The Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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 title used by a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 of the Church of England

Church of England

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 Diocese of Sheffield

Diocese of Sheffield

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, in the Province of York

Province of York

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, England

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. The title takes its name after the town of Doncaster

Doncaster

Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...

 in South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

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. The see is currently vacant following the retirement of the Rt Revd Cyril Ashton in July 2011. On 6 October, 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street

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 announced that the Ven Peter Burrows will succeed Ashton in February 2012.

List of the Bishops of Doncaster

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Hetley Price (1922–1977)	1972	1975	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 Ripon Bishop of Ripon and Leeds The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds in the Province of York.Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern diocese dates from 1836...
2	Stewart Cross (1928–1989)	1976	1982	Translated to Blackburn Bishop of Blackburn The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York.The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary...
3	William Persson (b.1927)	1982	1992
4	Michael Gear (b.1934)	1993	1999
5	Cyril Ashton (b.1942)	2000	2011
6	Peter Burrows (b. c.1955)	2012	Bishop-designate

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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