Bishop of Newcastle (England)

For the bishop in Australia, see Bishop of Newcastle, Australia.

Bishop of Newcastle
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent: Christine Hardman
Province	York
Diocese	Newcastle
Cathedral	Newcastle Cathedral
First incumbent	Ernest Wilberforce
Formation	1882

The Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.

The diocese at present covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882.

The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth.

The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Christine Hardman became the Bishop of Newcastle upon the confirmation of her canonical election on 22 September 2015 at York Minster; her episcopal consecration occurred on 30 November at York Minster.

List of bishops

Bishops of Newcastle
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1882	1896	Ernest Wilberforce	Translated to Chichester.
1896	1903	Edgar Jacob	Translated to St Albans.
1903	1907	Arthur Lloyd	Translated from Thetford.
1907	1915	Norman Straton	Translated from Sodor and Man.
1915	1927	Herbert Wild
1927	1941	Harold Bilbrough	Translated from Dover.
1941	1957	Noel Hudson	Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely.
1957	1972	Hugh Ashdown
1973	1980	Ronald Bowlby	Translated to Southwark.
1981	1997	Alec Graham	Translated from Bedford.
1997	2014	Martin Wharton	Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames.
2014	2015	Frank White (acting)	Assistant Bishop of Newcastle
2015	present	Christine Hardman
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