The Bishop of Ipswich was 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 Norwich

Anglican Diocese of Norwich

The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of Dunwich founded in 630. In common with many Anglo-Saxon bishoprics it moved, in this case to Elmham in 673...

, in the Province of Canterbury

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, England

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The first Bishop of Ipswich was created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

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, and the title took its name after the county town

County town

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 of Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

 in Suffolk

Suffolk

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. After the first suffragan bishop, the position fell into abeyance. It was revived in 1899, with two more suffragan bishops, but eventually, through reorganisation within the Church of England in 1914, Ispwich became part of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

List of the Bishops of Ipswich

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Thomas Manning Thomas Manning (bishop) -Life:Elected Prior of Butley, Suffolk in 1528, and Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich in 1536, he had to surrender these offices in 1538 having fallen foul of Thomas Cromwell; after which he was appointed Master of Mettingham College. His will dated 1545, and proved 1546, indicates that his wife...	1536	1538	Consecrated on 19 March 1536. He does not appear to have acted as a suffragan bishop in diocese of Norwich.
–	in abeyance	1538	1899
2	George Fisher	1899	1906	Formerly Bishop of Southampton Bishop of Southampton The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current bishop is The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost, who became bishop...
3	Luke Paget	1906	1909	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 Stepney Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets...
–	no appointment	1909	1914
In 1914, Ipswich became part of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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