Bishop of Whitby

The Bishop of Whitby is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 30 July 1923.^[2] The Bishop of Whitby oversees the Archdeaconry of Cleveland.

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On 3 July 2014, Paul Ferguson was consecrated as Bishop of Whitby; he retired in July 2024.^[3] Barry Hill was announced as the next Bishop of Whitby and was consecrated as a bishop on 10 October 2024.^[4]

The Bishop of Whitby formerly had episcopal oversight of traditionalist parishes in the whole Diocese of York. Bates agreed not to ordain women and Ladds and Warner were both opponents of the ordination of women; however with the appointment of Ferguson, a supporter of women's ordination, oversight has been passed to the Bishop of Beverley, Stephen Race, (as PEV.)

List of bishops

Bishops of Whitby
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1923	1939	Henry Woollcombe	(1869–1941). Translated to Selby.
1939	1947	Harold Hubbard	(1883–1953). Retired.
1947	1954	Walter Baddeley	(1894–1960). Translated to Blackburn.
1954	1961	Philip Wheeldon	(1913–1992). Translated to Kimberley and Kuruman.
1961	1972	George Snow	(1907–1991). Retired.
1972	1975	John Yates	(1925–2008). Translated to Gloucester.
1976	1983	Clifford Barker	(1926-2017). Translated to Selby
1983	1999	Gordon Bates	(b. 1934). Retired.
1999	2008	Robert Ladds SSC	(b. 1941). Retired.
2010	2012	Martin Warner SSC	(b. 1958). Translated to Chichester in 2012.
October 2012	December 2012	Philip North, bishop-designate	(b. 1966) Withdrew acceptance. Later became Bishop of Burnley (2015–2023), Bishop-nominate of Sheffield (2017) and Bishop of Blackburn (2023 - ).
3 July 2014	July 2024	Paul Ferguson	(b. 1955) Retired.[5]
2024	current	Barry Hill	(b. 1979) Consecrated on 10 October 2024[6]
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