Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

The Bishop of Leicester was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

A thousand years after it had last been used (for a diocesan Mercian bishop, 679–888) the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese.[1][2]

In the modern Diocese of Leicester, there was a stipendiary (paid) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017), until a new suffragan See of Loughborough was erected to replace the Assistant Bishop role[3][4] — see Bishop of Loughborough.

  1. ^ Leicester Cathedral: History Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference crockfords100thp947 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Diocese of Leicester — Synod supports creation of Suffragan Bishop (Accessed 19 December 2016)
  4. ^ David Pocklington, "A new suffragan see for Loughborough" in Law & Religion UK, 30 November 2016, [1]