Bishop of Oswestry
The Bishop of Oswestry is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor in the Church of England.[1]
Following the first ordinations of women to the priesthood in the Church of England, Bishops suffragan of Ebbsfleet and of Richborough were appointed "flying bishops" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province of Canterbury which do not reject the ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.
In June 2022, it was announced that, from January 2023, oversight of conservative Catholics in the west of Canterbury province (formerly the Bishop of Ebbsfleet's area) would be taken by a new Bishop of Oswestry, suffragan to the Bishop of Lichfield; while oversight of conservative Evangelicals (formerly the duties of a Bishop suffragan of Maidstone would be taken by the next Bishop of Ebbsfleet.[2] The Bishop of Oswestry is to serve the western 13 dioceses of the southern province (Bath and Wells, Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Salisbury, Truro and Worcester).[3]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Oswestry | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1889 | present | vacant | |
| Source(s):[1] | |||
See also
References
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ "Bishops of Maidstone, Ebbsfleet and Oswestry". Diocese of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ See of Ebbsflett
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