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{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Suffragan Bishops Act 1534{{efn|The citation of this act by this [[short title]] was authorised by section 5 of, and schedule 2 to, the [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]]. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the [[Interpretation Act 1978]].}}
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of England
| long_title = An Acte for nominacion and consecracyon of Suffragans wythin this Realme.{{efn|These words are printed against this act in the second column of schedule 2 to the [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]], which is headed "Title".}}
| year = 1534
| citation = [[26 Hen. 8]]. c. 14
| territorial_extent = [[England and Wales]]
| royal_assent = 18 December 1534
| commencement = 3 November 1534{{efn|Start of session.}}
| repeal_date = 
| amendments = {{ubli|[[Statute Law Revision Act 1888]]|[[Criminal Law Act 1967]]|[[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977]]|[[Dioceses Measure 1978]]}}
| related_legislation = {{ubli|[[Statute of Praemunire]]|Suffragans Nomination Act 1888|Suffragan Bishops Act 1898}}
| repealing_legislation = 
| status = Amended
| original_text = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915533&seq=565
| use_new_UK-LEG = yes
}}

The '''Suffragan Bishops Act 1534''' ([[26 Hen. 8]]. c. 14) is an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of England]] that authorised the appointment of [[suffragan bishop#Anglican Churches|suffragan]] (i.e., assistant) [[bishop]]s in [[England and Wales]]. The tradition of appointing suffragans named after a town in the diocese other than the town the diocesan bishop is named after can be dated from this act.

The act named [[Thetford]], [[Ipswich]], [[Colchester]], [[Dover]], [[Guildford]], [[Southampton]], [[Taunton]], [[Shaftesbury]], [[South Molton|Molton]], [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]], [[Bedford]], [[Leicester]], [[Gloucester]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Bristol]], [[Penrydd, Pembrokeshire|Penrydd]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qcOwIMflx7AC&pg=PA296l Parish of Penrhudd] in Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire: VII – County of Pembroke (Google Books)</ref> [[Bridgwater]], [[Nottingham]], [[Grantham]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Huntingdon]], [[Cambridge]], [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]], [[St Germans, Cornwall|St Germans]] and the [[Isle of Wight]]<ref>[[Gerald Bray|Bray, Gerald]], 2004. Documents of the English Reformation. {{ISBN|0-227-17239-6}}. p.115.</ref><ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/26/14/contents The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534], as amended, from [[Legislation.gov.uk]].</ref> as specific suitable suffragan sees.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.<ref>The [[Chronological Table of the Statutes]], 1235 - 2010. [[The Stationery Office]]. 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-11-840509-6}}. Part I. p. 44, read with pages viii and x.</ref>

The repeal by the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969]] of section 2 of the [[Act of Supremacy 1558|Act of Supremacy]] ([[1 Eliz. 1]]. c. 1) (1558) does not affect the continued operation, so far as unrepealed, of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.<ref>The [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969]], [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/52/section/4 section 4(2)]</ref>

{{anchor|Suffragan Bishops Act 1898}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Suffragan Bishops Act 1898{{efn|Section 2.}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to explain the Act as to Suffragan Bishops.
| year                  = 1898
| citation              = [[61 & 62 Vict.]] c. 11
| introduced_commons    = 
| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = [[United Kingdom]]
| royal_assent          = 1 July 1898
| commencement          = 1 July 1898{{efn|The [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]].}}
| repeal_date           = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = {{ubli|Suffragan Bishops Act 1534|Suffragans Nomination Act 1888}}
| status                = Current
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/11/enacted
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = Suffragan Bishops Act 1898
| collapsed             = yes
}}
Since 1898, notwithstanding anything contained in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 it has been lawful to nominate, present and appoint as suffragan bishop persons already consecrated as a bishop and, in that case, the letters patent presenting them do not require their consecration.<ref>The Suffragan Bishops Act 1898, [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/11/section/1 section 1]</ref> The Dioceses Measure 1978 concerns petitions to make appointments under this act.<ref>[of the .http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1978/1/section/18 section 18(1) legislation.gov.uk]</ref> Until 1898, men already in episcopal orders were sometimes made [[assistant bishop]]s instead.

==Provisions==
===Section 2===
In section 2 of the act, the words from "and have such capacitie" to the end were repealed by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1978/1/section/15 section 15(2)(a)] of the [[Dioceses Measure 1978]]. This repeal does not invalidate any commission given to a suffragan bishop which was in force immediately before the commencement of that Measure (s. 15(3)). Section 15(4) provides for such commissions to continue in force until the date on which the suffragan bishop to whom the commission was given ceases to hold that office, or the date on which the commission is revoked by the bishop of the diocese, whichever first occurs. So long as any such commission remains in force so much of section 2 of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 as is repealed by 15(2)(a) of that Measure continues, notwithstanding the repeal, to apply to the suffragan bishop to whom the commission was given (s. 15(5)).

