List of the Bishops of Dorchester
The List of Bishops of Dorchester represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Oxford, in the Province of Canterbury . The title is named after the small town of Dorchester , Oxfordshire .
| List of the Bishops of Dorchester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1939 | 1952 | Gerald Allen | previously Bishop of Sherborne |
| 1952 | 1956 | Kenneth Riches | then Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1957 | 1972 | David Loveday | |
| 1972 | 1977 | Peter Walker | then Bishop of Ely |
| 1979 | 1988 | Conrad Meyer | |
| 1988 | 2000 | Anthony Russell | then Bishop of Ely |
| 2000 | present | Colin Fletcher | |
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 [Ed.]: Guides and Handbooks . No. 2 ). 3rd corrected edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York 1996, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 645 (English).