Bishop of Blackburn
{{Short description|Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Blackburn}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox diocese
| bishopric = Blackburn
| border = anglican
| incumbent = Philip North
| image = Philip North (4548531135) (cropped).jpg
| province = York
| residence = Bishop's House, Salesbury
| established = 1927
| cathedral = Blackburn Cathedral
| first_incumbent = Percy Herbert
| diocese = Blackburn
}}
The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York.
The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. Although it has a cathedral, Blackburn is not a city.
The office has existed since the foundation of the see from part of the Diocese of Manchester in 1926 under George V. The current bishop is Philip North, since the confirmation on 25 April 2023 of his election.{{cite web |title=Bishop Philip's election as Bishop of Blackburn is now confirmed |url=https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/784/bishop-philip-s-election-as-bishop-of |website=The Diocese of Blackburn |access-date=16 May 2023 |date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506190512/https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/784/bishop-philip-s-election-as-bishop-of |archive-date=6 May 2023 }} The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Salesbury.{{Crockford| surname = Henderson | forenames = Julian Tudor | id = 31940 | accessed = 21 September 2016}}
List of bishops
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| colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Blackburn |
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| style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | Until ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 24%;" | Incumbent ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 55%;" | Notes |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1927 | style="text-align: center;" | 1942 | Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames; nominated 18 December 1926 and confirmed 26 January 1927; translated to Norwich 22 July 1942. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1942 | style="text-align: center;" | 1954 | Nominated 2 November and consecrated 30 November 1942; translated to Gloucester 7 July 1954. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1954 | style="text-align: center;" | 1960 | Translated from Whitby; nominated 10 September and confirmed 2 October 1954; died in office 11 February 1960. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1960 | style="text-align: center;" | 1971 | Translated from Warrington; nominated 1 July and confirmed 18 July 1960; resigned 30 November 1971; died 7 March 1992. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1972 | style="text-align: center;" | 1981 | Translated from Huntingdon; nominated 21 December 1971 and confirmed 24 January 1972; resigned 31 October 1981; died 28 June 1999.{{cite news |title=Obituary: The Right Rev Robert Martineau |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-the-right-rev-robert-martineau-1110388.html |date= 3 August 1999|work=The Independent |access-date=2009-06-15 | location=London | first=David | last=Robinson}} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1982 | style="text-align: center;" | 1989 | Translated from Doncaster; nominated 26 January 1982 and confirmed 26 February 1982; died in office 27 December 1989. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1989 | style="text-align: center;" | 2003 | Previously Archdeacon of Halifax since 1985; nominated and consecrated in 1989; resigned 31 March 2003. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2004 | style="text-align: center;" | 2012 | Previously Archdeacon of Lewes and Hastings since 1997; nominated 4 August 2003,{{cite web |title=See of Blackburn |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4310 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909080703/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4310 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-09 |work=Number10 |access-date=2009-06-15 }} consecrated at York Minster 2 March 2004 and installed at Blackburn Cathedral 27 March 2004; resigned 31 October 2012. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2013 | style="text-align: center;" | 2022 | Julian Henderson{{cite web |title=Diocese of Blackburn |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/diocese-of-blackburn/ |date=1 March 2013 |work=Number10 |publisher=HM Government |access-date=4 March 2013}} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2023 | style="text-align: center;" | present | Acting since 1 September 2022; translated from Burnley on 25 April 2023. |
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| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Sources:{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=Third |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=230}}{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=821 |title=Historical successions: Blackburn |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=6 January 2012}} |
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:
- 1982{{snd}}1999 (d.): Ken Giggall (former Bishop of St Helena and Auxiliary Bishop of Gibraltar){{Who's Who | title=Giggall, George Kenneth | id = U178636 | access-date = 28 February 2020 }} retired to Lytham{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhfkAAAAMAAJ&q=lytham|title = Churches of the South Atlantic Islands, 1502-1991|isbn = 9780904614473|last1 = Cannan|first1 = Edward|year = 1992| publisher=Anthony Nelson }}
- 1992{{snd}}2000 (ret.): Donald Nestor, Priest-in-Charge of Bretherton and former Suffragan Bishop of Lesotho{{Who's Who | title=Nestor, Donald Patrick | id = U29325 | access-date = 28 February 2020 }}
References
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