List of bishops in the Church of England

The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility, either as spokesperson bishops for the Church of England or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords.

Diocesan bishops

As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies). Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and also in Tynwald Court; fourteen diocesans are not currently Lords Spiritual; and the Bishop in Europe is ineligible to be a Lord Spiritual.

Key
Active   Inactive   Vacant   Male   Female

Lords Spiritual ex officio

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[a]	Consecrated[b]	Introduced[c]
The Archbishop of Canterbury	ZzVacant since 7 January 2025	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 25)	17 January 2038	17 January 2038	17 January 2038
The Archbishop of York, (acting primate)	Stephen Cottrell	(1958-08-31) 31 August 1958 (age 66)	9 July 2020[1]	4 May 2004[i]	25 March 2014 (Chelmsford) 22 October 2020 (York)[3]
The Bishop of London,  Dean of the Province of Canterbury	Sarah Mullally[4]	(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 63)[5]	8 March 2018[6]	22 July 2015[4]	24 May 2018[7]
The Bishop of Durham	ZyVacant since 29 February 2024	(2000-01-16) 16 January 2000 (age 25)	16 January 2038	16 January 2038	16 January 2038
The Bishop of Winchester	Philip Mounstephen	(1959-07-13) 13 July 1959 (age 66)	10 October 2023[d]	30 November 2018[ii]	12 December 2023[10]

Lords Spiritual by virtue of seniority of service

Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (originally in force until 17 May 2025,^[11][12] extended in 2025 by five more years until 18 May 2030).^[13][14]

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[a]	Consecrated[b]	Introduced[c]
The Bishop of Oxford	Steven Croft	(1957-05-29) 29 May 1957 (age 68)	6 July 2016[15] (Sheffield: late 2008)	25 January 2009[iii]	14 October 2013 (Sheffield)[16] 19 July 2016 (Oxford)[17]
The Bishop of Lincoln	Stephen Conway	(1957-12-22) 22 December 1957 (age 67)	6 December 2010 (Ely)[18] 20 July 2023 (Lincoln)[19]	22 June 2006[iv]	7 July 2014 (Ely)[20] 21 November 2023 (Lincoln)[21]
The Bishop of Southwark	Christopher Chessun	(1956-08-05) 5 August 1956 (age 69)	17 January 2011[22]	21 April 2005[v]	15 December 2014[23]
The Bishop of Leeds	Nick Baines[24][A]	(1957-11-13) 13 November 1957 (age 67)	8 June 2014 (Leeds)[24][e] 1 April 2011 (Bradford)	8 May 2003[vi]	5 February 2015[27]
The Bishop of Gloucester	Rachel Treweek[f]	(1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 62)	15 June 2015[28]	22 July 2015[29]	26 October 2015[30]
The Bishop of Chichester	Martin Warner	(1958-12-24) 24 December 1958 (age 66)	2 July 2012[31]	26 January 2010[32][vii]	15 January 2018[33]
The Bishop of Bristol	Vivienne Faull[f][B]	(1955-05-20) 20 May 1955 (age 70)	25 June 2018[35]	3 July 2018[36]	23 October 2018[37]
The Bishop of Derby	Libby Lane[f][g]	(1966-12-08) 8 December 1966 (age 58)	11 February 2019[38]	26 January 2015[39]	2 July 2019[40]
The Bishop of Manchester,  Convenor of the Lords Spiritual[41]	David Walker	(1957-05-30) 30 May 1957 (age 68)	7 October 2013	30 November 2000[viii]	7 September 2020[42]
The Bishop of Chelmsford	Guli Francis-Dehqani[f]	(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966 (age 59)	11 March 2021[43]	30 November 2017[44][ix]	1 November 2021[45]
The Bishop of Guildford	Andrew Watson	(1961-07-16) 16 July 1961 (age 64)	24 November 2014[46]	28 October 2008[47][x]	9 February 2022[48]
The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham	Paul Williams	(1968-01-16) 16 January 1968 (age 57)	11 May 2015[49]	25 March 2009[50]	13 June 2022[51]
The Bishop of Leicester	Martyn Snow	(1968-01-25) 25 January 1968 (age 57)[52]	22 February 2016[53]	25 September 2013	8 November 2022[54]
The Bishop of Lichfield	Michael Ipgrave[55]	(1958-04-18) 18 April 1958 (age 67)	10 June 2016[56]	21 March 2012[55]	20 February 2023[57]
The Bishop of Sheffield	Pete Wilcox	(1961-10-10) 10 October 1961 (age 63)	5 June 2017[58][59]	22 June 2017[60]	14 March 2023[61]
The Bishop of Newcastle	Helen-Ann Hartley[f][g]	(1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 52)	3 February 2023[62]	22 February 2014	26 October 2023[63]
The Bishop of Norwich	Graham Usher	(1970-09-11) 11 September 1970 (age 54)	17 June 2019	25 March 2014[64]	26 October 2023[65]
The Bishop of Hereford	Richard Jackson[66]	(1961-01-22) 22 January 1961 (age 64)	7 January 2020[67]	14 May 2014[68]	23 January 2024[69]
The Bishop of Peterborough	Debbie Sellin	(1964-10-01) 1 October 1964 (age 60)[70]	13 December 2023[71]	3 July 2019[72]	30 January 2025[73]
The Bishop of Chester	Mark Tanner	November 1970 (age 54)	15 July 2020[74]	18 October 2016[75]	17 July 2025[76]
The Bishop of Coventry	Sophie Jelley	1972 (age 52–53)[77]	14 February 2025[78]	21 September 2020 (morning)[79]	4 September 2025[80]

