Bishop of Stockport

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The Bishop of Stockport is an episcopal title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Chester, which is within the Province of York, England.[1] The title takes its name after the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

[edit] List of the Bishops of Stockport

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1949 to 1951 Frank Jackson Okell
1951 to 1965 David Henry Saunders Saunders-Davies
1965 to 1984 Rupert Gordon Strutt
1984 to 1994 Frank Pilkington Sargeant
1994 to 2000 Geoffrey Martin Turner
2000 to 2007 William Nigel Stock [2] Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
2008 to Present Robert Ronald Atwell [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  2. ^ [www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11755.asp Queen approves new bishop]. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
  3. ^ Suffragan See of Stockport. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.

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