Bishop of Newcastle (England)

The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.

Bishop of Newcastle
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent:
Christine Hardman
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceYork
ResidenceBishop's House, Gosforth
Information
First holderErnest Wilberforce
Established1882
DioceseNewcastle
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral

The diocese presently covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882. The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth — not far north of Newcastle city centre.[1]

The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Christine Hardman became the Bishop of Newcastle upon the confirmation of her canonical election on 22 September 2015 at York Minster; her episcopal consecration occurred on 30 November at York Minster.[2]

List of bishops
Bishops of Newcastle
From Until Incumbent Notes
1882 1896 Ernest Wilberforce Translated to Chichester.
1896 1903 Edgar Jacob Translated to St Albans.
1903 1907 Arthur Lloyd Translated from Thetford.
1907 1915 Norman Straton Translated from Sodor and Man.
1915 1927 Herbert Wild
1927 1941 Harold Bilbrough Translated from Dover.
1941 1957 Noel Hudson Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely.
1957 1972 Hugh Ashdown
1973 1980 Ronald Bowlby Translated to Southwark.
1981 1997 Alec Graham Translated from Bedford.
1997 2014 Martin Wharton Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames.
2014 2015 Frank White
Assistant Bishop of Newcastle		 Acting bishop, as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle
2015 incumbent Christine Hardman
Source(s):[3][4]

Assistant bishops
For those full-time Assistant Bishops of Newcastle who preceded the Bishop suffragan of Berwick, see Bishop of Berwick; for assistant bishops in Newcastle, New South Wales, see Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia).''

Anthony Hunter resigned as assistant bishop effective 1 September 1980.[5]

References
  1. "Christine Elizabeth Hardman". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. Diocese of Newcastle — Confirmation of Election Service for the 12th Bishop of Newcastle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 September 2015)
  3. "Historical successions: Newcastle". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  5. "Newcastle's new Assistant Bishop". Church Times (#6117). 9 October 1980. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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