Other diocesan bishops

Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[a]	Consecrated[b]
The Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York (ad interim)[h]	David Urquhart	(1952-04-14) 14 April 1952 (age 73)	6 February 2023Appointed February 2023[81]	2000
The Bishop in Europe[i]	Robert Innes	1959 (age 65–66)[82]	20 July 2014Not elected[83]	20 July 2014[83]
The Bishop of Portsmouth	Jonathan Frost	(1964-09-26) 26 September 1964 (age 60)	18 January 2022[84]	30 November 2010[xi]
The Bishop of Salisbury	Stephen Lake	(1963-12-17) 17 December 1963 (age 61)[86]	1 April 2022[87]	25 April 2022[87]
The Bishop of Rochester	Jonathan Gibbs	(1961-05-06) 6 May 1961 (age 64)	24 May 2022	17 October 2014[88]
The Bishop of Bath and Wells	Michael Beasley	1968 (age 56–57)[89]	29 June 2022[90]	14 May 2015[91]
The Bishop of Liverpool	John Perumbalath (on leave pending resignation)[92]	(1966-05-23) 23 May 1966 (age 59)	20 January 2023[62]	3 July 2018[93]
The Bishop of Blackburn	Philip North[j]	(1966-12-02) 2 December 1966 (age 58)	25 April 2023[96]	2 February 2015[97]
The Bishop of Birmingham	Michael Volland	1974 (age 50–51)	22 November 2023[98]	30 November 2023[99]
The Bishop of Sodor and Man[i]	Tricia Hillas	1966 (age 58–59)	23 September 2024 (letters patent)[100]	10 October 2024[101]
The Bishop of Exeter	Mike Harrison	(1963-03-07) 7 March 1963 (age 62)	25 September 2024[102]	24 February 2016[103]
The Bishop of Truro	David Williams	(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 64)	28 March 2025[104]	19 September 2014[105]
Bishop-designate of Carlisle,  The Bishop of Penrith,  Acting Bishop of Carlisle	Rob Saner-Haigh	1973 (age 51–52)[106]	TBA	15 July 2022[107]
Bishop-designate of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich,  The Bishop of Stepney	Joanne Grenfell	(1972-05-27) 27 May 1972 (age 53)[108]	29 September 2025"autumn"[109]	3 July 2019[110]
Bishop-designate of Worcester,  The Bishop of St Germans  and Bishop to the Forces	Hugh Nelson	1972 (age 52–53)[111]	29 September 2025TBA 20 September 2021 (Forces)[112]	15 July 2020[113] (morning)[114]
The Bishop of Ely	ZwVacant since 20 July 2023	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 25)	14 January 2038	14 January 2038
The Bishop of St Albans	ZzVacant since 31 May 2025	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 25)	17 January 2038	17 January 2038

Acting diocesan bishops

Acting diocesan bishops, properly called episcopal commissaries, are referred to by a wide variety of informal titles. For simplicity, this article refers only to the Acting Bishop of Somewhere.

There is no acting diocesan bishop during the Canterbury vacancy because the Bishop of Dover is de facto diocesan anyway.

