Bishop Of Bath And Wells

The present diocese covers the County of Somerset and a small area of Dorset . The See is in the City Of Wells in Somerset where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church Of Saint Andrew .

The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Wells.

Wells was the seat of a Catholic bishop from 909 although the see has been located at Wells and Bath both individually and jointly (with Bath Abbey serving as co-cathedral). The last Catholic bishop was deprived in 1559 after which a line of Protestant bishops followed. The diocese and the episcopate remain Anglican .

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Bryan '''Price''' , the 77th (33rd Anglican) '''Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells''', who signs ''Peter Bath & Wells''.

List of Bishops of Bath & Wells, England

(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)

Bishop Of Bath & Wells (Catholic)

Sources

''Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969''

''Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London''

http://www.bathwells.anglican.org

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2749.asp

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