The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title named after the town of Penrith in Cumbria.[1]
The title was first mentioned "as Pereth" in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – now called Penrydd – in Pembrokeshire). It was first used for the Diocese of Ripon in 1888,[1] but the incumbent's episcopal title was transferred to Richmond by Royal Warrant in 1889.[1] Since 1939, the Bishop of Penrith has been a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle assisting the diocesan Bishop of Carlisle in overseeing the diocese.[1]