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===[[Steven Summers]]===
[[image:Bishofbirmarms.PNG|thumb|right|Arms of the '''Bishop of Birmingham''']]
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The '''Bishop of Birmingham''' is the [[Ordinary]] of the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Birmingham, England|Diocese of Birmingham]] in the [[Province of Canterbury]]
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The [[diocese]] covers the north west of the traditional county of [[Warwickshire]] and has its [[Episcopal see|see]] in the [[Birmingham|City of Birmingham]], [[West Midlands]], where the seat of the diocese is located at the [[St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham|Cathedral Church of Saint Philip]] which was elevated to cathedral status in [[1905]].
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's Croft in [[Harborne]], Birmingham.
The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in [[1905]] from the [[Diocese of Worcester, England|Diocese of Worcester]] under [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]]. The [[bishop]]ric iscurrently vacant following the translation of the Right Reverend Dr [[John Sentamu]], the 8th '''Lord Bishop of Birmingham''', to the Archbishopric of York.
==List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Birmingham, England==
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|[[1905]]–[[1911]]||'''[[Charles Gore]]||'''Translated from [[bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]. Translated to [[bishop of Oxford| Oxford]]
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|[[1911]]–[[1924]]||'''[[Henry Russell Wakefield]]'''||
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|[[1924]]–[[1953]]||'''[[Ernest William Barnes]]''' FRS||Canon of [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]]
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|[[1953]]–[[1969]]||'''[[John Leonard Wilson]]'''||Bishop of Singapore 1941-48. Dean of [[Manchester Cathedral| Manchester]] 1948-53. POW
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|[[1969]]–[[1977]]||[[Lawrence Ambrose Brown (bishop)|'''Lawrence''' Ambrose '''Brown''']]||[[Suff Bishop]] of Warrington
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|[[1977]]–[[1987]]||[[Hugh William Montefiore (bishop)| '''Hugh''' William '''Montefiore''']]||Area Bishop of Kingston
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|[[1987]]–[[2002]]||'''[[Mark Santer]]'''||Area Bishop of Kensington
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|[[2002]]–[[17 June]] [[2005]]||'''[[John Sentamu]]'''||Area Bishop of Stepney. Translated to [[Archbishop of York| York]]
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==Sources==
* '''''Whitaker's Almanack 1910''' to '''2004''', Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London''
* '''''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1949/50 and 1989/90''', Oxford University Press/ Church Commissioners
==See also==
*[[Lists of office-holders]]
* [[Archbishop of Birmingham]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
==External links==
*[http://www.birmingham.anglican.org/ Diocese of Birmingham]
*[http://www.birminghamcathedral.com/ Birmingham Cathedral]
[[Category:Birmingham, England]]
[[Category:Bishops]]
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