Bishop of Bristol
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The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.
Bishop of Bristol | |
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Incumbent: Vivienne Faull | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Residence | Bishop's House, Winterbourne |
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Established | 1542 (and 1897) |
Diocese | Bristol |
Cathedral | Bristol Cathedral |
The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire. The see is in the City of Bristol where the seat is located at Bristol Cathedral. The bishop's residence is a house in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, north of Bristol.
The bishop is Vivienne Faull (previously Dean of York),[1] since the confirmation of her election on 25 June 2018.[2] She was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral on 3 July 2018[3] and enthroned in her Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol on 20 October 2018.[4]