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{{Short description|Suffragan bishop in the Church of England}}
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{{about|the modern suffragan bishops|the ancient bishops of the East Angles|Bishop of Dunwich (ancient)}}
The '''Bishop of Dunwich''' is an [[Episcopal polity|episcopal]] title which was first used by an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] bishop between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by a [[suffragan bishop]] who assists a [[diocesan bishop]]. The title takes its name after [[Dunwich]] in the English county of [[Suffolk]], which has now largely been lost to the sea.
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The '''Bishop of Dunwich''' is an [[Episcopal polity|episcopal]] title which was first used by an [[Bishop of Dunwich (ancient)|Anglo-Saxons bishop]] between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by the [[suffragan bishop]] of the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. The title takes its name after [[Dunwich]] in the English county of [[Suffolk]], which has now largely been lost to the sea.


In 1934 the [[Church of England]] revived title Bishop of Dunwich as a suffragan see; the See was erected under the [[Suffragans Nomination Act 1888]] by [[Order in Council]] on 14 August 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34079 |page=5251 |date=17 August 1934 }}</ref> The bishop's duties are to assist the diocesan [[Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]] in overseeing the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. [[Mike Harrison (bishop)|Mike Harrison]] became Bishop of Dunwich from his [[episcopal consecration]] on 24 February 2016.<ref name="harrison">[http://www.cofesuffolk.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=392 St Edmundsbury & Ipswich — The next Bishop of Dunwich announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143354/http://www.cofesuffolk.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=392 |date=2015-12-22 }} (Accessed 16 December 2015)</ref>
==Anglo-Saxon bishops==
In about 630 or 631 a diocese was established by [[Felix of Burgundy|St. Felix]] for the [[Kingdom of the East Angles]], with his [[cathedra|episcopal seat]] initially, briefly established at [[Soham]] before being transferred to [[Dunwich]] on the [[Suffolk]] coast. There is a possibility the unidentified [[Dommoc]] may be Dunwich, but this is yet to be proved. In 672 the diocese was divided into the sees of Dunwich and [[Bishop of Elmham|Elmham]] by [[Theodore of Tarsus|St. Theodore]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].


==List of bishops==
The line of bishops of Dunwich continued until it was interrupted by the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Viking]] invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid 950s the sees of Dunwich and [[Bishop of Elmham|Elmham]] were reunited under one bishop, with the [[episcopal see]] at Elmham.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"

===List of Anglo-Saxon bishops===
The current list of Anglo-Saxon bishops is primarily compiled by the 3rd edition of the ''Handbook of British Chronology''.<ref name=3rdHBC/> The earlier 2nd edition mentioned two others: Alric, probably bishop of Dunwich and Husa, bishop of Dunwich or Elmham.<ref name=2ndHBC>{{cite book |author=Powicke, F. Maurice |authorlink=Maurice Powicke |coauthors=Fryde, E. B.|title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=2nd |publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society |location=London |year=1961 |page=220}}</ref> These two are no longer considered to have been bishops and as such are not listed in the 3rd edition.<ref name="3rdHBC" />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of the East Angles (purportedly established at Soham)
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 33%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 42%;" | Notes.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ''c.''630
| style="text-align: center;" | ''c.''630
| '''[[Felix of Burgundy]]'''
| Also known as St Felix

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of the East Angles (established at Dunwich or translated from Soham)

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 630 x 631
| style="text-align: center;" | 647 x 648
| '''Felix of Burgundy'''
| Also known as St Felix.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 647 x 648
| style="text-align: center;" | 652 x 653
| '''[[Thomas (bishop of the East Angles)|Thomas]]'''
| Deacon.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 652 x 653
| style="text-align: center;" | 669 x 670
| '''[[Brigilsus]]'''
| Also recorded as Beorhtgils, Berhtgils, and Boniface.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 669 x 670
| style="text-align: center;" | 672
| '''[[Bifus]]'''
| Resigned in 672; also recorded as Bisi.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="4" | ''In 672, the diocese was divided into the sees of Dunwich and [[Bishop of Elmham|Elmham]]''

