Bishop of Bristol | |
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| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
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| Incumbent: Vivienne Faull | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Residence | Bishop's House, Winterbourne |
| Information | |
| Established | 1542 (and 1897) |
| Diocese | Bristol |
| Cathedral | Bristol Cathedral |
The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.
The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire. The see is in the City of Bristol where the seat is located at Bristol Cathedral. The bishop's residence is a house in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, north of Bristol.
The bishop is Vivienne Faull (previously Dean of York),[1] since the confirmation of her election on 25 June 2018.[2] She was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral on 3 July 2018[3] and enthroned in her Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol on 20 October 2018.[4]
- ^ "Very Revd Vivienne Faull announced as the next Bishop of Bristol". Diocese of Bristol. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ York Minster — Acting Dean of York (Accessed 29 June 2018)
- ^ "Consecration of Vivienne Faull as Bishop of Bristol". Diocese of Bristol. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Service of Welcome and Enthronement for Bishop of Bristol". Diocese of Bristol. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.