Bishop of Dorchester (modern)

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The modern Bishop of Dorchester is a title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford; which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1] The Bishop of Dorchester, along with the Bishop of Buckingham and the Bishop of Reading, assists the Diocesan Bishop of Oxford in overseeing the diocese.

The title takes is name after the town of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, and was first used by the historic Bishops of Dorchester; at first for a West Saxon diocese, and later for a Mercian diocese.

[edit] List of the Suffragan Bishops of Dorchester

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1939 to 1952	Gerald Burton Allen	Formerly Bishop of Sherborne
1952 to 1956	Kenneth Riches	Translated to Lincoln
1957 to 1972	David Goodwin Loveday
1972 to 1977	Peter Knight Walker	Translated to Ely
1979 to 1988	Conrad John Eustace Meyer
1988 to 2000	Anthony John Russell	Translated to Ely
2000 to Present	Colin William Fletcher OBE.[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
2. ^ God in the Life of Colin Fletcher. Retrieved on 5 June 2008.

[edit] External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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