in reverse order of the announcement of the vacancy
| See | retiring bishop | vacancy announced |
see vacant from |
comments by* | Vacancy in See Committee main meeting |
CNC meetings | new bishop | announced | election by the College of Canons |
election confirmed |
homage paid to the Sovereign |
consecrated | inauguration/ installation at cathedral |
notes |
| Canterbury | Justin Welby | 12 Nov 2024 | 7 Jan 2025 | The exact date of the see becomig vacant was announced on 4 Dec 2024 | ||||||||||
| Worcester | John Inge | 2 May 2024 | 10 Oct 2024 | 15 Nov 2024 | 3 Oct 2024 | 9 May 2025 12/13 June 2025 |
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| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | Martin Seeley | 1 Mar 2025 | 16 Aug 2024 | 15 July 2024 | 4 March 2025 28/29 April 2025 |
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| Durham | Paul Butler | 1 Mar 2024 | 10 May 2024 | 18 Apr 2024 | 11 Oct 24 26/27 Nov 24 |
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| Truro | Philip Mounstephen | 10 Oct 2023 | 15 Mar 2024 | 22 Feb 2024 | 6 Sep 24 15/16 Oct 24 |
Bishop Mounstephen was translated to Winchester | ||||||||
| Coventry | Christopher Cocksworth | 6 Nov 2023 | 2 Feb 2024 | 15 Jan 2024 | 26 Jun 24 11/12 Sep 24 |
Sophie Jelley | 4 Nov 2024 | Bishop Cocksworth became Dean of Windsor | ||||||
| Ely | Stephen Conway | 20 July 2023 | 10 Dec 2023 | 16 Nov 2023 | 13 May 2024 11/12 July 2024 2 Oct 2025 12/13 Nov 2025 |
Bishop Conway was translated to Lincoln The CNC failed to choose a new bishop at its July 2024 meeting |
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| Exeter | Robert Atwell | 1 Oct 2023 | 15 Oct 2023 | 7 Sept 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 9/10 April 2024 |
Mike Harrison (Bishop of Dunwich) |
4 June 2024 | 20 June 2024 | 25 Sep 2024 | 24 Feb 2016 | 2 Nov 2024 | |||
| Sodor and Man | Peter Eagles | 28 Oct 2023 | 3 Sept 2023 | 4 Sept 2023 | 17 Jan 2024 13/14 March 2024 |
Patricia Hillas | 16 May 2024 | 10 Oct 2024 | 16 Nov 2024 | |||||
| Carlisle | James Newcome | 1 Sept 2023 | 9 Jun 2023 | 7 Nov 2023 13/14 Dec 2023 Jan 2025 13/14 March 2025 |
The CNC failed to choose a new bishop at its Dec 2023 meeting | |||||||||
| Peterborough | Donald Allister | Jan 2023 | 13 June 2023 19/20 July 2023 |
Deborah Sellin (Bishop of Southampton) |
28 Sept 2023 | 16 Nov 2023 | 13 Dec 2023 | 3 July 2019 | 3 Mar 2024 | |||||
| Birmingham | David Urquhart | 18 Oct 2022 | 19 Dec 2022 | 5 Jan 2023 | 21 Apr 2023 18/19 May 2023 |
Michael Volland (Principal of Ridley Hall) |
31 Aug 2023 | 22 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2023 | 2 Mar 2024 | ||||
| Blackburn | Julian Henderson | 31 Aug 2022 | 12 June 2022 | 24 May 2022 | 21 Sept 2022 8/9 Nov 2022 |
Philip North (Bishop of Burnley) |
