Church of England: Bishops
(asked on 1st November 2022) - View Source
Question
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many provincial episcopal visitors there were in the Church of England in each of the last 10 years.
The Church of England has three provincial episcopal visitors, the Bishops of Richborough, Ebbsfleet and Beverley. These posts have been held by the following individuals in the last ten years:
Year | Richborough | Ebbsfleet | Beverley |
2012 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Baker | Rt Revd Martyn Jarrett (retired 01.10.12) |
2013 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Baker (translated 13.2.13) /Jonathan Goodall (consecrated 25.9.13) | Rt Revd Glyn Webster (consecrated 25.01.13) |
2014 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2015 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2016 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2017 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2018 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2019 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2020 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2021 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall (resigned role 08.09.21) | Rt Revd Glyn Webster |
2022 | Rt Revd Norman Banks | Vacancy until early 2023 (the role will transfer to the Bishop of Oswestry) | Rt Revd Glyn Webster (retired 06.01.22) |
The former Bishop of Maidstone (now retired) is also recorded as having an informal role as a ‘Complementarian’ Bishop in 62 of the parishes under the oversight of a Diocesan or Suffragan bishop where he was “invited to be involved as issues arose”. It is expected that the See of Ebbsfleet will take up these duties when a new bishop is appointed.