Bishop of Pontefract
The Bishop of Pontefract was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Dioceses of Wakefield and then of Leeds, in the Province of York, England.[1] The title took its name after the town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire. In the Wakefield diocese, the Bishop of Pontefract was the suffragan bishop for the diocese as a whole but primarily had alternative episcopal oversight for those parishes which rejected the ministry of priests who were women; Robinson now fulfils this role for the new diocese.[2]
Following the creation of the Diocese of Leeds[3] on 20 April 2014, the see was eventually renamed to become the suffragan see for the area Bishop of Wakefield.[4] To that end the General Synod approved a petition from the Bishop of Leeds in February 2015;[5] that petition was approved by the Queen-in-Council on 19 March 2015[6] and so the see was translated to Wakefield.
Tony Robinson continues in the same See, becoming the area Bishop of Wakefield.[7]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Pontefract | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1931 | 1938 | Campbell Hone, DD | Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Eden, Wakefield, 1902-5. Vice Principal of Leeds Clergy School, 1905-9. Vicar of Mount Pellon, Halifax, 1909-16. Vicar of Brighouse, 1916-20. Rector and Rural Dean of Whitby, 1920-7. Canon and Prebendary Wistow in York Minster,1927-31.Archdeacon 1931-38, Subsequently to Bishop of Wakefield 1938-46. |
| 1939 | 1949 | Tom Longworth, DD | Canon and Archdeacon, 1938. Subsequently Bishop of Hereford, 1949-61. |
| 1949 | 1954 | Arthur Morris DD | Canon and Archdeacon, 1946. Subsequently Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1954–65. |
| 1954 | 1961 | George Clarkson | Canon, 1936. Vicar of Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent 1948. Archdeacon, 1954. Subsequently Dean of Guildford, 1961–68, Assistant Bishop of Lincoln, 1968-77. |
| 1961 | 1968 | Eric Treacy | Vicar St Mary's Edge Hill, 1936-41. Chaplain to the Forces, 1940-5. Rector of Keighley, 1945-9. Rural Dean of South Craven, 1947-9. Rural Dean and Vicar of Halifax, 1950-61. Archdeacon of Halifax, 1949-61. Archdeacon 1961-8. Subsequently Bishop of Wakefield, 1968-77. |
| 1968 | 1971 | Gordon Fallows, MA | Canon 1952. Archdeacon of Lancaster, 1955. Subsequently Bishop of Sheffield, 1971-79. |
| 1971 | 1992 | Thomas Hare MA | Canon 1959-65. Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, 1965–71. |
| 1993 | 1998 | John Finney, MA | Canon 1984-9. Officer for Decade of Evangelism. |
| 1998 | 2002 | David James | Subsequently Bishop of Bradford, 2002-2010. |
| 2002 | 2015 | Tony Robinson | Area bishop for Wakefield and interim area bishop for Huddersfield since 20 April 2014; See translated to Wakefield, 19 March 2015 |
| Source(s):[1] | |||
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References
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- ↑ [1]
- ↑ The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales
- ↑ Moving towards a new diocese for West Yorkshire and the Dales (Accessed 9 July 2013)
- ↑ Diocese of Liverpool – General Synod: February 2015 group of sessions (Accessed 21 February 2015)
- ↑ Orders in Council, 19 March 2015 (Accessed 25 March 2015)
- ↑ [2] (Accessed 4 March 2013)
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