===Section 4===
In section 4 of the act, the words from "nor use" to the end were repealed by section 15(2)(b) of the [[Dioceses Measure 1978]]. This repeal does not invalidate any commission given to a suffragan bishop which was in force immediately before the commencement of that Measure (s. 15(3)). Section 15(4) provides for such commissions to continue in force until the date on which the suffragan bishop to whom the commission was given ceases to hold that office, or the date on which the commission is revoked by the bishop of the diocese, whichever first occurs. So long as any such commission remains in force so much of section 2 of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 as is repealed by 15(2)(b) of that Measure continues, notwithstanding the repeal, to apply to the suffragan bishop to whom the commission was given (s. 15(5)).

===Section 6===
In section 6 of the act, the words "of the bishop to whom he shall be suffragan" were substituted for the words "where he shall have comyssyon" by section 15(6) of the [[Dioceses Measure 1978]].

===Section 7===
Section 7 of the act was repealed by part V of schedule 1 to the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977]].

==1534 titles==
Those titles mandated by the 1534 act currently in use as suffragan sees today are indicated in '''bold type''':
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width: 15%;" | See
! style="width: 15%;" | Diocese
! style="width: 15%;" | Years
! style="width: 1%;" | 
! style="width: 16%;" | See
! style="width: 16%;" | Diocese
! style="width: 22%;" | Years
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Bishop of Bedford]]'''
|[[Diocese of London]]
|1537–1560, 1879–1898
|rowspan="23"|
|Bishop of the Isle of Wight
|colspan="2"|''No evidence of use (now in [[Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth|Portsmouth]])''<br />There is an application to revive underway as of November 2024.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213225447/https://www.portsmouth.anglican.org/synod-nov-2024/ |archive-date=13 December 2024 |url=https://www.portsmouth.anglican.org/synod-nov-2024/ |title=Diocesan Synod, November 2024 |website=Diocese of Portsmouth }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213225725/https://cofeportsmouth.contentfiles.net/media/assets/file/Suffragan_application_draft_v_5_for_Diocesan_Synod.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2024 |url=https://cofeportsmouth.contentfiles.net/media/assets/file/Suffragan_application_draft_v_5_for_Diocesan_Synod.pdf |website=Diocese of Portsmouth |title=An Application to the Dioceses Commission to revive the Suffragan See of the Isle of Wight }}</ref>

