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Bishop of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire and has its see in the City of Peterborough, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew.

The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1540 under King Henry VIII. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Dr Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy , the 37th Bishop of Peterborough, who signs Ian Petriburg.


List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Peterborough, England

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1541 to 1556John ChambersDied in office
1557 to 1559David PooleDeposed
1560 to 1584Edmund Scambler Translated to Norwich
1585 to 1600Richard Howland Died in office
1601 to 1630Thomas Dove Died in office
1630 to 1632William Piers Translated to Bath and Wells
1633 to 1634Augustine Lindsell translated to Hereford
1634 to 1638Francis Dee Died in office
1639 to 1649John TowersDied in office
1649 to 1660vacant
1660 to 1663Benjamin Laney
1663 to 1679Joseph Henshaw Died in office
1679 to 1685William Lloyd Bishop of Llandaff; translated to Norwich
1685 to 1690Thomas White Deprived
1691 to 1718Richard CumberlandDied in office
1718 to 1728White Kennett Died in office
1729 to 1747Robert Clavering Bishop of Llandaff; died in office
1747 to 1757John Thomas Translated to Salisbury
1757 to 1764Richard Terrick Translated to London
1764 to 1769Robert Lamb Died in office
1769 to 1794John Hinchcliffe Died in office
1794 to 1813Spencer Madan Bishop of Bristol; died in office
1813 to 1819John Parsons Died in office
1819 to 1839Herbert MarshBishop of Llandaff; died in office
1839 to 1864George DavysDied in office
1864 to 1868Francis Jeune Died in office
1868 to 1891William Magee Translated to York
1891 to 1897Mandell CreightonTranslated to London
1897 to 1916Edward Carr Glyn
1916 to 1923Frank Theodore Woods Translated to Winchester
1924 to 1927Cyril Charles Bowman Bardsley Translated to Leicester
1927 to 1949Claude Martin Blagden
1949 to 1956Spencer Leeson Died in office
1956 to 1961Robert StopfordBishop of Fulham; translated to London
1961 to 1972Cyril Eastaugh Bishop of Kensington
1972 to 1984Douglas Russell Feaver
1984 to 1996William John Westwood Bishop of Edmonton
1996 to presentIan Patrick Martyn Cundy



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