10 Jan 2023 | 7 Mar 2023 | 25 Apr 2023 | 7 June 2023 | 2 Feb 2015 | 24 June 2023 | ||
| Newcastle | Christine Hardman | 30 Nov 2021 | 7 Feb 2022 | 9 Feb 2022 | 7 June 2022 18/19 July 2022 |
Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Ripon) |
20 Oct 2022 | 28 Nov 2022 | 3 Feb 2023 | 6 Mar 2023 | 22 Feb 2014 | 22 Apr 2023 | ||
| Winchester | Tim Dakin | 6 Feb 2022 | 25 Nov 2022 | 5 Dec 2022 | 21 Mar 2023 27/28 Apr 2023 |
Philip Mounstephen (Bishop of Truro) |
6 Jul 2023 | 12 Sept 2023 | 10 Oct 2023 | 15 Nov 2023 | ||||
| Liverpool | Paul Bayes | Feb 2022 | 16 May 2022 21/22 June 2022 |
John Perumbalath (Bishop of Bradwell) |
18 Oct 2022 | 25 Nov 2022 | 20 Jan 2023 | 6 Mar 2023 | 3 July 2018 | 22 Apr 2023 | ||||
| Lincoln | Christopher Lowson | 31 Dec 2021 | 28 Oct 2022 |
9 Nov 2022 |
25/26 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2023 28/29 Mar 2023 |
Stephen Conway (Bishop of Ely) |
24 May 2023 | 20 July 2023 | 15 Nov 2023 | 11 Nov 2023 | ||||
| Bath and Wells | Peter Hancock | 2021 | 31 Jan 2022 28 Feb/1 Mar 2022 |
Michael Beasley (Bishop of Hertford) |
28 Apr 2022 | 28 June 2022 | 28 June 2022 | 14 July 2022 | 12 Nov 2022 | |||||
| Salisbury | Nicholas Holtam | 4 July 2021 | 14 May 2021 | 15 May 2021 | 29 Sept 2021 9/10 Nov 2021 |
Stephen Lake (Dean of Gloucester) |
13 Jan 2022 | 2 Mar 2022 | 1 Apr 2022 | 19 May 2022 | 25 Apr 2022 | |||
| Portsmouth | Christopher Foster | 31 May 2021 | 12 Mar 2021 | 11 Mar 2021 | 21 June 2021 20/21 Jul 2021 |
Jonathan Frost (Bishop of Southampton) |
8 Oct 2021 | 2 Dec 2021 | 18 Jan 2022 | 16 Feb 2022 | ||||
| Rochester | James Langstaff | 1 Aug 2021 | 30 Jul 2021 | 7 Sept 2021 | 14 Dec 2021 27/28 Jan 2022 |
Jonathan Gibbs (Bishop of Huddersfield) |
31 Mar 2022 | 14 July 2022 | ||||||
| Chelmsford | Stephen Cottrell | 9 July 2020 | 30 Jun 2020 | 30 Jun 2020 | 12 Oct 2020 18/19 Nov 2020 |
Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Loughborough) |
17 Dec 2020 | 11 Mar 2021 | 28 Apr 2021 | Bishop Cottrell became Archbishop of York on 9 July 2020 |
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| Chester | Peter Forster | 30 Sept 2019 | 30 Sept 2019 | 24 Sept 2019 | 3 Feb 2020 16/17 Mar 2020 |
Mark Tanner (Bishop of Berwick) |
12 May 2020 | 15 July 2020 | 28 Apr 2021 | |||||
| Hereford | Richard Frith | 30 Nov 2019 | 28 Mar 2019 | 5 Mar 2019 | 12 June 2019 15/16 July 2019 |
Richard Jackson (Bishop of Lewes) |
3 Sept 2019 | 6 Dec 2019 | 7 Jan 2020 | 17 Mar 2020 | 21 March 2020 | |||
| York | John Sentamu | 8 June 2020 | 30 June 2019 | 23 Sept 2019 12 Nov 2019 2/3 Dec 2019 |
Stephen Cottrell (Bishop of Chelmsford) |
17 Dec 2019 | 11 June 2020 | 9 July 2020 | 21 July 2020 | |||||
| Norwich | Graham James | 1 Mar 2019 | 19 Nov 2018 | 2 Oct 2018 | 22 Jan 2019 11/12 Mar 2019 |
