The Church of England General Synod
List of Members for the Quinquennium 2026-2031

The names of members who leave the Synod are struck through.
Please send corrections and updates to me at gs2021@peterowen.org.uk.

There are official lists:

updated 20 September 2026

Peter Owen, Liverpool, UK


 House of Bishops
Diocesan Bishops
    (ex officio)		 1 Archbishop of Canterbury (The Most Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE)
2 Archbishop of York (The Most Revd & Rt Hon Stephen Cottrell)
3 Bishop of London (vacant)
4 Bishop of Durham (The Rt Revd Rick Simpson)
5 Bishop of Winchester (The Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen)
6 Bishop of Bath & Wells (The Rt Revd Michael Beasley)
7 Bishop of Birmingham (The Rt Revd Michael Volland)
8 Bishop of Blackburn (The Rt Revd Philip North)
9 Bishop of Bristol (vacant)
10 Bishop of Carlisle (The Rt Revd Rob Saner-Haigh)
11 Bishop of Chelmsford (The Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani)
12 Bishop of Chester (The Rt Revd Mark Tanner)
13 Bishop of Chichester (vacant)
14 Bishop of Coventry (The Rt Revd Sophie Jelley)
15 Bishop of Derby (The Rt Revd Elizabeth (Libby) Lane)
16 Bishop of Ely (The Rt Revd Sarah Clark)
17 Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (The Rt Revd Dr Robert Innes)
18 Bishop of Exeter (The Rt Revd Mike Harrison)
19 Bishop of Gloucester (The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek)
20 Bishop of Guildford (vacant)
21 Bishop of Hereford (The Rt Revd Richard Jackson)
22 Bishop of Leeds (The Rt Revd Nicholas Baines)
23 Bishop of Leicester (The Rt Revd Martyn Snow)
24 Bishop of Lichfield (The Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave)
25 Bishop of Lincoln (The Rt Revd Stephen Conway)
26 Bishop of Liverpool (vacant)
27 Bishop of Manchester (The Rt Revd David Walker)
28 Bishop of Newcastle (The Rt Revd Helen-Ann Hartley)
29 Bishop of Norwich (The Rt Revd Graham Usher)
30 Bishop of Oxford (vacant)
31 Bishop of Peterborough (The Rt Revd Debbie Sellin)
32 Bishop of Portsmouth (The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost)
33 Bishop of Rochester (The Rt Revd Dr Jonathan Gibbs)
34 Bishop of St Albans (The Rt Revd Dr Andrew Rumsey)
35 Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich (The Rt Revd Joanne Grenfell)
36 Bishop of Salisbury (The Rt Revd Stephen Lake)
37 Bishop of Sheffield (The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox)
38 Bishop of Sodor & Man (The Rt Revd Patricia Hillas)
39 Bishop of Southwark (vacant)
40 Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (The Rt Revd Paul Williams)
41 Bishop of Truro (The Rt Revd David Williams)
42 Bishop of Worcester (The Rt Revd Hugh Nelson)
ex officio 43 Bishop of Dover (The Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin)
Suffragan Bishops
    (Canterbury)		 [5 members]
Suffragan Bishops
    (York)		 [4 members]
Forces Synodical Council

    


 House of Clergy House of Laity
Deans (Canterbury) The Very Revd Dr Mandy Ford (Dean of Bristol)
The Very Revd Dr Jessica Martin (Dean of Chelmsford)
The Very Revd Nick Papadopulos (Dean of Salsibury)
Deans (York) The Very Revd John Dobson (Dean of Ripon)
The Very Revd Timothy Stratford (Dean of Chester)
Armed Forces Synod [3 proctors]
 [3 proctors]



Bath & Wells [4 proctors] [5 members]
Birmingham [3 proctors] [3 members]
Blackburn [5 proctors]
 [7 members]
Bristol [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Canterbury [3 proctors]
[3 members]
Carlisle [3 proctors]
[4 members]
Chelmsford [6 proctors] [6 members]
Chester [6 proctors]
 [7 members]
Chichester [6 proctors]
 [7 members]
Coventry [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Derby [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Durham [4 proctors]
 [4 members]
Ely [4 proctors] [3 members]
Europe [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Exeter [5 proctors]
 [5 members]
Gloucester [3 proctors]
 [4 members]
Guildford [4 proctors]
 [4 members]
Hereford [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Leeds [8 proctors]
 [9 members]
Leicester [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Lichfield [5 proctors]
 [7 members]
Lincoln [3 proctors]
 [4 members]
Liverpool [5 proctors]
 [4 members]
London [12 proctors]
 [13 members]
Manchester [8 proctors]
 [5 members]
Newcastle [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Norwich [4 proctors]
 [3 members]
Oxford [10 proctors]
 [9 members]
Peterborough [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Portsmouth [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Rochester [3 proctors]
 [4 members]
St Albans [5 proctors]
 [5 members]
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Salisbury [4 proctors]
 [6 members]
   Channel Islands [1 proctor]
 [2 members]
Sheffield [4 proctors]
 [4 members]
Sodor & Man The Revd Elizabeth Hull
 [1 member]
Southwark [8 proctors]
 [7 members]
Southwell & Nottingham [3 proctors]
 [4 members]
Truro [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
Winchester [4 proctors]
 [4 members]
Worcester [3 proctors]
 [3 members]
York [6 proctors]
 [6 members]



Religious Communities Thomas Seville CR
Beverley CSF		 Br Adrian OSB
Sr Helen OHP
Universities & TEIs [4 proctors]



Ex Officio 461 Chaplain General of Prisons
    The Ven James Ridge		 454 Dean of the Arches & Auditor
    The Rt Worshipful Morag Ellis KC
455 Vicar-General of Canterbury
    The Rt Worshipful Timothy Briden
456 Vicar-General of York    
    The Rt Worshipful Gregory Jones
457 First Church Estates Commissioner
    Mr Alan Smith
458 Second Church Estates Commissioner    
    Marsha de Cordova MP
459 Third Church Estates Commissioner     
    Sir Robert Buckland
460 Chairman of the Pensions Board
    Mr Clive Mather
462 Chair of the Dioceses Commission
    Dame Caroline Spelman
Appointed Members of
the Archbishops' Council
    (ex officio)		 466 The Revd Richard Springer 463 Peter Doyle
464 Mark Sheard
465 Canon Julie Jones
467 Mr Carl Hughes
468 Mr Joseph Diwaker
co-opted


Deaf Anglicans Together representatives
[non-voting]		 469 Elaine Heath
470 Miss Mary Bucknall
471 Sarah Tupling


Ecumenical Representatives

472 The Revd Mike Royal
Coptic Orthodox Church 473 His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos
Church of Scotland 474 The Revd Dr David Coulter
Baptist Union 475 The Revd Graham Sparkes

476 Timothy Meadows
Moravian Church 477 The Revd Philip Cooper
Russian Orthodox Church 478 Archpriest Stephen Platt
Roman Catholic Church 479 Fr Jan Nowotnik
Methodist Church 480 The Revd Andy Fyall
Pentecostal and black majority Churches 481 Mrs Shermara Fletcher

482 The Revd Fr Stephen Maxfield

Clerk to the Synod: Jenny Jacobs


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