The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.
The present diocese covers the vast majority of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the city of Wells in Somerset. The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Wells.
The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Price, the seventy-seventh Bishop of Bath and Wells, who signs Peter Bath: et Well:. The current bishop is permitted to sit in the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual.
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