The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York. Since 2017 Peter Wilcox has been the incumbent.
History A similar title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. John Quirk, the only Bishop suffragan of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing that diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Sheffield was created out of the south-western part of the Diocese of York in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscroft, Ranmoor — west-south-west of the city centre.
On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Philip North had been nominated to translate to Sheffield before June 2017,Diocese of Sheffield — Next Bishop of Sheffield Announced (Accessed 31 January 2017) but North withdrew his acceptance of the nomination in March officially citing "personal reasons". Since his nomination, there had been a number of public articles challenging the appropriateness of his appointment, based on his rejection of the ordination of priests who are women and the number of priests in Sheffield diocese who are women.
On 7 April 2017, it was announced that Peter Wilcox was to be consecrated Bishop of Sheffield on 22 June 2017.Diocese of Sheffield — Consecration of Pete Wilcox, 22 June 2017 (Accessed 6 May 2017) He was elected to the See by the college of canons of Sheffield Cathedral on 5 May 2017;Twitter — Pete Wilcox (Accessed 6 May 2017) and his election was confirmed on 5 June 2017 at York Minster.Pete Wilcox on Twitter (Accessed 5 June 2017)York Minster homepage — Archived at archive.org, 5 June 2017 (Accessed 5 June 2017)
List of bishops
Bishops of Sheffield FromUntilIncumbentNotes1914 1939 Leonard Burrows Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lewes.1939 1962 Leslie Hunter 1962 1971 John Taylor Formerly Principal of Wycliffe Hall 1972 1979 Gordon Fallows Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract. Died in office.1980 1997 David Lunn 1997 2008 Jack Nicholls Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lancaster.2008 6 July 2016 Steven Croft Elected November 2008; consecrated January 2009; translated to Oxford.Diocese of Oxford — Legal ceremony brings Bishop Steven a step closer & Diocese of Oxford — Letter from Bishop Steven (Both accessed 8 July 2016)2016 5 June 2017 Peter Burrows, Bishop of Doncaster Diocese of Sheffield — The search for a new Bishop of Sheffield… (Accessed 12 July 2016)January 2017 March 2017 Philip North, bishop-nominate Withdrew 5 June 2017 present Pete Wilcox Formerly Dean of Liverpool. Elected 5 May, confirmed on 5 June, and consecrated 22 June 2017. Source(s):
Assistant bishops Among those who have served the diocese as assistant bishops have been: 1947–1971: Vincent Gerard, Vicar of Rotherham (until 1960), then Canon Residentiary of Sheffield Cathedral (until 1969) and former Bishop of Waiapu 19631966 (ret.): Michael Hollis, Rector of Todwick (until 1964) and former Bishop in Madras 1943 (ret.)1947 (d.): Samuel Heaslett, retired Bishop of South Tokyo and Presiding Bishop, Nippon Sei Ko Kai
See also
References
External links Diocese of Sheffield