Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury

The Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The Bishop of Shrewsbury has particular episcopal oversight of the parishes in the Archdeaconry of Salop. The bishops suffragan of Shrewsbury have been area bishops since the Lichfield area scheme was instituted in 1992.^[2]

List of bishops

Anglican Bishops of Shrewsbury
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1537	1561	Lewis Thomas	Not appointed for diocese of Lichfield, but probably for the diocese of Llandaff.
1561	1888	in abeyance
1888	1905	Sir Lovelace Stamer, Bt
1905	1940	in abeyance
1940	1944	Eric Hamilton
1944	1959	Robert Hodson
1959	1970	William Parker
1970	1980	Francis Cocks
1980	1987	Leslie Lloyd Rees
1987	1994	John Davies	First area bishop from 1992.
1994	2001	David Hallatt
2001	2009	Alan Smith	Translated to St Albans
2009	present	Mark Rylands
Source(s): [1][3]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 288. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
• Bishop of Shrewsbury's page at Lichfield Diocese

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