Bishop of Stockport

The Bishop of Stockport is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

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List of bishops

Bishops of Stockport
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1949	1950	Frank Okell
1951	1965	David Saunders-Davies
1965	1984	Gordon Strutt
1984	1994	Frank Sargeant
1994	2000	Geoffrey Turner
2000	2007	Nigel Stock [2]	Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
2008	2014	Robert Atwell [3]
2015	2019	Libby Lane	First woman consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England[4][5]
2021	present	Sam Corley	Consecrated 19 July 2021.[6]
Source(s):[1]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. pp. 948–949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. Queen approves new bishop Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
3. Suffragan See of Stockport Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
4. Church of England Media Centre – Libby Lane Announced as Bishop of Stockport (Accessed 17 December 2014)
5. BBC News Libby Lane: First female Church of England bishop consecrated
6. "Diocese of Chester | Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster".

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory listings