Bishop of Worcester
Diocesan bishop in the Church of England
The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury , England .
The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the year 680.[2] [3] From then until the 16th century, the bishops were in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church . During the Reformation , the church in England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first temporarily and later more permanently. Since the Reformation, the Bishop and Diocese of Worcester has been part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion .
The diocese covers most of the county of Worcestershire , including the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and parts of the City of Wolverhampton .[4] The Episcopal see is in the city of Worcester where the bishop's throne is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary .[5] The bishop's official residence is the Old Palace, Worcester .[6] The bishops had two residences outside the city: Hartlebury Castle near Kidderminster from the 13th century to 2007 and a palace at Alvechurch until it was pulled down in the 17th century.
From the elevations of Oswald of Worcester in 961 at Worcester and 972 at York, until 1023 the see was usually held jointly with the (then rather poorer) Archbishopric of York .
The current bishop of Worcester is John Inge .
List of bishops
Pre-Conquest
Post-Reformation
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese are:
1936 – 1944 (d.): Ridley Duppuy , Canon Residentiary of Worcester Cathedral , Archdeacon of Worcester (from 1938), Vice-Dean of Worcester (from 1940) and former Bishop of Victoria [29]
1946 – January 1953 (ret.): Bertram Lasbrey , Rector of St Andrew's &c. Worcester and former Bishop on the Niger [30]
1953 – 1965 (ret.): Cyril Stuart , Rector of St Andrew's &c. Worcester (until 1965), Canon of Worcester thereafter, and former Bishop of Uganda [31]
1968 – 1991 (ret.): Nicholas Allenby , former Bishop of Kuching [32]
1989 – 2008 (d.): Kenneth Woollcombe , assistant priest in Upton Snodsbury (1989–?), former Bishop of Oxford and Assistant Bishop of London for Westminster[33]
References
^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1167
^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 223.
^ a b c d Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ancient Diocese of Worcester ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , pp. 223–224, and 278.
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^ Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , pp. 278–280.
^ Greenway 1971 , "Bishops of Worcester ", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2 , pp. 99–102.
^ a b Jones 1962 , "Bishops of Worcester ", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4 , pp. 55–58.
^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 7, 1992, pp. 105–109
^ "Hooper, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/13706 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Pollard, Albert Frederick (1911). "Hooper, John" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 675–676.
^ Lee, Sidney , ed. (1891). "Hooper, John" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 280.
^ a b Horn 1996 , "Bishops of Worcester ", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 7 , pp. 105–109.
^ Episcopacy . British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638–60 . Retrieved on 25 April 2021.
^ King, Peter (July 1968). "The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642–1649". The English Historical Review . 83 (328). Oxford University Press: 523–537. doi :10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523 . JSTOR 564164 .
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^ The Rt Revd Philip Goodrich [dead link ] . The Daily Telegraph , first published: 22 November 2001.
^ "Trust chaplaincy service secured" . 9 November 2007.
^ "Bishop John to retire" . Diocese of Worcester . 2 May 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024 .
^ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , pp. 280–281.
^ "Duppuy, Charles Ridley" . Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lasbrey, Bertram" . Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Stuart, Cyril Edgar" . Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Allenby, David Howard Nicholas" . Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Woollcombes to leave London" . Church Times . No. 6584. 21 April 1989. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
Bibliography
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5 .
Greenway, D. E. (1971). Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces) . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2. British History Online.
Horn, J. M. (1996). Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Vol. 7. British History Online.
Jones, B. (1962). Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province) . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Vol. 4. British History Online.
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