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Bishop of Chester

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

  • Dated from 4 August 1541 CE
Who held it Compare

Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 3 holders
  • 2 gaps
  1. 1668 CE – 1672 CE John Wilkins Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

  2. Gap about 212 years with no holder recorded

    1884 CE – 1889 CE William Stubbs British historian and Anglican bishop (1825–1901)

  3. Gap about 43 years with no holder recorded

    1932 CE – 1939 CE Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury (1887-1972)

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