Acting bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Acting since	Consecration[b]
Acting Bishop of Ely,  The Bishop of Huntingdon	Dagmar Winter	1963 (age 61–62)	20 July 2023[115]	3 July 2019
Acting Bishop of Carlisle,  The Bishop of Penrith,  Bishop-designate of Carlisle	Rob Saner-Haigh	1973 (age 51–52)	31 August 2023	15 July 2022
Acting Bishop of Durham,  The Bishop of Jarrow	Sarah Clark	(1965-04-21) 21 April 1965 (age 60)	29 February 2024	27 February 2019
Acting Bishop of Worcester,  The Bishop of Dudley	Martin Gorick	(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 63)	9 October 2024[116]	28 January 2020
Acting Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich  (honorary assistant bishop)	Graeme Knowles	(1951-09-25) 25 September 1951 (age 73)	1 March 2025[117]	4 December 2003
Interim Bishop of Liverpool,  The Bishop of Wigan	Ruth Worsley[k]	1962 (age 62–63)	4 April 2025 (translated to Wigan)[118]	29 September 2015[119]
Acting Bishop of St Albans,  The Bishop of Bedford	Richard Atkinson	(1958-12-17) 17 December 1958 (age 66)	1 June 2025[120]	17 May 2012[121]

Suffragan bishops

As of 1 May 2022^[update], there are 73 bishops suffragan. Of the 73: one, the Bishop of Dover, acts as a diocesan bishop; one, the Bishop of Islington, has a national role (though often focused in London); five bishops provide Alternative Episcopal Oversight (to parishes who reject the presbyteral and/or episcopal ministry of women); 20 are area bishops; and the remaining 46 are deployed in suffragan roles across their diocese (or have informal portfolios or geographical responsibility).

