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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.
Bernard Longley was born in Openshaw, Manchester, and was educated at St Vincent de Paul parish school, then at Xaverian College in Rusholme. He later studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and New College, Oxford, where he served as Treasurer of the Oxford Union in 1977. [4]
Bishops of the Anglican diocese of Birmingham, with its seat at St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Pages in category "Bishops of Birmingham" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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.
The Archbishop of Birmingham heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in England. [1] As such he is the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Birmingham . [ 2 ] The archdiocese covers an area of 8,735 km 2 (3,400 sq mi) [ 3 ] and spans of the counties of Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
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 ...
At that time, since bishoprics were Crown appointments, the Prime Minister was the key figure in the process and, in 1907, Campbell-Bannerman nominated Wakefield for Bishop of Chichester. [9] The King, Edward VII, asked Campbell-Bannerman to reconsider the appointment and consult the Archbishop of Canterbury who described Wakefield as 'not a ...
Thompson was born in Birmingham and was a theology graduate with a Master of Arts degree [7] from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1959 and National service saw him commissioned into the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (1959–1961) with the rank of Second Lieutenant, stationed mainly in Germany, [8] before returning to Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then going to ...