Bishop of Coventry

The Bishop of Coventry is the spiritual head of the Anglican Diocese of Coventry. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was at times the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

The present diocese covers large parts of Warwickshire. The seat of the bishop is in Coventry in Coventry Cathedral the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael. The official residence of the Bishop 's Bishop's House in Coventry.

History

From 1102 to 1238 the former Benedictine Abbey and Cathedral of St. Mary in Coventry was the seat of the early bishops of Coventry, who were also known as the Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Lichfield. Until the dissolution of the monasteries it was one of the seats of the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. The cathedral was destroyed in 1538 and the bishopric was then alone in Lichfield. 1837 Coventry was assigned to the Diocese of Worcester.

Suffragan bishops

In the late 19th century there were two suffragan bishops of Coventry, who were both assigned as Bishop of Worcester John Perowne.

Bishops of the Diocese of modern

The Diocese of Coventry in 1918 revived by King George V, as the parish church of Saint Michael was elevated to cathedral. The cathedral was badly damaged by incendiary bombs of the Luftwaffe on the night of November 14, 1940 and is now a ruin memorial right next to the cathedral, which was consecrated on 25 May 1962.

Christopher Cocks Worth is the current Bishop of Coventry. He was consecrated on 3 July 2008 to the bishop and inaugurated in Coventry on 1 November 2008. Previously, he was the head of the priest School Ridley Hall in Cambridge.