucester; deprived |
| 1691 to 26 August 1714 | Edward Fowler | Prebendary of Gloucester; died in office |
| 1715 to 1722 | Richard Willis | Dean of Lincoln; translated to Salisbury |
| 1722 to 1731 | Joseph Wilcocks | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester |
| 1731 to 1734 | Elias Sydall | Translated to St David's |
| 1734 to 1752 | Martin Benson | Prebendary of Durham |
| 1752 to 1759 | James Johnson | Canon-resident of St Paul's |
| 1759 to 1779 | William Warburton | Dean of Bristol, preacher of Lincolns Inn |
| 1779 to 1781 | The Honourable James Yorke | Translated from David's|St David's ; translated to Ely |
| 1781 to 1789 | Samuel Halifax | Translated from St Asaph |
| 1789 to 1802 | Richard Beadon | Archdeacon of London; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 21 April 1802 to 1815 | George Isaac Huntingford | Warden of Winchester College |
| 8 July 1815 to 1824 | The Honourable Henry Ryder | Translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 11 March 1824 to 1830 | Christopher Bethell | Translated to Exeter |
| 11 July 1830 to 1836 | James Henry Monk | Becoming Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol |
| Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol | ||
| 1836 to 6 June 1856 | James Henry Monk | Hitherto Bishop of Gloucester |
| 9 July 1856 to 1861 | Charles Baring | Rector of Limpsfield; translated to Durham |
| December 1861 to 1863 | William Thomson | Prior of Queen's College, Oxford; translated to York |
| 30 January 1863 to 1897 | Charles John Ellicott , DD | Dean of Exeter; becoming Bishop of Gloucester |
| Diocese of Gloucester | ||
| 1897 to 1905 | Charles John Ellicott , DD | Hitherto Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol |
| 1905 to 1924? | Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson , DD | |
| 1924 to 1954 | ... | |
| 1954 to 1962 | Wilfred Marcus Askwith , KCMG, DD | Translated from Blackburn |
| 1962 to 1975 | Basil Tudor Guy , MA | |
| 1975 to 1992 | John Yates , MA | |
| 1992 to 1993 | Peter John Ball | |
| December 1993 to 31 December 2003 | David Edward Bentley , BA | |
| 2004 to present | Michael Francis Perham , MA | |
See also
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