The Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire.[1][2]
The title, which takes its name after the town of Bedford, was created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The first three suffragan bishops were appointed for the Diocese of London, but through reorganisation within the Church of England in 1914, Bedford came under the Diocese of St Albans.[2]
The current bishop is the Rt Revd Richard Inwood, formerly Archdeacon of Halifax, who was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams at Southwark Cathedral on 7 March 2003.[1]
List of the Bishops of Bedford
| No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Hodgkins | 1537 | 1560 | (d.1560) |
| – | in abeyance | 1560 | 1879 | |
| 2 | William Walsham How | 1879 | 1888 | Translated to Wakefield |
| 3 | Robert Claudius Billing | 1888 | 1898 | |
| – | in abeyance | 1898 | 1935 | |
| 4 | James Lumsden Barkway | 1935 | 1939 | Translated to St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane |
| 5 | Alymer Skelton | 1939 | 1948 | |
| 6 | Claud Thomas Thellusson Wood | 1948 | 1953 | |
| 7 | Angus Campbell MacInnes | 1953 | 1957 | |
| 8 | Basil Tudor Guy | 1957 | 1962 | Translated to Gloucester |
| 9 | Albert John Trillo | 1963 | 1968 | Translated to Hertford |
| 10 | John Tyrrell Holmes Hare | 1968 | 1977 | (1912-1976) |
| 11 | Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham | 1977 | 1981 | (b.1929). Translated to Newcastle |
| 12 | David John Farmbrough | 1981 | 1993 | (b.1929) |
| 13 | John Henry Richardson | 1994 | 2002 | (b.1937) |
| 14 | Richard Neil Inwood [1] | 2003 | present | (b.1946) |
References
- ^ a b c The Rt Revd Richard Inwood's biography on St Albans Diocese's website
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
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