Bishop of Pontefract
The Bishop of Pontefract is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds, in the Province of York, England.[1] The title takes its name after the town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire. In the now-defunct Diocese of Wakefield, 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.
Following the creation of the Diocese of Leeds[2] on 20 April 2014, the see will be renamed to become the suffragan see for the area Bishop of Wakefield[3] (no announcement has yet been made as to when the legal change of the name of the see will be effected.)
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, 1992-2002. |
| 2002 | present | Tony Robinson | Area bishop for Wakefield and interim area bishop for Huddersfield since 20 April 2014. |
| Source(s): [1] | |||
References
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ 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)
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