Graham Usher (Bishop of Dudley) |
3 May 2019 | 18 Jun 2019 | 9 Nov 2019 | |||||
| Derby | Alastair Redfern | 1 Sept 2108 | 1 June 2018 | 16 May 2018 | 26 Sept 2018 1/2 Nov 2018 |
Lbby Lane (Bishop of Stockport) |
18 Dec 2018 | 11 Feb 2019 | 25 May 2019 | |||||
| Truro | Tim Thornton | 5 Sept 2017 | 5 Mar 2018 | 16 Jan 2018 | 8 May 2018 11/12 June 2018 |
Philip Mounstephen | 30 Aug 2018 | 30 Nov 2018 | 12 Jan 2019 | Tim Thornton to become bishop at Lambeth | ||||
| Bristol | Mike Hill | 30 Sept 2017 | 13 Nov 2017 | 18 Oct 2017 | 1 Feb 2018 12/13 Mar 2018 |
Vivienne Faull (Dean of York) |
15 May 2018 | 27 Jun 2018 | 12 Jul 2018 | 3 Jul 2018 | ||||
| Sodor and Man | Robert Paterson | 11 Nov 2016 | 23 Nov 2016 | 16 Nov 2016 | 7 Feb 2017 8/9 Mar 2017 |
Peter Eagles (Archdeacon for the Army) |
4 May 2017 | 22 Jun 2017 | ||||||
| London | Richard Chartres | 1 Apr 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 27 Sept 2017 7 Nov 2017 28/29 Nov 2017 |
Sarah Mullally (Bishop of Crediton) |
18 Dec 2017 | 25 Jan 2018 | 8 Mar 2018 | 2015 | 12 May 2018 | ||||
| Sheffield | Steven Croft | 6 July 2016 | 15 Sept 2016 | 1 Nov 2016 28/29 Nov 2016 |
Pete Wilcox (Dean of Liverpool) |
7 Apr 2017 | 5 May 2017 | 5 Jun 2017 | 22 Jun 2017 | 23 Sep 2017 | Philip North was announced as the new bishop on 31 Jan 2017, but withdrew on 9 Mar 2017 |
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| Lichfield | Jonathan Gledhill | 30 Sept 2015 | 10 Aug 2015 | 9 July 2015 | 9 Dec 2015 20/21 Jan 2016 |
Michael Ipgrave (Bishop of Woolwich) |
2 Mar 2016 | 10 Jun 2016 | ||||||
| Leicester | Tim Stevens | 11 Jul 2015 | 26 May 2015 | 20 May 2015 | 11 Sept 2015 8/9 Oct 2015 |
Martyn Snow (Bishop of Tewkesbury) |
15 Dec 2015 | 28 Jan 2016 | 22 Feb 2016 | |||||
| Newcastle | Martin Wharton | 30 Nov 2014 | 2 Mar 2015 | 23 June 2015 23/24 July 2015 |
Christine Hardman | 2 Sept 2015 | 22 Sept 2015 | 30 Nov 2015 | 12 Dec 2015 | |||||
| Oxford | John Pritchard | 31 Oct 2014 | [19 Jan 2015] 23 Nov 2015 |
14 Apr 2015 11/12 May 2015 4 Feb 2016 7/8 Mar 2016 |
Steven Croft (Bishop of Sheffield) |
12 Apr 2016 | 6 July 2016 | |||||||
| Gloucester | Michael Perham | 21 Nov 2014 | 8 Dec 2014 | 8 Jan 2015 19/20 Feb 2015 |
Rachel Treweek (Archdeacon of Hackney) |
26 Mar 2015 | 30 Apr 2015 | 15 June 2015 | 22 Jul 2015 | |||||
| Southwell and Nottingham | Paul Butler | 20 Jan 2014 | 18 Jul 2014 | 3 Nov 2014 2/3 Dec 2014 |
Paul Williams (Bishop of Kensington) |
10 Feb 2015 | 7 Mar 2015 | 8 May 2015 | 27 Jun 2015 | |||||
| Leeds | new diocese | Easter 2014 | 3 Oct 2013 | 12 Nov 2013 9/10 Jan 2014 |
Nick Baines (Bishop of Bradford) |
4 Feb 2014 | 8 Jun 2014 | 9 Jul 2014 | ||||||
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | Nigel Stock | Oct 2013 | 7 Apr 2014 | 11 Sept 2014 15/16 Oct 2014 |
