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<h2 id="list-of-bishops">List of bishops</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Bishops of Liverpool</th></tr><tr><th>From</th><th>Until</th><th>Incumbent</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1880</td><td>1900</td><td> <a href="/facts/J._C._Ryle/SunReKJC">John Charles Ryle</a></td><td>Nominated on 11 May and <a href="/facts/Consecration/M6mxxeLw">consecrated</a> on 11 June 1880. Resigned on 1 March 1900 and died on 10 June 1900.</td></tr><tr><td>1900</td><td>1923</td><td> <a href="/facts/Francis_Chavasse/NtWjXRXQ">Francis Chavasse</a></td><td>Nominated on 24 March and consecrated on 25 April 1900. Resigned on 1 October 1923 and died on 11 March 1928.</td></tr><tr><td>1923</td><td>1944</td><td> <a href="/facts/Albert_David_(bishop)/qGkM32HH">Albert David</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Translation_(ecclesiastical)/HRkSF0Fh">Translated</a> from <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_St_Edmundsbury_and_Ipswich/pXvJcTx4">St Edmundsbury and Ipswich</a>. Nominated on 3 October and confirmed on 18 October 1923. Resigned on 15 April 1944 and died on 24 December 1950.</td></tr><tr><td>1944</td><td>1966</td><td> <a href="/facts/Clifford_Martin/LH8GtGBH">Clifford Martin</a></td><td>Nominated on 3 July and consecrated on 25 July 1944. Resigned on 30 November 1965 and died on 11 August 1977.</td></tr><tr><td>1966</td><td>1975</td><td> <a href="/facts/Stuart_Blanch%2c_Baron_Blanch/7aLole9y">Stuart Blanch</a></td><td>Nominated on 22 December 1965 and consecrated on 25 March 1966. Translated to <a href="/facts/Archbishops_of_York/3zc32j5x">York</a> on 9 January 1975.</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>1997</td><td> <a href="/facts/David_Sheppard/w6om0t9E">David Sheppard</a></td><td>Translated from <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Woolwich/7HyzQUQa">Woolwich</a>. Nominated on 2 May and confirmed on 3 June 1975. Resigned in 1997, created Baron Sheppard of Liverpool on 14 February 1998, and died on 5 March 2005. Represented England at cricket 22 times.</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>2013</td><td> <a href="/facts/James_Jones_(bishop)/l643pTDg">James Jones</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>Translated from <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Hull/PbFjnIXV">Hull</a>. Nominated and confirmed in 1998.</td></tr><tr><td>23 July 2014</td><td>2022</td><td> <a href="/facts/Paul_Bayes/DtuMWvtx">Paul Bayes</a></td><td>Translated from <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Hertford/eXouvIjC">Hertford</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Installed on 15 November 2014 at <a href="/facts/Liverpool_Cathedral/gHmpPvVL">Liverpool Cathedral</a>; retired 1 March 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td><i>on leave</i></td><td> <a href="/facts/John_Perumbalath/DvnJPm2G">John Perumbalath</a> <i>(on leave)</i></td><td>Translated from <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Bradwell/r6A3PSeV">Bishop of Bradwell</a>; <a href="/facts/Confirmation_of_bishops/CkeEI1SQ">confirmed</a> 20 January 2023;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> on leave since 30 January 2025 pending retirement and has since resigned announced his retirement days after facing allegations of misconduct from two women, including another bishop.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i>2025</i></td><td><i>interim</i></td><td> <i><a href="/facts/Ruth_Worsley/jdBs2nGm">Ruth Worsley</a>, interim bishop</i></td><td>Currently <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Taunton/dRVxgmAL">Bishop of Taunton</a>; to be translated to the suffragan <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Wigan/258henX8">See of Wigan</a> and commissioned as interim diocesan bishop later in 2025.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Source(s):<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="assistant-bishops">Assistant bishops</h2> <p>Among those who have served as Assistant Bishop of Liverpool were: </p> <ul><li>1968–1987 (ret.): <a href="/facts/William_Baker_(Bishop_of_Zanzibar)/AK7Hw7uU">William (Bill) Baker</a>, lecturer at <a href="/facts/Liverpool_Hope_University/EaPBcFvg">St Katharine's College</a> until 1975 and former <a href="/facts/Anglican_Bishop_of_Zanzibar/oMRd0PYw">Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Those who have served in retirement as <a href="/facts/Honorary_assistant_bishop/IINIPX8Y">honorary assistant bishops</a> include: </p> <ul><li>1946 – 1958 (d.): <a href="/facts/Herbert_Gresford_Jones/uususN80">Herbert Gresford Jones</a>, canon residentiary (until 1956) and retired <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Warrington/fIotA1PJ">Bishop of Warrington</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li></ul> <ul> <li>Christianity portal</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9">Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Crockford's Clerical Directory, 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The Diocese of Liverpool: Homepage Archived 24 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. <a href="http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/" target="_blank">http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The Diocese of Liverpool: About Us Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. <a href="http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=38" target="_blank">http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=38</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. <a href="http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Paul Bayes". