The Diocese of Manchester is a diocese of the Church of England in the Province of York. It was founded in 1847, having previously been part of the Diocese of Chester. The Diocese of Blackburn was split off in 1926.

Bishops of Manchester

See main article Bishop of Manchester

• James Prince Lee (1848 - 1870)
• James Fraser (1870 - 1886)
• James Moorhouse (1886 - 1903)
• Edmund Arbuthnott Knox (1903 - 1921)
• William Temple (1921 - 1929)
• Frederic Warren (1929 - 1947)
• William Derrick Lindsay Greer (1947 - 1970)
• Patrick Campbell Rodger (1970 - 1979)
• Stanley Eric Francis Booth Clibborn (1979 - 1993)
• Christopher John Mayfield (1993 - 2002)
• Nigel McCulloch, (2002 - )

References

• Church of England Statistics 2002

See also

• Diocese of Salford
• List of churches in Greater Manchester

External links

• Official site

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