Bishop of Colchester
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The Bishop of Colchester is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury, England.
The current bishop is Roger Morris, former Archdeacon of Worcester, who was consecrated as the Bishop of Colchester on 25 July 2014 at St Paul's Cathedral.[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i583 Diocese of Worcester – Archdeacon of Worcester to become Bishop of Colchester] (Accessed 2 May 2014)
The title takes its name after the town of Colchester in Essex, and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The suffragan bishops have been under the jurisdiction of a number of different dioceses. They were originally appointed for the Diocese of London, but changed in 1845 for the Diocese of Rochester and again in 1877 for the Diocese of St Albans. With the creation of the Diocese of Chelmsford in 1914, the suffragan bishops now come under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Chelmsford. The bishops suffragan of Colchester have been area bishops since the Chelmsford area scheme was erected in 1983.{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002 |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|access-date=23 April 2013}}
List of bishops
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|align="center"| 1536 | align="center"| 1541 | William More | Consecrated on 22 October 1536; died in 1541. |
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|align="center"| 1541 | align="center"| 1592 | colspan="2"| in abeyance | |
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|align="center"| 1592 | align="center"| 1608 | John Sterne | Consecrated on 12 November 1592; died in 1608. |
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|align="center"| 1608 | align="center"| 1882 | colspan="2"| in abeyance | |
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|align="center"| 1882 | align="center"| 1894 | Alfred Blomfield | |
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|align="center"| 1894 | align="center"| 1909 | Henry Johnson | |
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|align="center"| 1909 | align="center"| 1922 | Robert Whitcombe | |
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|align="center"| 1922 | align="center"| 1933 | Thomas Chapman | |
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|align="center"| 1933 | align="center"| 1946 | Charles Ridsdale | |
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|align="center"| 1946 | align="center"| 1966 | Dudley Narborough | |
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|align="center"| 1966 | align="center"| 1988 | Roderic Coote | Formerly Bishop of Fulham; first area bishop from 1983 |
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|align="center"| 1988 | align="center"| 1995 | Michael Vickers | |
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|align="center"| 1995 | align="center"| 2001 | Edward Holland | Formerly Suffragan Bishop in Europe |
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|align="center"| 2001 | align="center"| 2013 | Christopher Morgan | {{cite press release |url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/bishop-of-colchester-will-retire-this-summer |publisher=Diocese of Chelmsford |title=Bishop of Colchester will retire this summer |access-date=30 January 2013}} |
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|align="center"| 25 July 2014 | align="center"| present | Roger Morris | Previously Archdeacon of Worcester. |
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|align="center" colspan="4"| Source(s):{{cite book |title=Crockford's Clerical Directory |edition=100th |location=London |publisher=Church House Publishing |year=2007 |page=946 |isbn=978-0-7151-1030-0}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=287}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/area-bishops/area-bishop-of-colchester Area Bishop of Colchester]- official diocesan website
- [http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]
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Category:Bishops of Colchester
Category:Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Chelmsford
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