Bishop of Berwick
The Bishop of Berwick is an episcopal title used by the suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York, England.[1]
The title was originally created in 1537 in the Diocese of Durham,[2] and takes its name from the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. After the death of the only bishop in 1572, the title went into abeyance.[3]
On 28 November 2015, Frank White, Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (at the end of a vacancy in the See of Newcastle), presented a proposal to the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle (within which diocese Berwick now lies) to revive the Suffragan See of Berwick.[4][5] The Dioceses Commission approved the petition to revive the See,[6] the post was advertised in April 2016, and the appointment of Mark Tanner, Warden of Cranmer Hall, (part of St John's College, Durham) was announced on 1 September 2016.[1]
List of bishops of Berwick
| Bishops of Berwick | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1537 | 1572 | Thomas Sparke | Consecrated on 9 December 1537; died in 1572. |
| 1572 | 2016 | in abeyance | |
| 2016 | present | Mark Tanner | Consecrated 18 October 2016.[1] |
| Source(s):[2][7] | |||
References
- 1 2 3 Diocese of Newcastle — Mark Tanner announced as new Suffragan Bishop of Berwick (Accessed 2 September 2016)
- 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ↑ Handbook of British Chronology, page 287. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.
- ↑ Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Agenda (Accessed 19 January 2016)
- ↑ Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Suffragan See of Berwick (Accessed 19 January 2016)
- ↑ Diocese of Newcastle — Frank White to retire in September (Accessed 28 April 2016)
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.