List of the Bishops of Blackburn
The list of Bishops of Blackburn represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York . The title was named after the city of Blackburn .
| List of the Bishops of Blackburn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1927 | 1942 | Percy Herbert | previously Bishop of Kingston and then Bishop of Norwich |
| 1942 | 1954 | Wilfred Askwith | then Bishop of Gloucester |
| 1954 | 1960 | Walter Baddeley | previously Bishop of Melanesia and Bishop of Whitby |
| 1960 | 1971 | Charles Claxton | previously Bishop of Warrington |
| 1972 | 1981 | Robert Martineau | previously Bishop of Huntingdon |
| 1982 | 1989 | Stewart Cross | previously Bishop of Doncaster |
| 1989 | 2003 | Alan Chesters | |
| 2004 | 2012 | Nicholas Reade | |
| 2013 | present | Julian Henderson | |
literature
- Church House Publishing (Ed.): Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/09 (= Crockford's Clerical Directory . No. 100 ). London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 , pp. 1145 (English).
- Pryde, Greenway, Porter, and Roy: Handbook of British Chronology . (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks). Ed .: Cambridge University Press. No. 3 .. Cambridge 1996, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 645 (English).