Diocese	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Took office[l]	Consecrated[b]
Canterbury	The Bishop of Dover	Rose Hudson-Wilkin	(1961-01-19) 19 January 1961 (age 64)	19 November 2019 (consecration)	19 November 2019[122]
Truro	The Bishop of St Germans,  Bishop to the Forces,  Bishop-designate of Worcester	Hugh Nelson	1972 (age 52–53)[111]	15 July 2020 (consecration) 20 September 2021 (Forces)[112]	15 July 2020[113] (morning)[114]
Manchester	The Bishop of Middleton	Mark Davies	(1962-05-12) 12 May 1962 (age 63)	25 April 2008 (consecrated)	25 April 2008[123]
Peterborough	The Bishop of Brixworth	John Holbrook[C]	(1962-06-14) 14 June 1962 (age 63)	2 June 2011 (consecrated)	2 June 2011[125]
London AEO	The Bishop of Fulham	Jonathan Baker[k]	(1966-10-06) 6 October 1966 (age 58)	13 February 2013 (translated)[126][127]	16 June 2011[xii]
St Albans	The Bishop of Bedford,  acting Bishop of St Albans	Richard Atkinson[128]	(1958-12-17) 17 December 1958 (age 66)[129]	17 May 2012 (consecrated)	17 May 2012[121]
Lichfield	The area Bishop of Wolverhampton	Tim Wambunya	1966 (age 58–59)[130]	15 October 2024 (installation)[131]	6 October 2013
Lincoln	The Bishop of Grimsby	David Court[132][D]	(1958-10-16) 16 October 1958 (age 66)	25 July 2014 (consecrated)	25 July 2014[132]
Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Colchester	Roger Morris[134]	(1968-07-18) 18 July 1968 (age 57)[135]	25 July 2014 (consecrated)	25 July 2014[134]
Leeds	The area Bishop of Bradford	Toby Howarth[88]	(1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 (age 63)	17 October 2014 (consecrated)	17 October 2014[88]
Liverpool	The Bishop of Wigan,  Interim Bishop of Liverpool	Ruth Worsley[k]	1962 (age 62–63)	4 April 2025 (letters patent)[118]	29 September 2015 (Taunton)[119]
London	The Bishop of Islington,  national bishop for church plants,  Archbishop-elect of Melbourne[E]	Ric Thorpe[m]	(1965-02-03) 3 February 1965 (age 60)	29 September 2015 (consecrated)	29 September 2015[137]
Lincoln	The Bishop of Grantham	Nicholas Chamberlain	(1963-11-25) 25 November 1963 (age 61)	19 November 2015 (consecrated)	19 November 2015[138]
Salisbury	The Bishop of Sherborne	Karen Gorham[k]	(1964-06-24) 24 June 1964 (age 61)	24 February 2016 (consecrated)	24 February 2016[139]
Gloucester	The Bishop of Tewkesbury	Robert Springett	(1962-09-15) 15 September 1962 (age 62)	30 November 2016 (consecrated)	30 November 2016[140]
York	The Bishop of Hull	Eleanor Sanderson	1977 (age 47–48)[141]	22 September 2022[142]	2 June 2017[143]
Blackburn	The Bishop of Lancaster	Jill Duff[m]	1972 (age 52–53)	29 June 2018 (consecration)	29 June 2018[144]
Rochester	The Bishop of Tonbridge	Simon Burton-Jones	(1962-12-23) 23 December 1962 (age 62)[145]	3 July 2018 (consecration)	3 July 2018[146]
Liverpool	The Bishop of Warrington	Bev Mason[m] (on leave)[147]	August 1960 (age 64–65)	18 October 2018 (consecration)	18 October 2018[148]
Salisbury	The Bishop of Ramsbury	Andrew Rumsey	1969 (age 55–56)	25 January 2019 (consecration)	25 January 2019[149]
London	The area Bishop of Kensington	Emma Ineson	1969 (age 55–56)	19 February 2023 (oaths)[150]	27 February 2019[xiii]
Durham	The Bishop of Jarrow,  acting Bishop of Durham	Sarah Clark	(1965-04-21) 21 April 1965 (age 60)	27 February 2019 (consecration)	27 February 2019[153]
London	The area Bishop of Stepney,  Bishop-designate of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich	Joanne Grenfell[m]	(1972-05-27) 27 May 1972 (age 53)[108]	3 July 2019 (consecration)	3 July 2019[154]
Lichfield	The area Bishop of Shrewsbury	Sarah Bullock	(1964-03-17) 17 March 1964 (age 61)[155]	3 July 2019 (consecration)	3 July 2019[156]
Ely	The Bishop of Huntingdon,  Acting Bishop of Ely	Dagmar Winter	1963 (age 61–62)[157]	3 July 2019 (consecration)	3 July 2019[158]
Worcester	The Bishop of Dudley	Martin Gorick[m]	(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 63)	28 January 2020 (consecration)	28 January 2020[159]
Chichester	The Bishop of Horsham	Ruth Bushyager	1977 (age 47–48)[160]	15 July 2020 (consecration)	15 July 2020 (morning)[161]
Chichester	The Bishop of Lewes	Will Hazlewood	1971 (age 53–54)[162]	15 July 2020 (consecration)	15 July 2020 (afternoon)[161]
Southwell & Nottingham	The Bishop of Sherwood	Andy Emerton	1972 (age 52–53)[163]	21 September 2020 (consecration)	21 September 2020 (afternoon)[79]
Newcastle	The Bishop of Berwick	Mark Wroe	1969 (age 55–56)[164]	5 January 2021 (consecration)	5 January 2021[165]
Oxford	The area Bishop of Dorchester	Gavin Collins	(1966-12-31) 31 December 1966 (age 58)	14 April 2021 (consecration)	14 April 2021[166]
Derby	The Bishop of Repton	Malcolm Macnaughton	1957 (age 67–68)[167]	14 April 2021 (consecration)	14 April 2021[166]
Lichfield	The area Bishop of Stafford	Matthew Parker	(1963-06-01) 1 June 1963 (age 62)	14 April 2021 (consecration)	14 April 2021[166]
Norwich	The Bishop of Lynn	Jane Steen	1964 (age 60–61)	23 June 2021 (consecration)	23 June 2021[168]
Chester	The Bishop of Birkenhead	Julie Conalty[m]	1963 (age 61–62)	19 July 2021 (consecration)	19 July 2021[169]
