Bishop of Leicester

This article is about the modern diocesan bishops. For the ancient Bishops of Leicester, see Bishop of Lincoln. For the modern suffragan bishops, see Bishop of Leicester (suffragan).

The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.^[1]

Bishop of Leicester
Bishopric
Anglican
The Rt. Reverend Martyn Snow
Arms of the Diocese of Leicester
Incumbent: Martyn Snow
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Canterbury
Residence	Bishop's Lodge, Knighton
Information
First holder	Cyril Bardsley
Established	1927
Diocese	Leicester
Cathedral	Leicester Cathedral

Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral.^[2][1] The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Knighton,^[3] south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.^[4]

Bishops of Leicester

Bishops of Leicester
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1927	1940	Cyril Bardsley	Translated from Peterborough
1940	1953	Guy Smith	Translated from Willesden
1953	1979	Ronald Williams
1979	1991	Richard Rutt	Translated from St Germans. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1995.
1991	1999	Tom Butler	Translated from Willesden; later moved to Southwark
1999	11 July 2015	Tim Stevens	Translated from Dunwich[5]
1 September 2015	22 February 2016	John Holbrook	Bishop of Brixworth, acting bishop[6]
22 February 2016	present	Martyn Snow	[4] Previously Bishop of Tewkesbury.[7]
Source(s):[1][2][8]

Assistant bishops

For those full-time Assistant Bishops of Leicester who preceded the Bishop suffragan of Loughborough, see Bishop of Loughborough.

Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include:

• 1935 – 1949 (ret.): John Willis, former Bishop of Uganda^[9]
• 1949 – 1955 (d.): Francis Hollis, Vicar of Stanford with Swinford, Leicestershire and Senior Canon of Leicester; former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak^[10]
• 1950 – 1965 (ret.): Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of Copt Oak (until 1952), of Ab Kettleby with Wartnaby and Holwell (1952–1959), Rector of Swithland (from 1959); former Assistant Bishop of West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell (17 December 1897 – 30 December 1975), CMS missionary in China.^[11] Made deacon on St Thomas' Day (21 December) 1923^[12] and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day, 21 December 1924; both times by, Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral.^[13]
• 1972 – 1997 (d.): John Mort, former Bishop of Northern Nigeria (1952–1969), Canon Treasurer of Leicester Cathedral (1970–1988)^[14]
• 1966 – 1973 (ret.): Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of Swithland, former Bishop of North Kerala and Assistant Bishop of Chelmsford

Cecil de Carteret, former Bishop of Jamaica, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.

Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

• 1999–2011 (res.): Colin Scott, retired Bishop of Hulme