Bishop of Jarrow
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The Bishop of Jarrow is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England.[1] The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery in the town of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear.
[edit] List of the Bishops of Jarrow
| No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Nickson | 1906 | 1914 | Translated to Bristol |
| 2 | John Quirk | 1914 | 1924 | (died 1924). Formerly Bishop of Sheffield |
| 3 | Samuel Knight [2] | 1924 | 1932 | (1868–1932). |
| 4 | James Gordon [3] | 1932 | 1939 | |
| 5 | Leslie Owen | 1939 | 1944 | Translated to Maidstone |
| 6 | David Dunlop | 1944 | 1950 | Previously Prior and Precentor of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh |
| 7 | John Ramsbotham | 1950 | 1958 | Translated to Wakefield |
| 8 | Mervyn Armstrong | 1958 | 1965 | |
| 9 | Alexander Hamilton | 1965 | 1980 | |
| 10 | Michael Ball | 1980 | 1990 | (b.1932). Translated to Truro |
| 11 | Alan Smithson | 1990 | 2002 | |
| 12 | John Pritchard | 2002 | 2007 | (b.1948). Translated to Oxford |
| 13 | Mark Bryant | 2007 | present | (b.1950) |
[edit] References
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
- ^ Samuel Kirshbaum Knight. National Register of Archives. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
- ^ With the Jarrow marchers. The Guardian, Tuesday, October 13, 1936.
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