Bishop of Bolton

The Bishop of Bolton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester.

On 22 June 2016, it was announced that Mark Ashcroft, Archdeacon of Manchester, has been appointed the next Bishop of Bolton following his consecration, which duly occurred on 18 October 2016.^[2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Bolton
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1984	1991	David Galliford	(b. 1925). Formerly Bishop of Hulme
1991	1999	David Bonser ^[3]^[4]	(1934–2005)
1999	2007	David Gillett ^[5]	(b. 1945)
2008	30 June 2016	Chris Edmondson ^[6]^[7]	(b. 1950) Retired.
18 October 2016	present	Mark Ashcroft^[2]	(b. 1954)
Source(s):^[1]

References

1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
1 2 Diocese of Manchester (22 June 2016). "The new Bishop of Bolton". Retrieved 22 June 2016.
↑ 'Much loved' bishop dies. The Bolton Evening News, first published 24 March 2005.
↑ Service for ex-Bishop of Bolton. The Bolton Evening News, first published 7 June 2005.
↑ Farewell service for Bishop David. The Bolton Evening News, first published 9 January 2008.
↑ New bishops in pledge. The Manchester Evening News, first published 11 March 2008.
↑ New Bishop of Bolton consecrated. The Bolton Evening News, first published 26 April 2008.

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton Mark Ashcroft, Bishop suffragan of Bolton AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale David Bailey, Archdeacon of Bolton David Sharples, Archdeacon of Salford Archdeacon of Manchester (vacant)

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury	Aston Barking Basingstoke Bedford Bradwell Brixworth Buckingham Colchester Crediton Croydon Dorchester Dorking Dover Dudley Dunwich Ebbsfleet Edmonton Europe Fulham Grantham Grimsby Hertford Horsham Huntingdon Islington Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewes Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Plymouth Ramsbury Reading Repton Richborough Sherborne Shrewsbury Southampton St Germans Stafford Stepney Swindon Taunton Tewkesbury Thetford Tonbridge Warwick Willesden Wolverhampton Woolwich

Province of York	Berwick Beverley Birkenhead Bolton Burnley Doncaster Hull Jarrow Lancaster Middleton Penrith Richmond Ripon Selby Sherwood Stockport Wakefield Warrington Whitby

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Leominster Marlborough Northampton Nottingham Oswestry Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Whalley Wigan

Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Assistant Bishop of Leicester; Assistant Bishop of Newcastle; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop at Lambeth

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