List of the bishops of Saint Albans
The list of Bishops of Saint Albans represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the diocese of St Albans, in the Province of Canterbury . The title is named after the city of St Albans .
| List of the bishops of Saint Albans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1877 | 1890 | Thomas Claughton | previously Bishop of Rochester |
| 1890 | 1902 | John Festing | |
| 1903 | 1920 | Edgar Jacob | previously Bishop of Newcastle |
| 1920 | 1944 | Michael Furse | previously Bishop of Pretoria |
| 1944 | 1950 | Philip Loyd | previously Bishop of Nasik (India) |
| 1950 | 1970 | Edward Jones | previously Bishop of Willesden |
| 1970 | 1980 | Robert Runcie | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1980 | 1995 | John Bernard Taylor | |
| 1995 | 2009 | Christopher Herbert | |
| 2009 | present | Alan Smith | previously Bishop of Shrewsbury |
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).