List of the Bishops of Burnley
The list of Bishops of Burnley 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 Burnley .
List of the Bishops of Burnley | |||
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From | To | Surname | Remarks |
1901 | 1904 | Edwyn Hoskyns | thereafter Bishop of Southwell |
1905 | 1909 | Alfred Pearson | |
1909 | 1931 | Henry Henn | |
1931 | 1949 | Priestley Swain | |
1950 | 1954 | Keith Prosser | |
1955 | 1970 | George Holderness | then Dean of Lichfield |
1970 | 1988 | Richard Watson | |
1988 | 1994 | Ronald Milner | |
1994 | 2000 | Martyn Jarrett | then Bishop of Beverley |
2000 | 2014 | John Goddard | |
2015 | present | Philip North |
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).