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Bishop of Leicester

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

Field	Value
bishopric	Leicester
border	Anglican
incumbent	Martyn Snow
coat	File:Diocese of Leicester arms.svg
coat_size	75px
coat_caption	Arms of the Diocese of Leicester
image	Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Leicester crop 2, 2025.jpg
caption	The Rt. Reverend Martyn Snow
province	Canterbury
residence	Bishop's Lodge, Knighton
established	1927
cathedral	Leicester Cathedral
first_incumbent	Cyril Bardsley
diocese	Leicester

The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.

Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral. south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.

Bishops of Leicester

Bishops of Leicester	From	Incumbent	Notes	Source(s):
1927	1940	Cyril Bardsley	Translated from Peterborough
1940	1953	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Guy Smith	Translated from Willesden
1953	1979	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Ronald Williams
1979	1991	Richard Rutt	Translated from St Germans. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1995.
1991	1999	[[File:Thomas Frederick Butler June 20, 2009 by Steve Punter (cropped).jpg	60px]] Tom Butler	Translated from Willesden; later moved to Southwark
1999	11 July 2015	[[File:Tim Stevens in Durham (cropped).jpg	60px]] Tim Stevens	Translated from Dunwich
1 September 2015	22 February 2016	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] John Holbrook	Bishop of Brixworth, acting bishop
22 February 2016	present	[[File:Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Leicester crop 2, 2025.jpg	60px]] Martyn Snow	Previously Bishop of Tewkesbury.

Assistant bishops

Alexander Maxwell

Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include:

19351949 (ret.): John Willis, former Bishop of Uganda
19491955 (d.): Francis Hollis, Vicar of Stanford with Swinford, Leicestershire and Senior Canon of Leicester; former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak
19501965 (ret.): Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of Copt Oak (until 1952), of Ab Kettleby with Wartnaby and Holwell (1952–1959), Rector of Swithland (from 1959); former Assistant Bishop of West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell (17 December 189730 December 1975), CMS missionary in China. Made deacon on St Thomas' Day (21 December) 1923 and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day, 21 December 1924; both times by, Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral.
19721997 (d.): John Mort, former Bishop of Northern Nigeria (1952–1969), Canon Treasurer of Leicester Cathedral (1970–1988)
19661973 (ret.): Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of Swithland, former Bishop of North Kerala and Assistant Bishop of Chelmsford

Cecil de Carteret, former Bishop of Jamaica, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.

Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

1999–2011 (res.): Colin Scott, retired Bishop of Hulme

Sources

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References

[http://www.cathedral.leicester.anglican.org/Highlights/history.html Leicester Cathedral: History] {{webarchive. link. (25 January 2012 . Retrieved on 22 November 2008.)
The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, [[Knighton, Leicester. Knighton]],{{Crockford
[http://www.leicester.anglican.org/news/details/bishop-martyn-confirmed-for-leicester Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester] {{webarchive. link. (17 March 2016 & [https://twitter.com/leicestercofe/status/701886289256308738/photo/1 photo on Twitter] (Accessed 26 February 2016))
[http://www.leicester.anglican.org/news/details/bishop-tim-announces-retirement Diocese of Leicester – Bishop Tim announces retirement] {{webarchive. link. (19 November 2014 (Accessed 18 November 2014))
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160107081954/http://www.leicester.anglican.org/news/details/interim-bishop-of-leicester Diocese of Leicester — Interim Bishop of Leicester] (Accessed 30 June 2015)
[https://archive.today/20160129121507/http://www.leicester.anglican.org/news/details/welcome-to-the-new-bishop-of-leicester Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester] (Accessed 15 December 2015)
"Historical successions: Leicester". Crockford's Clerical Directory.
{{Harvnb. Fryde. Greenway. Porter. Roy. 1986, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 252.
"Willis, John Jamieson".
"Hollis, Francis Septimus".
"Maxwell, Harold Alexander".
(28 December 1923). "Advent Ordinations".
(24 December 1924). "Advent Ordinations".
"Mort, John Ernest Llewelyn".

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