List of the Bishops of Maidstone
The list of Bishops of Maidstone represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Canterbury, in the Province of Canterbury . The title is named after Maidstone , the capital of Kent .
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1946 | Leslie Owen | previously Bishop of Jarrow , then Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1946 | 1956 | not occupied | |
| 1956 | 1966 | Stanley Betts | then Bishop of the Armed Forces |
| 1966 | 1969 | not occupied | |
| 1969 | 1976 | Geoffrey Tiarks | |
| 1976 | 1980 | Richard Third | then Bishop of Dover |
| 1980 | 1987 | Robert Hardy | then Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1987 | 1992 | David Smith | then Bishop of Bradford |
| 1992 | 2001 | Gavin Hunter Reid | |
| 2001 | 2009 | Graham Cray | |
| 2009 | 2015 | not occupied | |
| 2015 | present | Rod Thomas | |
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 .
- EB Fryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (= Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks . No. 3. ). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 645 .