List of spiritual peers

The spiritual peers, in order of seniority, are as follows:

Bishops "with seniority" ex officio

*The Archbishop of Canterbury - Rowan Williams
*The Archbishop of York - John Sentamu
*The Bishop of London - Richard Chartres
*The Bishop of Durham - Nicholas Thomas Wright
*The Bishop of Winchester - Michael Scott-Joynt

Bishops "with seniority" by length of service

"with seniority determined by length of service as a Church of England diocesan bishop; the most junior at present (the Bishop of Bath and Wells) has served since 2001.
*The Bishop of Salisbury - David Stancliffe
*The Bishop of Southwark - Thomas Butler
*The Bishop of Rochester - Michael Nazir-Ali
*The Bishop of Portsmouth - Kenneth Stevenson
*The Bishop of St Albans - Christopher Herbert
*The Bishop of Peterborough - Ian Cundy
*The Bishop of Chester - Peter Forster
*The Bishop of Manchester - Nigel McCullogh
*The Bishop of Newcastle - John Martin Wharton
*The Bishop of Liverpool - James Jones
*The Bishop of Leicester - Timothy Stevens
*The Bishop of Chelmsford - John Gladwin
*The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham - George Cassidy
*The Bishop of Norwich - Graham James
*The Bishop of Exeter - Michael Langrish
*The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds - John Packer
*The Bishop of Ely - Anthony Russell
*The Bishop of Carlisle - Graham Dow
*The Bishop of Lincoln - John Saxbee
*The Bishop of Chichester - John William Hind
*The Bishop of Bath and Wells - Peter Price

Bishops awaiting seats

* The Bishop of Bradford – David James, 2002
* The Bishop of Wakefield – Stephen George Platten, 2003
* The Bishop of Bristol – Michael Arthur Hill, 2003
* The Bishop of Lichfield – Jonathan Gledhill 2003
* The Bishop of Blackburn – Nicholas Stewart Reade, 2003
* The Bishop of Hereford – Anthony Priddis March 2004
* The Bishop of Gloucester – Michael Francis Perham 2004
* The Bishop of Guildford – Christopher Hill, 2004
* The Bishop of Derby – Alastair Redfern, 2005
* The Bishop of Birmingham – David Andrew Urquhart, 2006
* The Bishop of Oxford – John Lawrence Pritchard, 2007
* The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich – William Nigel Stock, 2007
* The Bishop of Worcester – John Inge, 2007
* The Bishop of Coventry – Christopher John Cocksworth, 2008
* The Bishop of Truro – Timothy Martin Thornton, "bishop designate" 2008
* The Bishop of Sheffield – "vacant"

ee also

*Members of the House of Lords
*Religion in the United Kingdom

External links

* [http://www.parliament.uk/directories/house_of_lords_information_office/house_of_lords_bishops.cfm Current list of Lords Spiritual from the Lords Information Office]