Bishop of Newcastle | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Helen-Ann Hartley | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | York |
Residence | Bishop's House, Gosforth |
Information | |
First holder | Ernest Wilberforce |
Established | 1882 |
Diocese | Newcastle |
Cathedral | Newcastle Cathedral |
The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.
The diocese presently covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882. The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth — not far north of Newcastle city centre.[1]
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Helen-Ann Hartley became diocesan Bishop of Newcastle on 3 February 2023, the confirmation of her election.[2]
Bishops of Newcastle | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1882 | 1896 | Translated to Chichester. | |
1896 | 1903 | ![]() |
Translated to St Albans. |
1903 | 1907 | ![]() |
Translated from Thetford. |
1907 | 1915 | ![]() |
Translated from Sodor and Man. |
1915 | 1927 | ![]() |
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1927 | 1941 | ![]() |
Translated from Dover. |
1941 | 1957 | ![]() |
Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely. |
1957 | 1972 | ![]() |
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1973 | 1980 | ![]() |
Translated to Southwark. |
1981 | 1997 | ![]() |
Translated from Bedford. |
1997 | 2014 | ![]() |
Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames. |
2014 | 2015 | Frank White Assistant Bishop of Newcastle |
Acting bishop, as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle |
2015 | 2021 | ![]() |
Retired 30 November 2021.[3][4] |
2021 | 2023 | Mark Wroe Bishop of Berwick |
Acting bishop, as Bishop of Berwick.[4] |
2023 | present | ![]() |
Elected 28 November 2022;[5] confirmed 3 February 2023.[2] |
Source(s):[6][7] |
For those full-time Assistant Bishops of Newcastle who preceded the Bishop suffragan of Berwick, see Bishop of Berwick. |
Among those others who have served the diocese as assistant bishops have been: