Bishop of Manchester
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The Bishop of Manchester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.
The diocese covers the south-east of the County of Lancashire. The see is in the City of Manchester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Saint George and Saint Denys, a collegiate church elevated to cathedral status in 1847.
The Bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Manchester.
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1847 under Queen Victoria. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Nigel Simeon McCulloch, the 11th Lord Bishop of Manchester, who signs Nigel Manchester.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Manchester, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1848 to 1870 | James Prince Lee | |
| 1870 to 1886 | James Fraser | |
| 1886 to 1903 | James Moorhouse | |
| 1903 to 1921 | Edmund Arbuthnott Knox | |
| 1921 to 1929 | William Temple | Translated to York |
| 1929 to 1947 | Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman | Translated from Chelmsford |
| 1947 to 1970 | William Derrick Lindsay Greer | |
| 1970 to 1979 | Patrick Campbell Rodger | Translated to Oxford |
| 1979 to 1993 | Stanley Guy Francis Booth-Clibborn | |
| 1993 to 2002 | Christopher John Mayfield | |
| 2002 to present | Nigel Simeon McCulloch | Translated from Wakefield |