Martin Seeley | 20 Nov 2014 | 7 May 2015 | 14 May 2015 | ||||||
| Guildford | Christopher Hill | 1 Dec 2013 | 21 Mar 2014 | 11 Dec 2013 | 11 June 2014 21/22 July 2014 |
Andrew Watson (Bishop of Aston) |
26 Sept 2014 | 24 Nov 2014 | 28 Feb 2015 | |||||
| Europe ** | Geoffrey Rowell | 8 Nov 2013 | 8 Dec 2013 | 6 Feb 2014 10/11 Mar 2014 |
Robert Innes | 6 May 2014 | — | — | 20 July 2014 | |||||
| Hereford | Anthony Priddis | 25 Sept 2013 | 17 Oct 2013 | 22 Jan 2014 25/26 Feb 2014 1 May 2014 6 June 2014 |
Richard Frith (Bishop of Hull) |
16 July 2014 | 8 Sep 2014 | 17 Oct 2014 | 22 Nov 2014 | |||||
| Liverpool | James Jones | 18 Aug 2013 | 13 Dec 2013 | 3 Dec 2013 | 6 Mar 2014 1/2 Apr 2014 |
Paul Bayes (Bishop of Hertford) |
7 May 2014 | 23 June 2014 | 23 July 2014 | 8 Oct 2014 | 15 Nov 2014 | |||
| Exeter | Michael Langrish | 31 Aug 2013 | 30 Jun 2013 | 18 Oct 2013 6/7 Nov 2013 |
Robert Atwell (Bishop of Stockport) |
21 Jan 2014 | 30 Apr 2014 | |||||||
| Durham | Justin Welby | 4 Feb 2013 | 11 Mar 2013 | 8 May 2013 6/7 June 2013 |
Paul Butler (Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham) |
12 Sept 2013 | 20 Jan 2014 | 11 Feb 2014 | ||||||
| Bath & Wells | Peter Price | 1 July 2013 | 20 May 2013 | 9 Apr 2013 | 18 July 2013 3/4 Oct 2013 |
Peter Hancock (Bishop of Basingstoke) |
10 Dec 2013 | 4 Mar 2014 | ||||||
| Manchester | Nigel McCulloch | 18 Jan 2013 | 14 Jan 2013 | 11 Mar 2013 25/26 Apr 2013 |
David Walker (Bishop of Dudley) |
5 Jun 2013 | 7 Oct 2013 | 20 Nov 2013 | ||||||
| Canterbury | Rowan Williams | 1 Jan 2013 | 30 Apr 2012 | 3 May 2012 | Justin Welby (Bishop of Durham) |
9 Nov 2012 | 4 Feb 2013 | 26 Feb 2013 | ||||||
| Blackburn | Nicholas Reade | 1 Nov 2012 | 28 Sept 2012 | 10 Jan 2013 30/31 Jan 2013 |
Julian Henderson (Archdeacon of Dorking) |
1 Mar 2013 | 30 Sep 2013 | 20 Nov 2013 | 10 Oct 2013 | |||||
| Chichester | John Hind | 30 Apr 2012 | 1 Nov 2011 | 23-25 Nov 2011 | 14 Feb 2012 7/8 Mar 2012 |
Martin Warner (Bishop of Whitby) |
3 May 2012 | 2 July 2012 | ||||||
| Winchester | Michael Scott-Joynt | 31 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2011 | 2 March 2011 | 9 June 2011 5/6 July 2011 |
Timothy Dakin (General Secretary of the Church Mission Society) |
6 Sep 2011 | 14 Dec 2011 | 25 Jan 2012 | |||||
| Durham | Tom Wright | 1 Sept 2010 | 3 Dec 2010 | 23 Mar 2011 12/13 Apr 2011 |
Justin Welby (Dean of Liverpool) |
2 Jun 2011 | 28 Oct 2011 | |||||||
| Lincoln | John Saxbee | 31 Jan 2011 | 31 Oct 2010 | 24 Feb 2011 14/15 Mar 2011 |
Christopher Lowson (Director of Ministry at the Archbishops’ Council) |
15 Apr 2011 | 21 Sept 2011 | |||||||
| Salisbury | David Stancliffe | 1 Oct 2010 | 28 May 2010 | 8/9 Dec 2010 8 Dec 2010 10/11 Jan 2011 |
Nicholas Holtam (Vicar of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields in the diocese of London) |
12 Apr 2011 | 21 Jul 2011 | 22 Jul 2011 | ||||||
| Bradford | David James | 15 July 2010 | 30 Jun 2010 | 23 Jun 2010 | 1/2 Nov 2010 8 Sep 2010 29/30 Sep 2010 |
Nicholas Baines (Bishop of Croydon) |
17 Dec 2010 | 1 Apr 2011 | ||||||
| Southwark | Tom Butler | 5 Mar 2010 | 12 Feb 2010 | 11 Jun 2010 5/6 Jul 2010 |
Christopher Chessun (Bishop of Woolwich) |
6 Oct 2010 | 17 Jan 2011 | |||||||
| Ely | Anthony Russell | 28 Feb 2010 | 7 Dec 2009 | 23 Mar 2010 20/21 Apr 2010 |
Stephen Conway (Bishop of Ramsbury) |
31 Aug 2010 | 6 Dec 2010 | |||||||
| Rochester | Michael Nazir-Ali | 1 Sept 2009 | 11 Dec 2009 | 11 Nov 2009 | 24 Feb 2010 18/19 Mar 2010 |
James Langstaff (Bishop of Lynn) |
22 Jun 2010 | |||||||
| Portsmouth | Kenneth Stevenson | 30 Sept 2009 | 25 Jun 2009 | 17 Jun 2009 | 9 Oct 2009 9/10 Nov 2009 |
Christopher Foster (Bishop of Hertford) |
9 Feb 2010 | |||||||
| Chelmsford | John Gladwin | 1 Sept 2009 | 21 Sept 2009 | 9 Dec 2009 14/15 Jan 2010 |
Stephen Cottrell (Bishop of Reading) |
22 Mar 2010 | 6 Oct 2010 |
11 Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Peterborough | Ian Cundy | 7 May 2009 | 20 Mar 2009 | 12 Mar 2009 | 10 Jun 2009 22/23 Jul 2009 |
Donald Allister (Archdeacon of Chester) |
5 Nov 2009 | 25 Mar 2010 | ||||||
| Southwell & Nottingham |
George Cassidy | 31 Aug 2009 | 12 Dec 2008 | 18 Feb 2009 2/3 Mar 2009 |
Paul Butler (Bishop of Southampton) |
29 Jun 2009 | ||||||||
| Carlisle | Graham Dow | 30 Apr 2009 | 19 Nov 2008 | 21 Jan 2009 26/27 Feb 2009 |
James Newcome (Bishop of Penrith) |
28 May 2009 | ||||||||
| St Albans | Christopher Herbert | 7 Jan 2009 | Alan Smith (Bishop of Shrewsbury) |
13 Jan 2009 | 31 Mar 2009 | |||||||||
| Sheffield | Jack Nicholls | 16 July 2008 | Steven Croft | 21 Oct 2008 | 25 Jan 2009 |
* date by which comments on the needs of the diocese or the wider church, or names of suggested candidates must be sent to:
Mr Stephen Knott
Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments
stephen.knott@churchofengland.org
or
Mr Jonathan Hellewell
Prime Minister’s Appointments Secretary
jonathan.hellewell@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Any letters received will be shared by the two Secretaries.
** Selecting a Bishop for the Diocese in Europe is a process very similar to English Dioceses except that it is not a Crown Appointment - the final decision is made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London and a bishop nominated by the Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council, acting jointly (section 6 of the Constitution refers). The Standing Committee of the Diocesan Synod acts as the Vacancy in See Committee for the Diocese and closely follows the Vacancy in See procedures as for all the other dioceses.