The Anglican Bishop of Nottingham was an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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 title used by a Church of England

Church of England

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 suffragan bishop

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. The title took its name after the county town

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 of Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an Act of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan bishops in England and Wales...

. Until 1837, Nottingham had been part of the Diocese of York

Diocese of York

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, when it then became part of the Diocese of Lincoln

Diocese of Lincoln

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. With the creation of the Diocese of Southwell in 1884, Nottingham became part of that diocese. Since 2005, Nottingham gives its name to the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York. It is headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. The diocese covers all of the English county of Nottinghamshire and part of South Yorkshire...

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List of the Bishops of Nottingham

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Richard Barnes Richard Barnes (bishop) Richard Barnes was an Anglican priest who served as a bishop in the Church of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.-Life:...	1567	1570	Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...  to Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District... , and later to Durham
–	in abeyance	1570	1870
2	Henry Mackenzie Henry Mackenzie (bishop) The Rt Rev Henry Mackenzie was Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham from 1870 until 1877. Educated at Pembroke College, Oxford he had previously beenChaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Archdeacon of Nottingham before his elevation to the Episcopate...	1870	1877
3	Edward Trollope Edward Trollope Edward Trollope was an antiquary and an Anglican Bishop of Nottingham in the Victorian era.-Life:Trollope was born at Uffington, near Stamford in Lincolnshire, on 15 April 1817, the sixth son of Sir John Trollope, of Casewick Hall, Uffington, and his wife, Anne, the daughter of Henry Thorold of...	1877	1893
–	in abeyance	1893	2005
Since 2005, Nottingham has been part of the title for the diocesan Diocese A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...  Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in the Province of York.The diocese covers including the whole of Nottinghamshire and a small area of South Yorkshire...

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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