Chester	The Bishop of Stockport	Sam Corley	1976 (age 48–49)[170]	19 July 2021 (consecration)	19 July 2021[169]
Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Barking	Lynne Cullens	1964 (age 60–61)[171]	25 January 2022 (consecration)	25 January 2022[172]
Leicester	The Bishop of Loughborough	Saju Muthalaly	1979 (age 45–46)[173]	25 January 2022 (consecration)	25 January 2022[172]
London	The area Bishop of Willesden	Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy	1977 (age 47–48)[174]	25 January 2022 (consecration)	25 January 2022[172]
Southwark	The area Bishop of Croydon	Rosemarie Mallett	1959 (age 65–66)[175]	24 June 2022 (consecration)	24 June 2022[176]
Carlisle	The Bishop of Penrith,  Acting Bishop of Carlisle,  Bishop-designate of Carlisle	Rob Saner-Haigh	1973 (age 51–52)[106]	15 July 2022 (consecration)	15 July 2022[107]
Leeds	The Bishop of Kirkstall	Arun Arora	1971 (age 53–54)[177]	15 July 2022 (consecration)	15 July 2022[178]
Exeter	The Bishop of Plymouth	James Grier	aged c. 47[179]	29 September 2022 (consecration)	29 September 2022[180]
York AEO	The Bishop of Beverley	Stephen Race[m]	1969 (age 55–56)[181]	30 November 2022 (consecration)	30 November 2022[182]
Lichfield AEO	The Bishop of Oswestry	Paul Thomas	1975 (age 49–50)[183]	2 February 2023 (consecration)	2 February 2023[184]
Southwark	The area Bishop of Kingston	Martin Gainsborough	1966 (age 58–59)[185]	2 February 2023 (consecration)	2 February 2023[186]
St Albans	The Bishop of Hertford	Jane Mainwaring	1970 (age 54–55)[187]	2 February 2023 (consecration)	2 February 2023[186]
Canterbury AEO	The Bishop of Ebbsfleet	Rob Munro	1963 (age 61–62)[188]	2 February 2023 (consecration)	2 February 2023[186]
Leeds	The area Bishop of Huddersfield	Smitha Prasadam	1964 (age 60–61)[189]	22 June 2023 (consecration)	22 June 2023[190]
Manchester	The Bishop of Bolton	Matthew Porter	1969 (age 55–56)[191]	22 June 2023 (consecration)	22 June 2023[190]
Leeds	The area Bishop of Ripon	Anna Eltringham	1974 (age 50–51)[192]	22 June 2023 (consecration)	22 June 2023[190]
Norwich	The Bishop of Thetford	Ian Bishop	(1962-11-13) 13 November 1962 (age 62)	29 September 2023 (consecration)	29 September 2023[193]
Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Bradwell	Adam Atkinson	1967 (age 57–58)[194]	29 September 2023 (consecration)	29 September 2023[193]
Guildford	The Bishop of Dorking	Paul Davies	(1973-03-15) 15 March 1973 (age 52)	29 September 2023 (consecration)	29 September 2023[193]
Bristol	The Bishop of Swindon	Neil Warwick	1964 (age 60–61)[195]	30 November 2023 (consecration)	30 November 2023[196]
London	The area Bishop of Edmonton	Anderson Jeremiah	1975 (age 49–50)[197]	25 April 2024 (consecration)	25 April 2024[198]
Southwark	The area Bishop of Woolwich	Alastair Cutting	(1960-05-29) May 29, 1960 (age 65)	3 July 2024 (consecration)	3 July 2024[199]
Blackburn	The Bishop of Burnley	Joe Kennedy	1969 (age 55–56)[200]	19 July 2024 (consecration)	19 July 2024[201]
York	The Bishop of Selby	Flora Winfield	1964 (age 60–61)[202]	10 October 2024 (consecration)	10 October 2024[203]
York	The Bishop of Whitby	Barry Hill	1979 (age 45–46)[204]	10 October 2024 (consecration)	10 October 2024[203]
Winchester	The Bishop of Southampton	Rhiannon King	1972 (age 52–53)[205]	18 October 2024 (consecration)	18 October 2024[206]
Birmingham	The Bishop of Aston	Esther Prior	1973 (age 51–52)[207]	27 February 2025 (consecration)	27 February 2025 (morning)[208]
Europe	The Suffragan Bishop in Europe	Andrew Norman	1963 (age 61–62)[209]	27 February 2025 (consecration)	27 February 2025 (morning)[210]
Oxford	The area Bishop of Buckingham	Dave Bull	1972 (age 52–53)[211]	27 February 2025 (consecration)	27 February 2025 (morning)[212]
Oxford	The area Bishop of Reading	Mary Gregory	1970 (age 54–55)[213]	27 February 2025 (consecration)	27 February 2025 (morning)[212]
Canterbury AEO	The Bishop of Richborough[k]	Luke Irvine-Capel	1975 (age 49–50)[214]	27 February 2025 (consecration)	27 February 2025 (afternoon)[215]
Leeds	The area Bishop-designate of Wakefield	Malcolm Chamberlain	(1969-12-01) 1 December 1969 (age 55)	11 June 2025 (consecration)	11 June 2025 (announced)[216]
Exeter	Bishop-designate of Crediton,  The Archdeacon of Reigate	Moira Astin	(1965-02-18) 18 February 1965 (age 60)	6 July 2025 (consecration)	6 July 2025 (announced)[217]
Sheffield	Bishop-designate of Doncaster	Leah Vasey-Saunders	1977 (age 47–48)[218]	16 September 2025 (consecration)	16 September 2025 (announced)[219]
Coventry	The Bishop of Warwick	ZqVacant since 7 August 2023	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 25)	8 January 2038	8 January 2038
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich	The Bishop of Dunwich	ZvVacant since 25 September 2024	(2000-01-13) 13 January 2000 (age 25)	13 January 2038	13 January 2038
Winchester	The Bishop of Basingstoke	ZyVacant since 28 March 2025	(2000-01-16) 16 January 2000 (age 25)	16 January 2038	16 January 2038
Bath & Wells	The Bishop of Taunton	ZzVacant since 4 April 2025	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 25)	17 January 2038	17 January 2038