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 15 November 2016. <a href="https://www.crockford.org.uk/clergydetail?clergyid=31313" target="_blank">https://www.crockford.org.uk/clergydetail?clergyid=31313</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Provincial Directory: Liverpool. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. <a href="http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=182" target="_blank">http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=182</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Abbott, Ryan (30 January 2025). "Retirement of the Bishop of Liverpool". Diocese of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250130154838/https://liverpoolcofe.org/retirement-of-the-bishop-of-liverpool/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250130154838/https://liverpoolcofe.org/retirement-of-the-bishop-of-liverpool/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Sherwood, Harriet (30 January 2025). "Bishop of Liverpool quits amid sexual misconduct allegations". The Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/30/bishop-of-liverpool-quits-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/30/bishop-of-liverpool-quits-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"New Interim Bishop of Liverpool Announced". Diocese of Liverpool. 28 February 2025. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250228174843/https://liverpoolcofe.org/new-interim-bishop-ruth-worsley/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250228174843/https://liverpoolcofe.org/new-interim-bishop-ruth-worsley/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>The Bishop of Liverpool: Biography of Bishop James Archived December 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. <a href="http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=60" target="_blank">http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=60</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Diocese of Liverpool – The next Bishop of Liverpool is to be Paul Bayes Archived 8 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 7 May 2014) <a href="http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/our-new-bishop-announced" target="_blank">http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/our-new-bishop-announced</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Bishop of Liverpool announces his retirement". Thinking Anglicans. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022. <a href="https://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/bishop-of-liverpool-announces-his-retirement/" target="_blank">https://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/bishop-of-liverpool-announces-his-retirement/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Diary (January — February 2023)". Archbishop of York. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023. <a href="https://www.archbishopofyork.org/archbishop-york/diary" target="_blank">https://www.archbishopofyork.org/archbishop-york/diary</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Abbott, Ryan (30 January 2025). "Retirement of the Bishop of Liverpool". Diocese of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250130154838/https://liverpoolcofe.org/retirement-of-the-bishop-of-liverpool/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250130154838/https://liverpoolcofe.org/retirement-of-the-bishop-of-liverpool/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"New Interim Bishop of Liverpool Announced". Diocese of Liverpool. 28 February 2025. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250228174843/https://liverpoolcofe.org/new-interim-bishop-ruth-worsley/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250228174843/https://liverpoolcofe.org/new-interim-bishop-ruth-worsley/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Historical successions: Liverpool". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012. <a href="http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=817" target="_blank">http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=817</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. <a href="0-521-56350-X" target="_blank">0-521-56350-X</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Baker, William Scott". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) <a href="https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U161688" target="_blank">https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U161688</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Jones, Herbert Gresford". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) <a href="https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U239261" target="_blank">https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U239261</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>