List of Bishops of Peterborough

List Of Bishops Of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The see is in the City of Peterborough, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging at The Palace in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII.

The current and 38th Bishop of Peterborough is the Right Reverend Donald Allister. He succeeded the Right Reverend Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy, who died in post on 7 May 2009. Cundy was one of the 26 diocesan bishops who sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual.

The Right Reverend Donald Allister, who was the Archdeacon of Chester in the Diocese of Chester from 2002 to 2010, was consecrated as a bishop on 25 March 2010 at St Paul's Cathedral by the Archbishop of Canterbury and was installed at Peterborough Cathedral on 17 April 2010.

As parts of the City of Peterborough are actually in the Diocese of Ely (those parishes south of the River Nene), the last Bishop of Peterborough was appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to him by the Bishop of Ely.