Diocese of Manchester - Bishop of Manchester

The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the diocese and is assisted by the suffragan bishops of Bolton and Middleton.

List of Bishops of Manchester
  1. James Prince Lee (1848–1869)
  2. James Fraser (1870–1885)
  3. James Moorhouse (1886–1903)
  4. Edmund Knox (1903–1921)
  5. William Temple (1921–1929)
  6. Frederic Warman (1929–1947)
  1. William Greer (1947–1970)
  2. Patrick Rodger (1970–1978)
  3. Stanley Booth-Clibborn (1979–1993)
  4. Christopher Mayfield (1993–2002)
  5. Nigel McCulloch (2002–date)

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