List of the Bishops of Hull
The list of bishops of Hull represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of York, in the Province of York . The title was named after the city of Kingston upon Hull with a law of the Parliament of England to appoint auxiliary bishops and bishops in Named England and Wales from 1534.
| List of the Bishops of Hull | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1538 | 1579 | Robert Pursglove | |
| 1579 | 1891 | Abeyance | |
| 1891 | 1910 | Richard Blunt | |
| 1910 | 1913 | John Kempthorne | then Bishop of Lichfield |
| 1913 | 1929 | Francis Gurdon | |
| 1929 | 1931 | vacant | |
| 1931 | 1934 | Bernard Heywood | previously Bishop of Southwell , then Bishop of Ely |
| 1934 | 1957 | Henry Vodden | |
| 1957 | 1965 | George Townley | |
| 1965 | 1977 | Hubert Higgs | |
| 1977 | 1981 | Geoffrey Paul | then Bishop of Bradford |
| 1981 | 1994 | Donald Snelgrove | |
| 1994 | 1998 | James Stuart Jones | then Bishop of Liverpool |
| 1998 | 2014 | Richard Frith | then Bishop of Hereford |
| 2015 | present | Alison White | |
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).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 on Legislation.gov.uk