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Sophie Rebecca Jelley (née Capitanchik; born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2025, she has served as the Bishop of Coventry; [1] she was previously the suffragan Bishop of Doncaster in the Diocese of Sheffield since 2020.
Neville Vincent Gorton [1] (1 March 1888 – 30 November 1955) was an Anglican cleric who served as the fourth bishop of the restored see of Coventry [2] in the modern era. Gorton was born on 1 March 1888, the son of Anglican Rev. Canon C. V. Gorton, [ 3 ] and educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford , where he was an ...
"The Bishop's House", Coventry. The Bishop of Coventry is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield. The present diocese covers most of the County of Warwickshire.
The diocesan Bishop of Coventry (Sophie Jelley), is assisted by a Bishop suffragan of Warwick (vacant). The provincial episcopal visitor (for parishes in the diocese who reject the ministry of priests who are women) is the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there.
He was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 25 January 2022 at St Paul's Cathedral; [6] reportedly becoming the youngest bishop in the Church of England. [4] On 9 November 2023, he also became part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry during the coinciding vacancies in the diocesan See and the See of Warwick ; in that ...
Christopher John Cocksworth (born 12 January 1959) is a Church of England bishop in the open evangelical tradition who served as Bishop of Coventry from 2008 to 2023. Prior to becoming bishop, he was a university chaplain and the Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge (2001−2008). He took up the position of Dean of Windsor in 2023.
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The current acting bishop is Ruth Worsley and the current dean is John Witcombe. The city has had three cathedrals.