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The Bishop of Colchester is a suffragan bishop in the Church of England diocese of Chelmsford, which is within the province of Canterbury, England.[1]
The title takes its name from the town of Colchester in Essex, and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The suffragan bishops have been under the juridiction of a number of different dioceses. They were originally appointed for the diocese of London, but changed in 1845 for the diocese of Rochester, and again in 1877 for the diocese of St Albans. With the creation of the diocese of Chelmsford in 1914, the suffragan bishops now come under the juridiction of the Bishop of Chelmsford.[1]
[edit] List of holders of the office
| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| 1536 to 1541 |
William More |
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| 1541 to 1592 |
in abeyance |
| 1592 to 1608 |
John Sterne |
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| 1608 to 1882 |
in abeyance |
| 1882 to 1894 |
Alfred Blomfield |
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| 1894 to 1909 |
Henry Frank Johnson |
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| 1909 to 1922 |
Robert Henry Whitcombe |
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| 1922 to 1933 |
Thomas Alfred Chapman |
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| 1933 to 1946 |
Charles Henry Ridsdale |
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| 1946 to 1966 |
Frederick Dudley Vaughan Narborough |
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| 1966 to 1988 |
Roderic Norman Coote |
Formerly Bishop of Fulham |
| 1988 to 1995 |
Michael Edwin Vickers |
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| 1995 to 2001 |
Edward Holland |
Formerly Bishop in Europe |
| 2001 to Present |
Christopher Heudebourck Morgan |
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