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Bishop of Gloucester

The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.

Bishop of Gloucester

Canterbury

Bishopscourt, Gloucester

John Wakeman

1541

Gloucester

Gloucester Cathedral

The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governance is the City of Gloucester where the bishop's chair (cathedra) is located in the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity.


The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Gloucester; very near the Cathedral.[2]


The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1541 under King Henry VIII from part of the Diocese of Worcester. On 5 August 2014, Martyn Snow, the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury, became acting bishop of Gloucester.[3]


On 26 March 2015, it was announced that Rachel Treweek was to become the next bishop of Gloucester (and the first woman to serve as a diocesan bishop in the Church of England);[4] she legally became the bishop of Gloucester with the confirmation of her election on 15 June 2015.[5]

1892–?: (also Assistant Bishop of Bristol after 1897), former Bishop of Bathurst[12]

Samuel Marsden

1929 – 1954 (d.): , former Bishop in Bombay[13]

James Palmer

former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, undertook some bishop's duties in Gloucestershire around 1954[14]

Lumsden Barkway

1955–1956 (res.): , Rector of Cranham; former Bishop in Madagascar and Assistant Bishop of Derby[15]

Ronald O'Ferrall

Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:


Among those who have served as (honorary) assistant bishops in retirement have been:

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