Bishop of Sodor and Man
Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Robert Paterson | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Sodor and Man |
Cathedral | St German's, Peel |
Website | Bishop's office |
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980. The termination "and Man" appears to have been added in the 17th century and the designation "Sodor and Man" had become a fixture by 1684.
The right to nominate to the See of Sodor and Man rests with the Crown, which acts, perhaps somewhat anomalously (in view of Man's status as a Crown Dependency), on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Present Bishop
Following the resignation of Graeme Knowles, who became Dean of St Paul's, London on 1 October 2007, on 8 February 2008 it was announced from 10 Downing Street that the next bishop would be Robert Paterson[1] whose appointment was confirmed by Letters Patent issued by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 April 2008,[2] and who was consecrated bishop on 25 April 2008 at York Minster.[3] He was enthroned Bishop of Sodor and Man on 14 June 2008 in St German's Cathedral at Peel, Isle of Man.[4][5] It has been announced that Paterson is to retire on 11 November 2016.[6]
Diocese
The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980.
The present Anglican diocese is called "Sodor and Man".
In the Middle Ages, the diocese was considered part of Scotland, and was not under the control of either the Archbishop of York or the Archbishop of Canterbury. During the Great Schism, the pope at Rome created a different line of bishops that was in the southern part of the diocese. In 1542, an act of Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England included the diocese in the province of York.[7]
Tables
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
List of known Bishops of Mann
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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dates unknown | Germanus | See discussion of conflation of at least two men of similar names in mediaeval traditions in the Great Britain section of Germanus of Auxerre |
fl. 447 | Conindrius | |
dates unknown | Romulus | |
fl. 498 | Machutus | |
fl. 648 | Saint Conanus | |
dates unknown | Contentus | |
dates unknown | Baldus | |
dates unknown | Malchus | |
fl. 889 | Torkinus | |
dates unknown | Brendanus | |
before 1079 | Roolwer | Also called Rolf. |
before 1079 | William | |
fl. 1079x1095 | Hamond |
List of Bishops of Mann and the Isles
The bishops of Mann and the Isles (Latin: Manniae et Insularum) were also styled bishops of Sodor (Old Norse: Suðreyjar; Latin: Sodoren; meaning Southern Isles, which comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man).
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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1134/38 to c.1148 | Wimund | Also known as Reymundus. |
c.1148 | Nicholas (bishop-elect) | |
1151 to 1154 | John (I) | Formerly a monk of Sées, Normandy. |
c.1154 to bef.1166 | Gamaliel | |
bef.1166 to c.1170 | Reginald (I) | |
c.1170 to c.1190s | Christian | Either a native of Argyll (Latin: Ergadiensis) or of Orkney (Latin: Orcadensis). |
1188/94 to 1203 | Michael | Died in office |
1210 to 1217 | Nicholas | |
1217 to 1226 | Reginald (II) | |
1219 to 1225/26 | Nicholas of Meaux | Abbot of Furness |
???? to bef. 1230 | John (II), son of Hefar | |
1230 to 1248 | Simon | Either a native Argyll (Latin: Ergadiensis) or of Orkney (Latin: Orcadensis). |
1248 to 1249 | Laurence (bishop-elect) | Archdeacon of Man; shipwrecked and drowned on voyage from Norway before taking up the office |
1249 to 1252 | See vacant | |
1253 to 1274 | Richard [de Natherton?] | Died in office. |
1275 | Gilbert (bishop-elect) | Elected, but not confirmed. |
1275/76 to 1303 | Mark | Marcus, Mauritius; a native of Galloway; promoted by Alexander III, King of Scotland; died in office |
1303 to 1305 | See vacant | |
1305 to 1321 | Alan | Died in office. |
1321 to 1326/27 | Gilbert Maclelan | Scottish Gaelic: Giolla-Brighde Mac Giolla-Faoláin; a native of Galloway; died in office |
1327/28 to 1331 | Bernard of Kilwinning | Abbot of Kilwinning, Scotland |
1331 | Cormac Cormacii (bishop-elect) | Scottish Gaelic: Cormac Mac Chormaic; elected before 6 July 1331, but was not confirmed. |
1331 to 1348 | Thomas de Rossy | Died in office |
1349 to 1374 | William Russell | Abbot of Rushen; died in office. |
1374 to 1387 | John Dongan | Lost control of the northern part of the see (the Scottish isles) in 1387, but retained the Isle of Man. |
List of Bishops of Sodor and Man
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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1387 to 1391 | John Dongan | Translated to Derry and later to Down. |
1392 to ???? | John Sproten, O.Praed. | Dominican friar. |
1402 | Conrad, O.Cist. | Cistercian monk. |
1402 to ???? | Theodore Bloc, O.Crucif. | Monk of the Order of the Crucifers. |
1410 to c.1429/33 | Richard Payl, O.Praed. | Richard Pawlie, Payli, or Pully; Dominican friar; translated from Dromore. |
1425/33 to ???? | John Burgherlin | Burgherlinus, Burgherssh, Bourgherssh, or Burwais; Franciscan friar or Cluniac monk. |
1435 to ???? | John Seyre | John Feyre. |
1455 to 1458 | Thomas Burton, O.F.M. | Franciscan friar; died in office. |
1458 to ???? | Thomas Kirkham, O.Cist. | Abbot of Vale Royal, Cheshire; elected 21 June 1458 |