Other bishops

As of 15 October 2024^[update], there are sixteen people in active ministry (i.e. not retired) in the Church of England who are in episcopal orders but not in episcopal posts in the Church of England.

• Jonathan Ruhumuliza, former Bishop of Cameroon (Church of the Province of West Africa) and of Kigali (Anglican Church of Rwanda; consecrated 1991), has been in parish ministry in England since 2005^[220]
• Pete Broadbent, former Bishop of Willesden (consecrated 2001), has been Bishop's Adviser (2030 Vision) in the Diocese of London since 1 October 2021.^[221]
• Saulo Barros, former Bishop of The Amazon (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil; consecrated 2006) is Priest-in-Charge of St Martin's Church, Plaistow.^[222]
• Humphrey Southern, former Bishop of Repton (consecrated 2007)^[223] has been Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon since 2015^[224]
• Anthony Poggo, former Bishop of Kajo-Keji (Episcopal Church of South Sudan; consecrated 2007), has been based at Lambeth Palace since 2016: as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Advisor on Anglican Communion Affairs^[225] until 2022 and as Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council since^[226]
• Christopher Cocksworth, former Bishop of Coventry (consecrated 2008), has been Dean of Windsor since 2023
• Mark Sowerby, former Bishop of Horsham (consecrated 2009),^[227] has been Principal of the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, since 2019^[228]
• Mark Rylands, former Bishop of Shrewsbury (consecrated 2009),^[229] has been a parish priest in Devon since 2018^[230]
• Chris Goldsmith, former Bishop of St Germans (consecrated 2013),^[231] has been based at Church House, Westminster as national Director of Ministry since 2019^[232]
• Rob Gillion, former Bishop of Riverina (Anglican Church of Australia; consecrated 2014), has been Vicar of Streatham Christ Church and Associate Bishop for the Arts in the Diocese of Southwark since 2020^[233]
• Graham Tomlin, former area Bishop of Kensington (consecrated 2015), has been leading the Centre for Cultural Witness since 2022^[234]
• Rob Wickham, former area Bishop of Edmonton^[235] (consecrated 2015),^[137] has been the CEO of Church Urban Fund since July 2023.
• Anne Hollinghurst, former Bishop of Aston (consecrated 2015),^[236] has been Principal of The Queen's Foundation, Edgbaston, and an honorary assistant bishop in the neighbouring Diocese of Lichfield (and member of that diocese's House of Bishops) since September 2024.^[237]
• Jan McFarlane, former Bishop of Repton (consecrated 2016),^[238] has been Dean of Lichfield since 2024.^[239]
• Jo Bailey Wells, former Bishop of Dorking (consecrated 2016),^[240] has been "Bishop for Episcopal Ministry" at the Anglican Communion Office since January 2023.^[241]
• Anthony Ball, Canon of Westminster, is also a part-time bishop (consecrated 2021) in the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria.^[242]

House of Bishops

The membership of the General Synod's House of Bishops is:^[243]

• All 42 bishops diocesan (or as many as are in post)
• The Bishop suffragan of Dover (as a quasi-diocesan bishop; Rose Hudson-Wilkin, since 2019) and the Bishop to the Forces (Hugh Nelson, Bishop suffragan of St Germans and Bishop-designate of Worcester; since 2021)
• 9 bishops suffragan (5 from Canterbury province; 4 from York) elected by and from among all the bishops suffragan.

