Bishop of Crediton

The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall.^[1][2] It is now used by the Church of England as the title of a suffragan bishop who assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter.^[3]

List of bishops suffragan

The present Bishop of Crediton is a title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, along with the Bishop of Plymouth, assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter in overseeing the Diocese of Exeter.^[3]

Bishops suffragan of Crediton
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1897	1930	Robert Trefusis
1930	1954	William Surtees
1954	1974	Wilfrid Westall
1974	1984	Philip Pasterfield
1984	1996	Peter Coleman
1996	2004	Richard Hawkins	Formerly Bishop of Plymouth.
2004	October 2012	Bob Evens[4]	Retired on 31 October 2012.[5]
November 2012	19 April 2015	Nick McKinnel[6]	Translated to Plymouth 19 April 2015.[7]
22 July 2015	present	Sarah Mullally	Announced 9 June 2015; consecrated 22 July.[8]
Source(s):[3]

References

1. "Historical successions: Exeter (including precussor offices)". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
4. BBC: New Bishop for Crediton
5. Diocese of Exeter: Bishop of Crediton to retire Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
6. BBC: New Bishop of Crediton named as Rev Nick McKinnel
7. Diocese of Exeter — Vacancy in the See of Crediton (Archive.org) (Accessed 1 May 2015)
8. Diocese of Exeter — New Bishop of Crediton to be Dame Sarah Mullally (Accessed 9 June 2015)

External links

• "Crockford's Clerical Directory – Listings".