- Bishop of Leicester
Bishopric
bishopric =Leicester
province =Province of Canterbury
diocese =Diocese of Leicester
founded = 680, refounded 1927
cathedral = Cathedral Church of Saint Martin
incumbent = the Right Reverend Dr Timothy John ("Tim") Stevens
signs = Timothy LeicesterThe
Bishop ofLeicester is theOrdinary of theChurch of England Diocese of Leicester in theProvince of Canterbury .The Bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Springfield Road, Leicester.
History
The area first held a bishopric in 680, and the Saxon cathedral was probably located close to (if not on the site of) the present cathedral. The original diocese fell victim to the invasion by the Danes around 870, when the Bishopric was moved to Oxfordshire and became the Bishop of Dorchester.
At the time of the
Reformation , in 1539 a new cathedral was being erected. However this structure was never completed and it was another three centuries before Leicester was finally to regain its see in 1927. Before this time however there had been suffragan bishops of Leicester whilst the bishopric was still within the its parent diocese.ee also
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List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Leicester, England and its precursor offices Sources
*"Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969"
* "Whitaker's Almanack to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London"
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