The Bishop of Whalley 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

Suffragan bishop

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, which took its name after the large village Whalley

Whalley, Lancashire

Whalley is a large village in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over the river from the village....

 in Lancashire

Lancashire

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The suffragan bishop was originally under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Manchester

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

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, but with the creation of the Diocese of Blackburn

Diocese of Blackburn

The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley...

 in 1926, the suffragan bishop and the Whalley area became part of the new diocese. Since 1936, the title has been in abeyance.

List of the Bishops of Whalley

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Atherton Rawstorne Atherton Rawstorne The Rt Rev Atherton Gwillym Rawstone was Bishop of Whalley from 1909 to 1936. Born on the 9 July 1855, he was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ordained in 1879 he was appointed Curate of All Saints’, Bradford and then Chaplain to the Bishop of Adelaide...	1909	1936
–	in abeyance	1936	present

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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