List of Bishops of Shrewsbury (Anglican)
The list of Bishops of Shrewsbury represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury . The title is named after the city of Shrewsbury .
| List of the Bishops of Shrewsbury | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1537 | 1561 | Lewis Thomas | |
| 1561 | 1888 | Abeyance | |
| 1888 | 1905 | Lovelace Stamer | |
| 1905 | 1940 | Abeyance | |
| 1940 | 1944 | Eric Hamilton | then Dean of Windsor |
| 1944 | 1959 | Robert Hodson | |
| 1959 | 1970 | William Parker | |
| 1970 | 1980 | Francis Cocks | |
| 1980 | 1987 | Leslie Lloyd Rees | |
| 1987 | 1994 | John Davies | |
| 1994 | 2001 | David Hallatt | |
| 2001 | 2009 | Alan Smith | then Bishop of Saint Albans |
| 2009 | present | Mark Rylands | |
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).