|-
|'''[[Diocese of St Albans]]'''
|'''1935–present'''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)|Bishop of Leicester]]
|[[Anglican Diocese of Peterborough|Diocese of Peterborough]]
|1888–1927
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Bishop of Berwick]]'''
|[[Diocese of Durham]]
|1537–1571
|''[[Bishop of Leicester|Diocesan title]]''
|1927–present
|-
|'''[[Diocese of Newcastle]]'''
|'''2016–present'''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bishop of Marlborough]]
|[[Diocese of Salisbury]]
|1537–1568
|-
|Bishop of Bridgwater
|colspan="2"|''No evidence of use (now in [[Diocese of Bath and Wells|Bath & Wells]])''
|[[Diocese of London]]
|1888–1918
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Bishop of Bristol (suffragan)|Bishop of Bristol]]
|[[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|Diocese of Worcester]]
|1538–1542
|Bishop of Molton
|colspan="2"|''No evidence of use (now in [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]])''
|-
|''[[Bishop of Bristol|Diocesan title]]''
|1542–present
|rowspan="4"|[[Anglican Bishop of Nottingham|Bishop of Nottingham]]
|[[Diocese of York]]
|1567–1570
|-
|Bishop of Cambridge
|colspan="2"|''No evidence of use (now in [[Diocese of Ely|Ely]])''
|[[Diocese of Lincoln]]
|1870–1884
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Bishop of Colchester]]'''
|[[Diocese of Ely]]
|1536–1541, 1592–1608
|[[Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham|Diocese of Southwell]]
|1884–1893
|-
|[[Diocese of St Albans]]
|1882–1914
|''[[Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham|Diocesan title]]''
|2005–present
|-
|'''[[Diocese of Chelmsford]]'''
|'''1914–present'''
|[[Bishop of Penrydd]]
|[[Diocese of Llandaff]]
|1537–1539
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Bishop of Dover]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Canterbury]]'''
|1536–1597, '''1870–present'''
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Bishop of Penrith]]'''
|[[Diocese of Ripon and Leeds|Diocese of Ripon]]
|1888–1889
|-
|colspan="2"|''also ''"Bishop in Canterbury"'' since c. 1999''
|'''[[Diocese of Carlisle]]'''
|'''1939–present'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Bishop of Gloucester
|colspan="2"|''No evidence of use as suffragan see''
|'''[[Bishop of St Germans]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Truro]]'''
|1905–1918, '''1974–present'''
|-
|''[[Bishop of Gloucester|Diocesan title]]''
|1541–present
|[[Bishop of Shaftesbury]]
|[[Diocese of Salisbury]]
|1539
|-
|'''[[Bishop of Grantham]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Lincoln]]'''
|'''1905–present'''
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury|Bishop of Shrewsbury]]'''
|[[Diocese of Llandaff]] ''(probably)''
|1537–1561
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Bishop of Guildford (suffragan)|Bishop of Guildford]]
|[[Diocese of Winchester]]
|1874–1927
|'''[[Diocese of Lichfield]]'''
|1888–1905, '''1940–present'''
|-
|''[[Bishop of Guildford|Diocesan title]]''
|1927–present
|'''[[Bishop of Southampton]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Winchester]]'''
|'''1895–present'''
|-
|'''[[Bishop of Hull]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of York]]'''
|1538–1579, '''1891–present'''
|'''[[Bishop of Taunton]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Bath and Wells]]'''
|1538–1559, '''1911–present'''
|-
|'''[[Bishop of Huntingdon]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Ely]]'''
|'''1966–present'''
|'''[[Bishop of Thetford]]'''
|'''[[Diocese of Norwich]]'''
|1536–1570, 1894–1926, '''1945–present'''
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Bishop of Ipswich]]
|''Diocese unclear''
|1536–1538
|-
|[[Diocese of Norwich]]
|1899–1909
|
|-
|''[[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich|Diocesan title]]''
|1914–present
|}

