The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

 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 Sheffield

Diocese of Sheffield

The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York.The Diocese of Sheffield was formed on January 23, 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York...

 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...

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The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York

Diocese of York

The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire....

 in 1901. The only 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 Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York

Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...

 in overseeing the diocese. Under King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

, the Diocese of Sheffield was created out of the south-western part of the Diocese of York in 1914.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Steven Croft, who is the seventh to hold the position and signs +Steven Sheffield. He is assisted by the Right Reverend Cyril Ashton, suffragan Bishop of Doncaster

Bishop of Doncaster

The Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The see is currently vacant following the retirement of the Rt Revd...

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Suffragan Bishop of Sheffield

Suffragan Bishop of Sheffield
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1901	1914	John Quirk	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 the suffragan see of Jarrow Bishop of Jarrow 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....  in 1914.
In 1914 , Sheffield became a diocesan see Diocesan bishop A diocesan bishop — in general — is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, assistant bishops, coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, metropolitans, and primates.... .

Diocesan Bishops of Sheffield

Bishops of Sheffield
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1914	1939	Leonard Burrows	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lewes Bishop of Lewes The Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.-List of the Bishops of Lewes:... .
1939	1962	Leslie Hunter
1962	1971	John Taylor	Formerly Principal of Wycliffe Hall
1972	1979	Gordon Fallows Gordon Fallows William Gordon Fallows KCVO, known as Gordon Fallows, was a Church of England bishop from the broad church tradition. He served as the sixth suffragan Bishop of Pontefract and subsequently fourth diocesan Bishop of Sheffield...	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract Bishop of Pontefract The Bishop of Pontefract is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield, in the Province of York, England... . Died in office.
1980	1997	David Lunn David Lunn David Ramsay Lunn is a former Bishop of Sheffield in the Church of England. Lunn was born on Tyneside, he served as Bishop of Sheffield from 1980 to 1997....
1997	2008	Jack Nicholls Jack Nicholls For other people named Jack or John Nicholls see John NichollsThe Rt Revd John Nicholls GCStJ, known as Jack Nicholls, is a British Anglican clergy and former Bishop of Sheffield....	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lancaster Anglican Bishop of Lancaster The Anglican Bishop of Lancaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the traditional county town of Lancaster in Lancashire. The incumbent is The Rt Revd Geoff Pearson... .
2009	present	Steven Croft

External links

• Diocese of Sheffield