Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury

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The Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury is a title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.

[edit] List of the Anglican Bishops of Shrewsbury

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1537 to 1561	Lewis Thomas	Not appointed for diocese of Lichfield , but probably for diocese of Llandaff.[1]
1561 to 1888	in abeyance
1888 to 1905	Sir Lovelace Tomlinson Stamer
1905 to 1940	in abeyance
1940 to 1944	Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton
1944 to 1959	Robert Leighton Hodson
1959 to 1970	William Alonzo Parker
1970 to 1980	Francis William Cocks
1980 to 1987	Leslie Lloyd Rees
1987 to 1994	John Dudley Davies
1994 to 2001	David Marrison Hallatt
2001 to Present	Alan Gregory Clayton Smith

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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