The Bishop of Richborough is a suffragan bishop and provincial episcopal visitor for the whole of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England.[1]

History

The see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 February 1994[2] and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which cannot in good conscience accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women. The title takes its name from Richborough, a settlement north of Sandwich in Kent. In the southern province, the bishops of Ebbsfleet and of Richborough each minister in 13 of the 40 dioceses. The Bishop of Richborough serves the eastern half (Canterbury, Chelmsford, Chichester, Ely, Guildford, St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Norwich, Peterborough, Portsmouth, St Albans and Winchester).[3] Prior to the creation of the see in 1995, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet served the entire area of the Province of Canterbury with the exceptions of the dioceses of London, Rochester and Southwark which came under the oversight of the Bishop of Fulham.

On 31 December 2010, Keith Newton resigned as the Bishop of Richborough and soon afterwards was received into the Roman Catholic Church. On 5 May 2011, Norman Banks was announced as the bishop-designate for the position.[4] He was subsequently consecrated bishop on 16 June 2011.[5]

List of bishops

Bishops of Richborough
From Until Incumbent Notes
20 July 1995 2001 Edwin Barnes SSC Became a Roman Catholic on 21 January 2011. Died February 2019
7 March 2002 31 December 2010 Keith Newton SSC[6] Resigned to become a Roman Catholic
16 June 2011 present Norman Banks SSC[7] Previously Vicar of Walsingham, Houghton and Barsham in the Diocese of Norwich; retirement scheduled for 31 March 2024.[8]
Source(s):[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ^ "No. 53585". The London Gazette. 11 February 1994. p. 2143.
  3. ^ "Richborough Episcopal Area – Directory". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  4. ^ The Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2011
  5. ^ Number 10 – Suffragan See of Richborough
  6. ^ Suffragan See of Richborough Archived 9 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  7. ^ Virtue Online – UK: Two New Provincial Episcopal Visitors Announced
  8. ^ "Retirement announced of the Bishop of Richborough, Norman Banks". Archbishop of Canterbury. 19 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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