Bishop of Penrith

The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Penrith in Cumbria.[1]

The title was first mentioned (as Pereth) in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – now called Penrydd – in Pembrokeshire) and was first used for the Diocese of Ripon in 1888,[1] but the incumbent had his episcopal title transferred to Richmond by Royal Warrant in 1889.[1] Since 1939, the Bishop of Penrith is a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle who assists the diocesan Bishop of Carlisle in overseeing the diocese.[1]

List of bishops edit

Bishops of Penrith
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
15341888in abeyanceCrockfords shows John Bird as Bishop 1537-39 but this is almost certainly incorrect due to the misidentification of his See of Penreth with Penrith. John Byrde was consecrated for Dio.Llandaff (possibly for Skenfrith in Monmouthshire) and in 1539 was translated to Bangor.
18881889John PulleineAppointed for the diocese of Ripon. His suffragan title was changed by Royal Warrant to Richmond in 1889.
18891939in abeyance
19391944Grandage Powell
19441959Herbert Turner
19591966Cyril BulleyTranslated to Carlisle
19671970Reginald Foskett
19701979Edward Pugh
19791994George Hacker
19942002Richard Garrard
20022009James NewcomeTranslated to Carlisle on 10 October 2009.[2][3][4]
20092011no appointment
20112018Robert FreemanConsecrated on 28 October 2011;[5] retired "Easter" 2018.[6]
20192021Emma InesonConsecrated on 27 February 2019;[7] resigned See to become "Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York" on 1 June 2021.[8]
2022presentRob Saner-HaighConsecrated 15 July 2022.[9]
Source(s):[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ^ "Diocese of Carlisle". Number10. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009.
  3. ^ "67th Bishop of Carlisle announced". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. ^ "New Bishop of Carlisle is set to be enthroned". Westmorland Gazette. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  5. ^ Consecrations of the Bishops of Durham and Penrith Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Diocese of Carlisle — Announcement of Bishop Robert's retirement (Accessed 4 November 2017)
  7. ^ https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/1936/61/The-Revd-Dr-Emma-Ineson-named-as-new-Bishop-of-Penrith.html Archived 2018-05-10 at the Wayback Machine?
  8. ^ "Bishop Emma Ineson to be Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York".
  9. ^ "The new Bishop of Penrith is consecrated". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

D.H.Marston: "The Bishopric of Barrow-in-Furness" (2nd Edition, 2017)

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