List of the bishops of Taunton
The List of Bishops of Taunton represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Bath and Wells, in the Province of Canterbury . The title was named after the capital Taunton and with a law of the Parliament of England to appoint auxiliary bishops and bishops named in England and Wales from 1534.
| List of the bishops of Taunton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Surname | Remarks |
| 1538 | 1559 | William Finch | |
| 1559 | 1911 | Abeyance | |
| 1911 | 1931 | Charles de Salis | |
| 1931 | 1945 | George Hollis | |
| 1945 | 1955 | Harry Thomas | |
| 1955 | 1961 | Mark Hodson | then Bishop of Hereford |
| 1962 | 1977 | Francis West | |
| 1977 | 1985 | Peter Nott | |
| 1986 | 1992 | Nigel McCulloch | then Bishop of Wakefield and Bishop of Manchester |
| 1992 | 1997 | Richard Lewis | |
| 1997 | 1998 | William Allen Stewart | |
| 1998 | 2006 | Andrew Radford | |
| 2006 | 2015 | Peter Maurice | |
| 2015 | current | Ruth Worsley | |
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