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Dunwich
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 672 x ?
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| '''[[Acca of Dunwich|Acca]]'''
| Also recorded as Æcce and Æcci.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| '''[[Ascwulf]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? x 716
| style="text-align: center;" | 716 x ?
| '''[[Eardred]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| '''[[Cuthwine of Dunwich|Cuthwine]]'''
| Also recorded as Cuthwynus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? x 731
| style="text-align: center;" | 731 x ?
| '''[[Ealdbeorht I]]'''
| Also recorded as Alberht.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| '''[[Ecglaf]]'''
| Also recorded as Eglasius.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? x 747
| style="text-align: center;" | 747 x ?
| '''[[Eardwulf (Bishop of Dunwich)|Eardwulf]]'''
| Also recorded as Heardwulf.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 747 x 775
| style="text-align: center;" | 775 x 781
| '''[[Ealdbeorht II]]'''
| Also recorded as Alberthus and Ealdberht.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? x 781
| style="text-align: center;" | 789 x 793
| '''[[Heardred of Dunwich|Heardred]]'''
| Also recorded as Hardulfus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 789 x 793
| style="text-align: center;" | 798
| '''[[Ælfhun]]'''
| Also recorded as Ælphunus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 798
| style="text-align: center;" | 816 x 824
| '''[[Tidfrith of Dunwich|Tidfrith]]'''
| Also recorded as Tidfreth, Tedfrid, and Thefridus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 816 x 824
| style="text-align: center;" | 824 x 825
| '''[[Waormund]]'''
| Also recorded as Wærmund and Weremundus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 825
| style="text-align: center;" | 845 x 870
| '''[[Wilred]]'''
| Also recorded as Wilfredus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 845 x 870
| style="text-align: center;" | ?
| '''[[Æthelweald]]'''
| Also recorded as Æthelwold.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="4" | ''After interruption by the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Viking]] invasions, Dunwich was united to the see of [[Bishop of Elmham|Elmham]].''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | <small>'''Source(s):''' </small><ref>{{cite book|author=Hadcock, R. Neville|coauthor=Knowles, David|title=Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales|year=1971|publisher=Longman|isbn=0-582-11230-3|pages=482}}</ref><ref name="3rdHBC">{{cite book | author=Fryde, E. B. | coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. | title=Handbook of British Chronology| edition=3rd | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | year=1986 | isbn=0-521-56350-X | page=216}}</ref><ref name="crockfords100th">''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)</ref><ref>{{cite book| author=Hadcock, R.Neville| coauthor=Knowles, David| title=Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales| year=1971| publisher=Longman| isbn=0-582-11230-3| pages=482}}</ref>
|}

==Suffragan bishops==
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In 1934 the [[Church of England]] revived title Bishop of Dunwich as a suffragan see. The bishop's duties are to assist the diocesan [[Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]] in overseeing the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. The current suffragan Bishop of Dunwich is the Rt Revd '''[[Clive Young]]''' who was appointed and consecrated in 1999.<ref name="crockfords100th" />

===List of Suffragan bishops===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;"
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Suffragan Bishops of Dunwich
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Dunwich
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| '''[[Clement Mallory Ricketts]]'''
| '''[[Clement Mallory Ricketts]]'''
|
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| style="text-align: center;" | 1967
| style="text-align: center;" | 1967
| '''[[Thomas Cashmore]]'''
| '''[[Thomas Cashmore]]'''
|
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1967
| style="text-align: center;" | 1967
| style="text-align: center;" | 1977
| style="text-align: center;" | 1977
| '''[[David Maddock]]'''
| '''[[David Maddock]]'''
|
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1977
| style="text-align: center;" | 1977
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| '''[[William Johnston (bishop)|William Johnston]]'''
| '''[[William Johnston (bishop)|William Johnston]]'''
|
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| style="text-align: center;" | 1992
| style="text-align: center;" | 1992
| '''[[Eric Devenport]]'''
| '''[[Eric Devenport]]'''
|
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1992
| style="text-align: center;" | 1992
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| '''[[Jonathan Bailey]]'''
| '''[[Jonathan Bailey (bishop)|Jonathan Bailey]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Bishop of Derby|Derby]].
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Bishop of Derby|Derby]].


