Bishop of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire (including the Soke of Peterborough) and Rutland. The see is in the City of Peterborough, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII.

The current Bishop of Peterborough is Debbie Sellin, since the confirmation, on 13 December 2023 at Lambeth Palace Chapel, of her election.

As parts of the City of Peterborough are actually in the Diocese of Ely (those parishes south of the River Nene), the last Bishop of Peterborough was appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to him by the Bishop of Ely.

List of bishops

Chronological list of the Bishops of Peterborough:

Assistant bishops

Among those called "Assistant Bishop of Peterborough" were:

• August 1881 – November 1900: John Mitchinson (Rector of Sibstone then Master of Pembroke College, Oxford)
• 1912–1917 (d.): Lewis Clayton, Canon residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral and former Bishop suffragan of Leicester
• 1926 – 1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Canon residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral; Archdeacon of Northampton (until 1936), of Oakham (thereafter); and former Bishop suffragan of Leicester (resigned his suffragan See due to the erection of the Diocese of Leicester, but continued in essentially the same role)
• 1950 – 1963: Charles Aylen, Vicar of Flore (1945–58) and non-residentiary Canon of Peterborough (1946–61); former Bishop of St Helena
• 1952–1957 (res.): Gerald Vernon, Vicar of Finedon and former Bishop of Madagascar
• 1957–1969 (d.): Weston Stewart, Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland until 1964 and former Bishop in Jerusalem
• 1978 – 1986 (ret.): William Franklin. former Bishop of Colombia

Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

• 1974–1978 (d.): Guy Marshall, Vicar of Blakesley with Adstone, former suffragan Bishop in Venezuela (Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago)
• 1975–1984 (res.): Alan Rogers, retired Bishop of Fulham and of Edmonton
• 1981–1985 Paul Burrough, Rector of Empingham, Rutland and retired Bishop of Mashonaland.

See also

• List of abbots of Peterborough
• Dean of Peterborough

Notes

References

External links

• Diocese of Peterborough website

1. Peterborough Cathedral
2. Peterborough
3. Soke of Peterborough
4. Bishop Stopford School
5. The King's (The Cathedral) School
6. Anglican Diocese of Peterborough
7. Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough
8. List of bishops in the Church of England
9. Douglas Feaver
10. Dean of Chichester
11. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
12. William McGrattan
13. Debbie Sellin
14. Bill Westwood
15. William Franklin (assistant bishop of Peterborough)
16. John Holbrook (bishop)
17. White Kennett
18. Theodore Woods
19. Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)
20. Mandell Creighton