Bishop of Lewes

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The Bishop of Lewes is a title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.[1][2] The title takes its name after the county town of Lewes in East Sussex.

[edit] List of the Bishops of Lewes

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1909 to 1914 Leonard Hedley Burrows Translated to Sheffield
1914 to 1920 Herbert Edward Jones
1920 to 1926 Henry Kemble Southwell
1926 to 1928 Thomas William Cook
1928 to 1929 William Champion Streatfeild [3]
1929 to 1946 Hugh Maudsley Hordern
1946 to 1959 Geoffrey Hodgson Ward
1959 to 1977 James Herbert Lloyd Morrell
1977 to 1992 Peter John Ball Translated to Gloucester
1992 to 1996 Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy Translated to Peterborough
1997 to Present Wallace Parke Benn

[edit] References

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  2. ^ The Diocese of Chichester: The Bishops. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
  3. ^ Noel Streatfeild's Life. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.

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