Bishop of Sheffield

{{Short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox diocese

| bishopric = Sheffield

| border = anglican

| incumbent = Pete Wilcox

| image = Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Sheffield.jpg

| province = York

| residence = Bishopscroft, Ranmoor

| established = 1914

| cathedral = Sheffield Cathedral

| diocese = Sheffield

}}

The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.

A similar title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. John Quirk, the only Bishop suffragan of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing that diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Sheffield was created out of the south-western part of the Diocese of York in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscroft, Ranmoor{{Crockford| surname =Wilcox | forenames =Peter Jonathan | id =26068 | accessed = 30 November 2015}} — west-south-west of the city centre.

On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Philip North had been nominated to translate to Sheffield before June 2017,[http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/next-bishop-of-sheffield-announced Diocese of Sheffield — Next Bishop of Sheffield Announced] (Accessed 31 January 2017) but North withdrew his acceptance of the nomination in March officially citing "personal reasons". Since his nomination, there had been a number of public articles challenging the appropriateness of his appointment, based on his rejection of the ordination of priests who are women and the number of priests in Sheffield diocese who are women.{{cite web|title=Bishop Philip North steps down over women priests row|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39223112|website=BBC News|access-date=9 March 2017}}

On 7 April 2017, it was announced that Pete Wilcox{{cite web|title=Bishop of Sheffield Announced | url=http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/bishop-of-sheffield-announced|website=Diocese of Sheffield|publisher=Diocese of Sheffield|access-date=7 April 2017}} was to be consecrated Bishop of Sheffield on 22 June 2017.[http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/the-consecration-of-the-very-revd-dr-pete-wilcox-22-june-2017 Diocese of Sheffield — Consecration of Pete Wilcox, 22 June 2017] (Accessed 6 May 2017) He was elected to the See by the college of canons of Sheffield Cathedral on 5 May 2017;[https://twitter.com/PeteWilcox1564/status/860581045200199681 Twitter — Pete Wilcox] (Accessed 6 May 2017) and his election was confirmed on 5 June 2017 at York Minster.[https://twitter.com/PeteWilcox1564/status/871473291210477569 Pete Wilcox on Twitter] (Accessed 5 June 2017)[https://yorkminster.org/home.html York Minster homepage] — [https://web.archive.org/web/20170605094134/https://yorkminster.org/home.html Archived at archive.org, 5 June 2017] (Accessed 5 June 2017)