The following have been elected to serve in the Convocations for 2021–2026:^[244]

1. Ric Thorpe, Bishop suffragan of Islington (since 2021)^[245]
2. Bev Mason, Bishop suffragan of Warrington (since 2021)
3. Martin Gorick, Bishop suffragan of Dudley (since 2021)
4. Jill Duff, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster (since 2022)^[246]
5. Joanne Grenfell, area Bishop of Stepney and Bishop-designate of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (since 2023)^[247]
6. Julie Conalty, Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead (since 2023)^[247]
7. Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley (since 2023)^[247]
8. one southern vacancy vice Hollinghurst
9. one southern vacancy vice Graham

Acting diocesan bishops (commissaries) also attend but do not vote (unless they happen to hold a vote as an elected representative suffragan) at meetings of the House.^[248]

The four "provincial episcopal visitors" (the Bishops suffragan of Richborough, of Ebbsfleet, of Oswestry and of Beverley) may attend and speak, but are not members and may not vote — unless they are elected as representative suffragans^[243][249] (as Beverley is).

Since 1 December 2016 six female bishops suffragan are "[given] rights of attendance".^[250] They are:^[243]

1. Alison White, Bishop suffragan of Hull
2. Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Wigan
3. Karen Gorham, Bishop suffragan of Sherborne
4. one vacancy vice Hartley
5. one vacancy vice Bailey Wells
6. one vacancy vice Hollinghurst

Scheduled Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) meetings

Further information: Appointment of Church of England bishops

The following meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission have been held since 2020, with the outcomes listed:^[251]

See	First meeting	Second meeting	Announcement	Election confirmed
Chester	3 February 2020	16 & 17 March 2020	12 May 2020	15 July 2020
Chelmsford	12 October 2020	18 & 19 November 2020	17 December 2020	11 March 2021
Portsmouth	21 June 2021	20 & 21 July 2021	8 October 2021	18 January 2022[84]
Salisbury	29 September 2021	9 & 10 November 2021	13 January 2022	1 April 2022
Rochester	14 December 2021	27 & 28 January 2022	31 March 2022	24 May 2022
Bath and Wells	31 January 2022	28 February & 1 March 2022	28 April 2022	29 June 2022
Liverpool	16 May 2022	21 & 22 June 2022	18 October 2022	20 January 2023
Newcastle	7 June 2022	18 & 19 July 2022	20 October 2022	3 February 2023
Blackburn	21 September 2022	8 & 9 November 2022	10 January 2023	25 April 2023
Lincoln	24 February 2023	28 & 29 March 2023	24 May 2023	20 July 2023
Winchester	21 March 2023	27 & 28 April 2023	6 July 2023	10 October 2023
Birmingham	21 April 2023	18 & 19 May 2023	31 August 2023	22 November 2023
Peterborough	13 June 2023	19 & 20 July 2023	28 September 2023	13 December 2023
Carlisle	7 November 2023	13 & 14 December 2023	15 December 2023: not filled[252]	—
Sodor and Man	17 January 2024	13 & 14 March 2024	16 May 2024	n/a
Exeter	29 February 2024	9 & 10 April 2024	4 June 2024	25 September 2024
Ely	13 May 2024	11 & 12 July 2024	15 July 2024: not filled[253]	—
Coventry	26 June 2024	11 & 12 September 2024	4 November 2024	14 February 2025
Truro	6 September 2024	15 & 16 October 2024	11 December 2024	28 March 2025
Durham	11 October 2024	26 & 27 November 2024	17 February 2025 (nominated candidate withdrew)[254]	—
Carlisle	22 January 2025	13 & 14 March 2025	9 May 2025	TBA
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich	4 March 2025	28 & 29 April 2025	27 June 2025[255]	TBA
Worcester	9 May 2025	12 & 13 June 2025	29 July 2025[256]	TBA
See	First meeting	Second meeting	Estimated announcement	Election Confirmed
Canterbury	May & July 2025[257]	September 2025	November 2025 (estimated)	TBA
Durham	11 October 2025	26 & 27 October 2025	TBA	TBA
Ely	2 October 2025	12 & 13 November 2025	TBA	TBA
St Albans	4 December 2025	20 & 21 January 2026	TBA	TBA
Bristol	19 February 2026	15 & 16 April 2026	TBA	TBA
Leeds	4 March 2026	13 & 14 May 2026	TBA	TBA
Liverpool	1 December 2026	27 & 28 January 2027	TBA	TBA