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|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999
| style="text-align: center;" | present
| style="text-align: center;" | 2013
| '''[[Clive Young]]'''
| '''[[Clive Young]]'''
| Retired 12 May 2013.<ref name="ct7802">{{Church Times
|
| title = Appointments
| url = http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/28-september/gazette/appointments/appointments
| issue = 7802
| date = 28 September 2012
| page = 31
| accessed = 7 June 2014
}}</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2013
| style="text-align: center;" | 2016
| ''vacant''
| No new suffragan could be appointed during the lengthy vacancy (October 2013–May 2015) in the diocesan see, because the diocesan bishop makes the appointment.<ref name="stock-sei">[http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=250 St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocese – Bishop Nigel set for new role at Lambeth] (Accessed 25 June 2013)</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2016
| style="text-align: center;" | present
| '''[[Mike Harrison (bishop)|Mike Harrison]]'''
| [[Episcopal consecration|Consecrated]] on 24 February 2016;<ref name="harrison" /> translation to [[Bishop of Exeter|Exeter]] announced, 2024<ref>{{cite web |website= Diocese of Exeter |title=New Bishop of Exeter announced on Devon Day |date=4 June 2024 |url=https://exeter.anglican.org/new-bishop-of-exeter-announced-on-devon-day/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604133630/https://exeter.anglican.org/new-bishop-of-exeter-announced-on-devon-day/ |archive-date=4 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 }}</ref>


|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | <small>'''Source(s):''' </small><ref name="crockfords100th" />
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Source(s):<ref name=crockfords946>{{cite book |title=Crockford's Clerical Directory |edition=100th |location=London |publisher=Church House Publishing |year=2007 |page=946 |isbn=978-0-7151-1030-0}}</ref>
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]
*[http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]
{{Bishops of Dunwich}}
{{Anglican Suffragan Bishops}}

[[Category:Bishops of Dunwich| ]]
[[Category:Bishops of Dunwich| ]]
[[Category:Anglo-Saxon bishops]]
[[Category:Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]
[[Category:Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]
[[Category:Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]

[[de:Bistum Dunwich]]

Latest revision as of 21:49, 8 June 2024

This article is about the modern suffragan bishops. For the ancient bishops of the East Angles, see Bishop of Dunwich (ancient).

The Bishop of Dunwich is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxons bishop between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The title takes its name after Dunwich in the English county of Suffolk, which has now largely been lost to the sea.

In 1934 the Church of England revived title Bishop of Dunwich as a suffragan see; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council on 14 August 1934.[1] The bishop's duties are to assist the diocesan Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in overseeing the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Mike Harrison became Bishop of Dunwich from his episcopal consecration on 24 February 2016.[2]

List of bishops[edit]

Bishops of Dunwich
From Until Incumbent Notes
1934 1945 Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton Formerly Bishop of Ballarat; assistant bishop in St Edmundsbury since 1931.
1945 1955 Clement Mallory Ricketts
1955 1967 Thomas Cashmore
1967 1977 David Maddock
1977 1980 William Johnston
1980 1992 Eric Devenport
1992 1995 Jonathan Bailey Translated to Derby.
1995 1999 Tim Stevens Translated to Leicester.
1999 2013 Clive Young Retired 12 May 2013.[3]
2013 2016 vacant No new suffragan could be appointed during the lengthy vacancy (October 2013–May 2015) in the diocesan see, because the diocesan bishop makes the appointment.[4]
2016 present Mike Harrison Consecrated on 24 February 2016;[2] translation to Exeter announced, 2024[5]
Source(s):[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 34079". The London Gazette. 17 August 1934. p. 5251.
  2. ^ a b St Edmundsbury & Ipswich — The next Bishop of Dunwich announced Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 16 December 2015)
  3. ^ "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7802. 28 September 2012. p. 31. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. ^ St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocese – Bishop Nigel set for new role at Lambeth (Accessed 25 June 2013)
  5. ^ "New Bishop of Exeter announced on Devon Day". Diocese of Exeter. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

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