Bishop of Lewes
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The Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1][2] The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. The bishops suffragan of Lewes were area bishops since the Chichester area scheme was erected in 1984 until 2013.[3]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Lewes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1909 | 1914 | Leonard Burrows | Translated to Sheffield |
| 1914 | 1920 | Herbert Jones | |
| 1920 | 1926 | Henry Southwell | |
| 1926 | 1928 | Thomas Cook | |
| 1928 | 1929 | William Streatfeild [4] | |
| 1929 | 1946 | Hugh Hordern | |
| 1946 | 1959 | Geoffrey Warde | |
| 1959 | 1977 | Lloyd Morrell | |
| 1977 | 1992 | Peter Ball | First area bishop from 1984; translated to Gloucester. Pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault and one of misconduct in a public office while Bishop of Lewes.[5] |
| 1992 | 1996 | Ian Cundy | Translated to Peterborough |
| 1997 | 2012 | Wallace Benn | Retired on 31 October 2012. Last area bishop until his retirement. |
| 2014 | current | Richard Jackson | |
| Source(s): [1] | |||
References
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- ↑ The Diocese of Chichester: The Bishops. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
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- ↑ Noel Streatfeild's Life. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
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