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The Bishop of Birmingham heads the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, in England.. The diocese covers the North West of the historical county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Philip which was elevated to cathedral status in 1905.
Michael John Volland (born 2 May 1974) is a British Anglican bishop and academic, specialising in mission and practical theology.Since November 2023, he has been the tenth Bishop of Birmingham, the diocesan bishop of the Church of England's Diocese of Birmingham.
On 1 October 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Longley as the Archbishop of Birmingham. He succeeded Archbishop Vincent Nichols, who was translated from Birmingham to Westminster earlier in 2009. Archbishop Longley was installed at St Chad's Cathedral on 8 December 2009, the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (originally in force until 17 May 2025, [11] [12] extended ...
Urquhart was appointed Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2005 [7] [8] and holds the Freedom of the Borough of Wirral. [9] His appointment as Bishop of Birmingham was announced in 2006 [10] and he was enthroned on 17 November 2006, [11] succeeding John Sentamu after Sentamu's appointment as Archbishop of York.
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham: Appointed: 25 October 2005: Term ended: 18 March 2020: ... McGough was the auxiliary bishop of Birmingham from 2005 to 2020, ...
On June 27, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Raica as the fifth bishop of Gaylord. [2] [4] He was consecrated by Archbishop Allen Vigneron on August 28, 2014, in St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan. Bishop Emeritus Carl Mengeling and Coadjutor Archbishop Bernard Hebda were the principal co-consecrators. [2]
That same year he was appointed Bishop of Birmingham where his ministry, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, was praised by "Christians of all backgrounds". [citation needed] Sentamu became President of Youth for Christ in 2004 and President of the YMCA in April 2005. [12]