== Other suffragan titles{{anchor|Suffragans Nomination Act 1888}} ==
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Suffragans Nomination Act 1888{{efn|Section 1.}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to make further provision for the Nomination of Bishops Suffragans.
| year                  = 1888
| citation              = [[51 & 52 Vict.]] c. 56
| introduced_commons    = 
| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = [[United Kingdom]]
| royal_assent          = 24 December 1888
| commencement          = 24 December 1888{{efn|The [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]].}}
| repeal_date           = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = {{ubli|Suffragan Bishops Act 1534|Suffragans Bishops Act 1898}}
| status                = Amended
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/51-52/56/enacted
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = Suffragans Nomination Act 1888
| collapsed             = yes
}}
Since the passage of the '''Suffragans Nomination Act 1888''', it has been lawful to create suffragan sees named for other towns. These have so far included (those titles currently in use as suffragan sees today are indicated in '''bold type'''):
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*'''[[Bishop of Aston]]''' (Birmingham, 15&nbsp;July 1954)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40235 |page=4257 |date=20 July 1954}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Barking]]''' (Chelmsford; initially St Albans)
*[[Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness]] (Carlisle, 6&nbsp;April 1889)<ref name="ds" />
*'''[[Bishop of Basingstoke]]''' (Winchester)
*'''[[Bishop of Beverley]]''' (York)
*'''[[Bishop of Birkenhead]]''' (Chester)
*'''[[Bishop of Bolton]]''' (Manchester, 8&nbsp;February 1984)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49649 |page=2217 |date=16 February 1984}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Bradford]]''' (Leeds, 20&nbsp;April 2014)
*'''[[Bishop of Bradwell]]''' (Chelmsford, 20&nbsp;December 1967)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44479 |page=14052 |date=21 December 1967}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Brixworth]]''' (Peterborough, 26&nbsp;July 1988)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51444 |date=18 August 1988 |page=9349 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Buckingham]]''' (Oxford, 22&nbsp;November 1913)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28776 |page=8496 |date=25 November 1913}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Burnley]]''' (Blackburn; initially Manchester)
*[[Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)|Bishop of Coventry]] (Worcester; ''now a diocese'')
*'''[[Bishop of Crediton]]''' (Exeter)
*'''[[Bishop of Croydon]]''' (Southwark; initially Canterbury)
*[[Bishop of Derby (suffragan)|Bishop of Derby]] (Southwell; ''now a diocese'')
*'''[[Bishop of Doncaster]]''' (Sheffield, 4&nbsp;February 1972)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45607 |page=2299 |date=24 February 1972}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Dorchester (modern)|Bishop of Dorchester]]''' (Oxford, 2&nbsp;February 1939)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34596 |date=7 February 1939 |page=835 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Dorking]]''' (Guildford; initially Winchester)
*'''[[Bishop of Dudley]]''' (Worcester, 24&nbsp;October 1973)<ref name="dudram">{{London Gazette |issue=46113 |page=12738 |date=26 October 1973 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Dunwich]]''' (St&nbsp;Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 14&nbsp;August 1934)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34079 |page=5251 |date=17 August 1934 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Ebbsfleet]]''' (Canterbury, 8&nbsp;February 1994)<ref name="ebbric">{{London Gazette |issue=53585 |page=2143 |date=11 February 1994 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Edmonton (London)|Bishop of Edmonton]]''' (London, 29&nbsp;May 1970)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45124 |page=6515 |date=11 June 1970 }}</ref>
*'''[[Suffragan Bishop in Europe]]''' (Europe)
*'''[[Bishop of Fulham]]''' (London, 1&nbsp;February 1926)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33129 |page=763 |date=2 February 1926 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Grimsby]]''' (Lincoln, 15 July 1935)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34181 |page=4666 |date=19 July 1935 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Hertford]]''' (St Albans)
*'''[[Bishop of Horsham]]''' (Chichester)
*'''[[Bishop of Huddersfield]]''' (Leeds, 20&nbsp;April 2014)
*[[Bishop of Hulme]] (Manchester, 11&nbsp;October 1923)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32871 |date=16 October 1923 |page=6962 |supp=y}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Islington]]''' (London)
*'''[[Bishop of Jarrow]]''' (Durham)
*'''[[Bishop of Kensington]]''' (London)
*'''[[Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames]]''' (Southwark)
{{col-break}}
*'''[[Bishop of Kirkstall]]''' (Leeds; formerly [[Bishop of Richmond (suffragan)|Bishop of Richmond]], in Ripon diocese)
*'''[[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop of Lancaster]]''' (Blackburn, 24 July 1936)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34308 |pages=4735–6 |date=24 July 1936 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Lewes]]''' (Chichester)
*'''[[Bishop of Loughborough]]''' (Leicester, 12 April 2017)<ref>[https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-12-List-of-Business-Part-1.pdf Privy Council Office — Orders, 12 April 2017] (Accessed 27 April 2017)</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Ludlow]]''' (Hereford, 23 September 1981)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48749 |page=12329 |date=29 September 1981 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Lynn]]''' (Norwich, 26 June 1963)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43041 |page=5533 |date=28 June 1963 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Maidstone]]''' (Canterbury)
*'''[[Bishop of Middleton]]''' (Manchester, 10 August 1926)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33190 |page=5287 |date=10 August 1926 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Plymouth]]''' (Exeter, 21 November 1922)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32769 |page=8186 |date=21 November 1922 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Ramsbury]]''' (Salisbury, 24&nbsp;October 1973)<ref name="dudram" />
*'''[[Bishop of Reading]]''' (Oxford)
*'''[[Bishop of Repton]]''' (Derby, 18 May 1965)<ref name="repswd">{{London Gazette |issue=43654 |page=4859 |date=18 May 1965 |supp=y }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Richborough]]''' (Canterbury, 8&nbsp;February 1994)<ref name="ebbric" />
*'''[[Bishop of Ripon]]''' (Leeds; formerly [[Bishop of Knaresborough]], in Ripon diocese)
*'''[[Bishop of Selby]]''' (York, 20 December 1938)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34582 |page=8143 |date=23 December 1938 }}</ref>
*[[Bishop of Sheffield (suffragan)|Bishop of Sheffield]] (York; ''now a diocese'')
*'''[[Bishop of Sherborne]]''' (Salisbury, 6 February 1925)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33019 |page=942 |date=10 February 1925 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Sherwood]]''' (Southwell, 18 May 1965)<ref name="repswd" />
*[[Bishop of Southwark (suffragan)|Bishop of Southwark]] (Rochester; ''now a diocese'')
*'''[[Bishop of Stafford]]''' (Lichfield)
*'''[[Bishop of Stepney]]''' (London)
*'''[[Bishop of Stockport]]''' (Chester)
*'''[[Bishop of Swindon]]''' (Bristol; formerly [[Bishop of Malmesbury]], 25 July 1927)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33299 |page=4979 |date=2 August 1927 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Tewkesbury]]''' (Gloucester)
*'''[[Bishop of Tonbridge]]''' (Rochester, 11 September 1958)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41495 |page=5597 |date=12 September 1958 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Wakefield]]''' (Leeds; formerly [[Bishop of Pontefract]], in Wakefield diocese, 27 October 1930)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33657 |page=6719 |date=31 October 1930 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Warrington]]''' (Liverpool)
*'''[[Bishop of Warwick]]''' (Coventry, 19 December 1979)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48063 |page=315 |date=8 January 1980 }}</ref>
*[[Bishop of Whalley]] (Blackburn; initially Manchester, 28&nbsp;June 1909)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28266 |date=2 July 1909 |page=5049}}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Whitby]]''' (York, 30 July 1923)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32849 |page=5211 |date=31 July 1923 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Willesden]]''' (London, 8 August 1911)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28520 |page=5909 |date=8 August 1911 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Wolverhampton]]''' (Lichfield, 6 February 1979)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47765 |page=1737 |date=8 February 1979 }}</ref>
*'''[[Bishop of Woolwich]]''' (Southwark)
{{col-end}}

