The Bishop of Taunton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 and takes its name after Taunton, the county town of Somerset.
The current bishop is the Right Revd Peter Maurice. He was vicar of All Saints' Tooting for seven years before his appointment as an archdeacon. He is a graduate of St Chad's Durham and studied for ordination at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was ordained deacon in 1972 and priest in 1976. He had a wide-ranging parish ministry in the Diocese of Southwark and was at one time Rural Dean of Bermondsey and also the local ministry adviser.[2]
List of bishops [edit]
| Bishops of Taunton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1538 | 1559 | William Finch | |
| 1559 | 1911 | in abeyance | |
| 1911 | 1931 | Charles de Salis | |
| 1931 | 1945 | George Hollis | |
| 1945 | 1955 | Harry Thomas | |
| 1955 | 1961 | Mark Hodson | Translated to Hereford |
| 1962 | 1977 | Francis West | |
| 1977 | 1985 | Peter Nott | Translated to Norwich |
| 1986 | 1992 | Nigel McCulloch | Translated to Wakefield |
| 1992 | 1997 | Richard Lewis | Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
| 1997 | 1998 | William Stewart | Died in office |
| 1998 | 2006 | Andrew Radford | Died in office |
| 2006 | present | Peter Maurice | |
| Source(s): [1] | |||
References [edit]
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ The Good News:New Bishop of Taunton appointed. Retrieved on 12 June 2008.
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