1478 to 1485/86 | Richard Oldham, O.S.B. | Abbot of Chester (1455–1485); died 13 October 1485 or 19 September 1486 |
1487 to 1509 | Huan Blackleach, O.S.A. | Austin friar. |
1513 to ???? | Huan Hesketh | |
1523 to ???? | John Howden, O.Praed. | Dominican friar. |
???? to 1545 | Thomas Stanley | Rector of Wigan; deprived |
1546 to 1555/56 | Henry Man | Dean of Chester; Royal Assent to election given by King Henry VIII on 22 January 1546. |
1555/56 to 1568 | Thomas Stanley | Rector of Winwick as well as Berwick; restored by Queen Mary; died in office. |
1570 to 1573 | John Salisbury | Former abbot of Titchfield Abbey; translated from Thetford. Nominated 27 March 1569 |
1573 to 1576 | See vacant | According to John Le Neve, James Stanley held the see during that period but nothing further about him is known |
1576 to 1599 | John Meyrick | John Merick, Mericke, or Merrick; Vicar of Hornchurch, Essex (1570–74); died in office |
1599 to 1604 | George Lloyd | (From 1600 according to Haydn); rector of Heswall, Lancashire; translated to Chester |
1604 to 1633 | John Phillips | John Philips; Archdeacon of Cleveland and Man; nominated by King James VI 29 January 1604; consecrated 10 February 1604; died in office |
1634 (or 1633) to 1635 | William Forster | William Foster; Prebendary of Chester |
1635 to 1643 | Richard Parr | Rector of Lancashire; died in office |
1643 to 1646 | See vacant | |
1646 to 1660 | See abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate | |
1661 to 1663 | Samuel Rutter | Archdeacon of Man |
1663 to 1671 | Isaac Barrow | Fellow of Eton College; translated to St Asaph in 1670 but held Sodor & Man in commendam until 1671 |
1671 to 1682 | Henry Bridgeman | Dean of Chester |
1682 to 1684 | John Lake | Archdeacon of Cleveland; translated to Bristol |
1684 to 1692 | Baptist Levinz | Baptiste or Baptist Levinge; Prebendary of Winchester |
1693 to 1697 | See vacant | |
1697 (or 1698) to 1755 | Thomas Wilson | Of Trinity College, Dublin; died in office |
1755 to 1773 | Mark Hiddesley | Mark Hildesley; Vicar of Hitchin, Hertfordshire |
1773 to 1780 | Richard Richmond | |
1780 to 1783 | George Mason | Died in office |
1784 to 1813 | Claudius Crigan | |
1813 (or 1814) to 1827 | George Murray | Translated to Rochester |
1827 to 1838 | William Ward | Died in office |
1838 to 1839 | James Bowstead | Translated to Lichfield |
1839 (or 1840) to 1841 | Henry Pepys | Translated to Worcester |
1841 to 1846 | Thomas Short | Rector of St George's, Bloomsbury; translated to St Asaph |
1846 to 1847 | Walter Shirley | Died in office |
1847 to 1854 | Robert Eden | Translated to Bath & Wells |
1854 to 1877 | Horatio Powys | Rector of Warrington and rural dean; died in office |
1877 to 1887 | Rowley Hill | Canon of York; died in office |
1887 to 1892 | John Bardsley | Archdeacon of Warrington; translated to Carlisle |
1892 to 1907 | Norman Straton | Translated to Newcastle |
1907 to 1911 | Thomas Drury | Translated to Ripon |
1911 to 1925 | Denton Thompson | |
1925 to 1928 | Charles Thornton-Duesbury | |
1928 to 1943 | William Stanton Jones | |
1943 to 1954 | John Taylor | |
1954 to 1966 | Benjamin Pollard | Translated from Lancaster. |
1966 to 1974 | Eric Gordon | |
1974 to 1983 | Vernon Nicholls | |
1983 to 1989 | Arthur Attwell | |
1989 to 2003 | Noël Jones | Formerly Archdeacon of the Royal Navy. |
2003 to 2007 | Graeme Knowles | Resigned in 2007 and became Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London. |
2008 to date | Robert Paterson | Retiring November 2016.[6] |
In literature
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is mentioned in the song "If you Want a Receipt for that Popular Mystery" sung by Colonel Calverley in the operetta Patience (1881) by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song lists the elements of a Heavy Dragoon, including "Style of the Bishop of Sodor and Man". The reference is to the Rt Rev Rowley Hill (Bishop 1877-1887).
Notes
- ↑ "Diocese of Sodor and Man". 10 Downing Street. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 58678. p. 6303. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "York Minster—Services and events calendar". Dean and Chapter of York Minster. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ↑ "Appointment of new Bishop of Sodor and Man". Diocesan website of Sodor and Man. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ↑ "Recovering tradition (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#7580). 27 June 2008. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 June 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 Diocese of Sodor and Man — Bishopannounces his retirement (Accessed 24 July 2016)
- ↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology 2nd ed. p. 254
References
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sodor and Man". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 343.
- Haydn, Joseph, Haydn's Book of Dignities. Horace Ockerby. (1994, 1969 reprint)
- Manxman's Homepage via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
- National Archives. See of Sodor and Man, 12 August 2003 (Appointment of Graeme Paul Knowles)
- New, Anthony S.B., The Observer's Book of Cathedrals Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.
- Pepin, David, Discovering Cathedrals Shire Publications Ltd.
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London: Royal Historical Society 1961
- Tudor Place
- Whitaker, Joseph. Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004. J. Whitaker & Sons Ltd/A&C Black 2004