- Bishop of Bedford
The Suffragan Bishop of Bedford is a post in the
Church of England , responsible to theBishop of St Albans , together with theSuffragan Bishop of Hertford . ["Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)",Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).] The bishopric comprises 150 parishes inLuton andBedfordshire .The title, which takes its name after the town of
Bedford , was created under theSuffragan Bishops Act 1534 . The first three suffragan bishops were appointed for thediocese of London , but through reorganisation within the Church of England in 1914, Bedford came under thediocese of St Albans .The current bishop is the Rt Revd Richard Inwood, formerly
Archdeacon of Halifax, who was consecrated by theArchbishop of Canterbury , the Most Revd DrRowan Williams atSouthwark Cathedral on 7 March 2003. [ [http://www.stalbans.anglican.org/organization/bishops.html The Rt Revd Richard Inwood's biography on St Albans Diocese's website] ]List of the Bishops of Bedford
References
External links
* [http://www.crockford.org.uk/section.asp?id=9 Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings]
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