Philip North

The Right Reverend Philip North CMP
Bishop of Blackburn
North in 2010
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Blackburn
In office	25 April 2023 – present
Predecessor	Julian Henderson
Other post(s)	Bishop suffragan of Burnley (2015–2023) Bishop-nominate of Sheffield (2017) Acting Dean of Blackburn (2016–2017) Bishop-designate of Whitby (2012) Team Rector of Old St Pancras (2008–2015)
Orders
Ordination	1992 (deacon) 1993 (priest)
Consecration	2 February 2015 by Martin Warner
Personal details
Born	Philip John North (1966-12-02) 2 December 1966 (age 57)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglicanism
Alma mater	University of York St Stephen's House, Oxford

Philip John North CMP (born 2 December 1966) is a bishop in the Church of England. Since April 2023, he has served as Bishop of Blackburn, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn. He was previously Bishop of Burnley, a suffragan bishop in the same diocese, since 2015; and team rector of the parish of Old St Pancras.

It was announced in January 2017 that North had been nominated to become the next Bishop of Sheffield. He withdrew his acceptance of the nomination in March 2017 without taking up the post after concerns were raised about him being "unable to receive the ministry of women as bishops or priests" and his citing "highly individualised attacks" which he had received.^[1] In 2012, he had withdrawn his acceptance of the appointment as Bishop of Whitby primarily for the same reason.