Bishop of Blackburn

Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Blackburn

The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York.

The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. Despite having a cathedral Blackburn is not a city.

The office has existed since the foundation of the see from part of the Diocese of Manchester in 1926 under George V. The current bishop is Philip North, since the confirmation on 25 April 2023 of his election.^[1] The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Salesbury.^[2]

List of bishops

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:

• 1982 – 1999 (d.): Ken Giggall (former Bishop of St Helena and Auxiliary Bishop of Gibraltar)^[9] retired to Lytham^[10]
• 1992 – 2000 (ret.): Donald Nestor, Priest-in-Charge of Bretherton and former Suffragan Bishop of Lesotho^[11]

References

1. "Bishop Philip's election as Bishop of Blackburn is now confirmed". The Diocese of Blackburn. 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
2. "Julian Tudor Henderson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. Robinson, David (3 August 1999). "Obituary: The Right Rev Robert Martineau". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
4. "See of Blackburn". Number10. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
5. "Diocese of Blackburn". Number10. HM Government. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
6. "An open letter to the Diocese of Blackburn" (PDF). Diocese of Blackburn. 7 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
7. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
8. "Historical successions: Blackburn". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
9. "Giggall, George Kenneth". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 28 February 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. Cannan, Edward (1992). Churches of the South Atlantic Islands, 1502-1991. ISBN 9780904614473.
11. "Nestor, Donald Patrick". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 28 February 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)