Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

The Bishop of Leicester was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

After a thousand years the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese.[1][2]

List of bishops

Bishops suffragan of Leicester
From Until Incumbent Notes
1888 1903 Francis Thicknesse Formerly Archdeacon of Northampton
1903 1913 Lewis Clayton
1913 1927 Norman Lang
In 1927, the suffragan see of Leicester ended with the creation of the diocesan see.
Source(s):[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Leicester Cathedral: History Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
  2. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
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