Bishop of Gloucester
Diocesan bishop in the Church of England
The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governance is the City of Gloucester where the bishop's chair (cathedra) is located in the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity.
The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Gloucester; very near the Cathedral.
The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1541 under King Henry VIII from part of the Diocese of Worcester.
On 5 August 2014, Martyn Snow, the suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury, became acting bishop of Gloucester. On 15 June 2015 Rachel Treweek became the elected bishop of Gloucester, the first woman to serve as a diocesan bishop in the Church of England.
List of bishops
Chronological list of the bishops of the Diocese of Gloucester.
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