See also

• List of deans in the Church of England
• List of archdeacons in the Church of England
• List of Church of England dioceses
• Members of the House of Lords
• Religion in the United Kingdom

Consecration notes

1. Cottrell was consecrated in 2004 to serve as area Bishop of Reading, translated to Chelmsford on 6 October 2010,^[2] and translated to York on 9 July 2020.^[1]
2. Mounstephen was consecrated as Bishop of Truro in 2018.
3. Croft was consecrated as diocesan Bishop of Sheffield in 2009, his election having been confirmed in late 2008.
4. Conway was consecrated as area Bishop of Ramsbury in 2006.
5. Chessun was consecrated as area Bishop of Woolwich in 2005.
6. Baines was consecrated as area Bishop of Croydon in 2003; he was translated to Bradford in 2011 and that see was dissolved in 2014, two months prior to his confirmation to Leeds.
7. Warner was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Whitby in 2010.
8. Walker was consecrated as area Bishop of Dudley in 2000.
9. Francis-Dehqani was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Loughborough in 2017.
10. Watson was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Aston in 2008.
11. Frost was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Southampton on 30 November 2010.^[85]
12. Baker was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (PEV) in 2011.
13. Ineson was consecrated as Bishop of Penrith in 2019^[151] and became Bishop to the Archbishops on 1 June 2021.^[152]

Resignations and retirements

Bishops are generally required to retire at age 70, but may continue in office for longer (up to a maximum of 75) by direction of their superior (the archbishop for diocesan bishops, the diocesan bishop for suffragan bishops).^[258]

1. Baines is to retire effective 30 November 2025.^[25]
2. Faull is to retire effective 1 September 2025.^[34]
3. Holbrook is to retire effective 30 September 2025.^[124]
4. Court is to retire effective 31 July 2025.^[133]
5. The date of Thorpe's translated from Islington to Melbourne^[136] — by the confirmation of his election — has yet to be announced.

Notes

1. The date the person's election to their current see was confirmed.
2. The date the person was consecrated as an Anglican bishop.
3. The date(s) the person was introduced in the House of Lords.
4. Mounstephen was translated to Winchester upon the confirmation of his election at St Mary-le-Bow on 10 October 2023.^[8][9]
5. Baines became acting diocesan and area bishop for Leeds on 22 April 2014,^[26] then became diocesan and area Bishop of Leeds proper upon the confirmation of his election on 8 June
6. Accelerated in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.^[11]
7. Lane has the distinction of being the first woman consecrated into bishop's orders in the Church of England (as Bishop suffragan of Stockport in 2015). Hartley was a priest of the Church of England consecrated bishop in 2014 in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
8. The Bishop to the Archbishops is neither a diocesan (they cannot be a Lord Spiritual) nor a suffragan bishop, but ranks highly as episcopal chief of staff to the Archbishops of Canterbury (at Lambeth Palace) and of York (at Bishopthorpe) and Urquhart is a retired diocesan bishop; unlike the holders of the predecessor office Bishop at Lambeth, Urquhart has not been appointed Bishop to the Forces, so he does not have a seat in the House of Bishops.
9. The Bishops of Sodor and Man and in Europe are ineligible to be Lords Spiritual; the Bishop of Sodor and Man is, however, ex officio a member of the Manx Legislative Council.
10. It was announced on 31 January 2017 that North was nominated to become Bishop of Sheffield;^[94] on 9 March, North withdrew his acceptance of the nomination.^[95]
11. Attends the House of Bishops.
12. The date the person took up office in their current suffragan role; for suffragans in their first see, this date is the same as their consecration.
13. Elected suffragan member of the House of Bishops for the 2021–2026 Convocations.