Bishop of Jarrow
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The Bishop of Jarrow is an episcopal
title used by a suffragan bishop
of the Church of England
Diocese of Durham
, in the Province of York
, England
. The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery
in the town of Jarrow
in Tyne and Wear
.
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Episcopal polity
Episcopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...
title used by a suffragan bishop
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Diocese of Durham
Diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic County Durham . It was created in AD 1000 to replace the Diocese of Lindisfarne...
, in the Province of York
Province of York
The Province of York is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England, and consists of 14 dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man. York was elevated to an Archbishopric in 735 AD: Ecgbert of York was the first archbishop...
, England
England
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. The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
in the town of Jarrow
Jarrow
Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...
in Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
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List of the Bishops of Jarrow
| No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Nickson George Nickson The Rt Rev George Nickson was an Anglican Bishop in the first third of the 20th century.George Nickson was born on 9 May 1864 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1889... |
1906 | 1914 | 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 Bristol Bishop of Bristol The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire... |
| 2 | John Quirk | 1914 | 1924 | (died 1924). Formerly Bishop of Sheffield Bishop of Sheffield The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. The only suffragan bishop of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese... |
| 3 | Samuel Knight | 1924 | 1932 | (1868–1932). |
| 4 | James Gordon | 1932 | 1939 | |
| 5 | Leslie Owen Leslie Owen Leslie Owen was an Anglican bishop.Owen was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1912 and was firstly a curate at Ashford, Kent, after which he became a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during the First World War... |
1939 | 1944 | Translated to Maidstone Bishop of Maidstone The Bishop of Maidstone was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the county town of Maidstone in Kent and had a similar though subordinate role to that of the Bishop of... |
| 6 | David Dunlop | 1944 | 1950 | Previously Prior and Precentor of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) St Mary's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in the late 19th century in the West End of Edinburgh's New Town. The cathedral is the see of the Bishop of Edinburgh, one of seven bishops... |
| 7 | John Ramsbotham | 1950 | 1958 | Translated to Wakefield Bishop of Wakefield The Bishop of Wakefield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield in the Province of York.The diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covers Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale... |
| 8 | Mervyn Armstrong Mervyn Armstrong Mervyn Armstrong, OBE was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford , he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR, after which he was Vicar of Margate... |
1958 | 1965 | |
| 9 | Alexander Hamilton | 1965 | 1980 | |
| 10 | Michael Ball | 1980 | 1990 | (b.1932). Translated to Truro Bishop of Truro The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Cornwall and it is one of the most recently created dioceses of the Church of England... |
| 11 | Alan Smithson Alan Smithson The Rt Rev Alan Smithson was Bishop of Jarrow from 1990 to 2001. He was born on 1 December 1936 and educated at Bradford Grammar School and Queen's College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Christ Church, Skipton after which he was Chaplain at his old college... |
1990 | 2002 | |
| 12 | John Pritchard | 2002 | 2007 | (b.1948). Translated to Oxford Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford... |
| 13 | Mark Bryant | 2007 | present | (b.1950) |
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