Bishop of Whalley

The Bishop of Whalley was an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop; the See was created by Order in Council on 28 June 1909 (under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888)[1] and took its name after the large village Whalley in Lancashire.[2][3]

The suffragan bishop was originally under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Manchester, but with the creation of the Diocese of Blackburn in 1926, the suffragan bishop and the Whalley area became part of the new diocese. Since 1936, the title has been in abeyance.[2]

  1. ^ "No. 28266". The London Gazette. 2 July 1909. p. 5049.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference crockfords949 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The parish of Whalley, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 349-360. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.