In 2015, research by the Church's Legal Office on behalf of the [[Dioceses Commission]] uncovered fourteen "forgotten" suffragan Sees which had been erected by [[Order in Council|Orders-in-Council]] in 1889 but never filled.<ref name="ds">[https://www.churchofengland.org/media/2252539/dormant%20sees%20-23-6-15.docx Church of England — Dormant Suffragan Sees] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160530173348/https://www.churchofengland.org/media/2252539/dormant%20sees%20-23-6-15.docx Archived] 30 May 2016, which accessed 4 March 2020)</ref> The Dioceses Commission has advised that these may be revived and filled just as any other dormant See might.<ref>[https://www.churchofengland.org/media/2469449/annual_report_2015.pdf Church of England Dioceses Commission — Annual Report 2015] (Accessed 28 April 2016)</ref> The see of [[Bishop of Oswestry|Oswestry]] was filled by the consecration of [[Paul Thomas (bishop)|Paul Thomas]] on 2 February 2023, and the see of Wigan was filled by the translation of [[Ruth Worsley]] from Taunton on 4 April 2025;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64704|date=8 April 2025|page=7574}}</ref> but the others remain unfilled.
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By Order-in-Council dated 6 April 1889:
*[[Bishop of Alnwick]] (Newcastle)
*[[Bishop of Bishopwearmouth]] (Durham)
*[[Bishop of Halifax]] (Leeds; formerly Wakefield)
*[[Bishop of Hexham (suffragan)|Bishop of Hexham]] (Newcastle)
*[[Bishop of Kendal]] (Carlisle)
*[[Bishop of Rochdale]] (Manchester)
*[[Bishop of Wigan]] (Liverpool)
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By Order-in-Council dated 5 July 1889:
*[[Bishop of Aylesbury]] (Oxford)
*[[Bishop of Boston]] (Lincoln)
*[[Bishop of Chelsea]] (London)
*[[Bishop of Cirencester]] (Gloucester)
*[[Bishop of Leominster]] (Hereford)
*[[Bishop of Northampton (suffragan)|Bishop of Northampton]] (Peterborough)
*'''[[Bishop of Oswestry]]''' (Lichfield)
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Further — besides that of [[Bishop of Penrydd|Penrydd]] (now in St&nbsp;David's diocese), erected by the 1534 Act — six further Welsh Sees were erected following the 1888 Act: at [[Bishop of Cardiff (Church of England)|Cardiff]] (in Llandaff diocese), [[Bishop of Carnarvon|Carnarvon]] (Bangor), [[Bishop of Holyhead|Holyhead]] (Bangor), [[Bishop of Monmouth (suffragan)|Monmouth]] (then in Llandaff, now a diocesan See), [[Bishop of Wrexham (Church of England)|Wrexham]] (St&nbsp;Asaph)<ref name="ds" /> and [[Bishop of Swansea|Swansea]] (then in St&nbsp;Davids, now a diocesan See as Swansea and Brecon).<ref>"Death of Bishop Lloyd" in Carmarthen Journal, 18 June 1916, p. 5 ([http://cymru1914.org/en/view/newspaper/3678717/4 Archive] accessed 7 October 2017)</ref><ref>{{Church Times | title = in memoriam: The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon | archive = 1934_02_09_171 | issue = 3707 | date = 9 February 1934 | page = 171 | accessed = 7 October 2017 }}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
*[[Halsbury's Statutes]],
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{UK-LEG|path=aep/Hen8/26/14}}

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