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Bishop of Durham

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

  • Dated from 1530 CE
  • Also called Prince-Bishop of Durham, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Anglican bishop of Durham
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Overview

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Who held it, in order

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

  • 5 holders
  • 3 gaps
  • 1 step named in the records
  1. 1750 CE – 1752 CE Joseph Butler English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)

  2. Gap about 104 years with no holder recorded

    1856 CE – 1860 CE Charles Longley Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)

  3. Gap about 92 years with no holder recorded

    1952 CE – 1956 CE Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988)

  4. Gap about 47 years with no holder recorded

    2003 CE – 2010 CE N. T. Wright Anglican bishop
  5. 29 September 2011 CE – 4 February 2013 CE Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025

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