Bishop of Penrith

The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Penrith in Cumbria.^[1]

The title was first mentioned (as Pereth) in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – traditionally interpreted as being Penrydd – in Pembrokeshire, though this identification must be very doubtful, given Penrydd's lack of any historic civic or ecclesiastical significance). The title was first used for the Diocese of Ripon in 1888,^[1] but the incumbent had his episcopal title transferred to Richmond by Royal Warrant in 1889.^[1] Since 1939, the Bishop of Penrith is a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle who assists the diocesan Bishop of Carlisle in overseeing the diocese.^[1]

List of bishops

Bishops of Penrith
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1534	1888	in abeyance
1888	1889	John James Pulleine	Appointed for the diocese of Ripon. His suffragan title was changed by Royal Warrant to Richmond in 1889.
1889	1939	in abeyance
1939	1944	Grandage Edwards Powell
1944	1959	Herbert Turner
1959	1966	Cyril Bulley	Translated to Carlisle
1967	1970	Reginald Foskett
1970	1979	Edward Pugh
1979	1994	George Hacker
1994	2002	Richard Garrard
2002	2009	James Newcome	Translated to Carlisle on 10 October 2009. [2][3][4]
2009	2011	no appointment
2011	present	Robert Freeman	Consecrated on 28 October 2011. [5]
Source(s): [1]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. "Diocese of Carlisle". Number10. 28 May 2009.
3. "67th Bishop of Carlisle announced". Diocese of Carlisle. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
4. "New Bishop of Carlisle is set to be enthroned". Westmorland Gazette. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
5. Consecrations of the Bishops of Durham and Penrith

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings