| Bishopric: | Peterborough |
| Border: | anglican |
| Coat: | Diocese of Peterborough arms.svg |
| Coat Size: | 200 |
| Coat Caption: | Arms of the Bishop of Peterborough: Gules, two keys in saltire addorsed the wards upwards between four cross-crosslets fitchée or[1] |
| Incumbent: | Debbie Sellin |
| Province: | Canterbury |
| Residence: | Peterborough |
| Established: | 1541 |
| Cathedral: | Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, Peterborough |
| First Incumbent: | John Chambers |
| Diocese: | Peterborough |
The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire (including the Soke of Peterborough) and Rutland. The see is in the City of Peterborough, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII.
The current Bishop of Peterborough is Debbie Sellin, since the confirmation, on 13 December 2023 at Lambeth Palace Chapel, of her election.[2]
As parts of the City of Peterborough are actually in the Diocese of Ely (those parishes south of the River Nene), the last Bishop of Peterborough was appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to him by the Bishop of Ely.[3] [4]
Chronological list of the Bishops of Peterborough:
| Bishops of Peterborough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1541 | 1556 | John Chambers | Last Abbot of Peterborough Abbey. Died in office | |
| 1557 | 1559 | David Pole | Deposed | |
| 1560 | 1585 | Edmund Scambler | ||
| 1585 | 1600 | Richard Howland | Died in office | |
| 1601 | 1630 | Thomas Dove | Died in office | |
| 1630 | 1632 | William Piers | Translated to Bath & Wells | |
| 1633 | 1634 | Augustine Lindsell | ||
| 1634 | 1638 | Francis Dee | Died in office | |
| 1639 | 1646 | John Towers | Deprived of the see when the English episcopacy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646; died 1649. | |
| 1646 | 1660 | The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[5] [6] | ||
| 1660 | 1663 | Benjamin Lany | Translated to Lincoln | |
| 1663 | 1679 | Joseph Henshaw | Died in office | |
| 1679 | 1695 | William Lloyd | ||
| 1685 | 1690 | Thomas White | Deprived of office | |
| 1691 | 1718 | Richard Cumberland | Died in office | |
| 1718 | 1728 | White Kennett | Died in office | |
| 1729 | 1747 | Robert Clavering | Translated from Llandaff; died in office | |
| 1747 | 1757 | John Thomas | ||
| 1757 | 1764 | Richard Terrick | ||
| 1764 | 1769 | Robert Lamb | Died in office | |
| 1769 | 1794 | John Hinchliffe | Died in office | |
| 1794 | 1813 | Spencer Madan | Translated from Bristol; died in office | |
| 1813 | 1819 | John Parsons | Died in office | |
| 1819 | 1839 | Herbert Marsh | Translated from Llandaff; died in office | |
| 1839 | 1864 | George Davys | Died in office | |
| 1864 | 1868 | Francis Jeune | Died in office | |
| 1868 | 1891 | William Connor Magee | ||
| 1891 | 1897 | Mandell Creighton | ||
| 1897 | 1916 | Edward Carr Glyn | John Mitchinson, assistant bishop once acted diocesan bishop during Carr-Glyn's illness. | |
| 1916 | 1923 | Theodore Woods | ||
| 1924 | 1927 | Cyril Bardsley | Translated to Leicester | |
| 1927 | 1949 | Claude Blagden | ||
| 1949 | 1956 | Spencer Leeson | Died in office | |
| 1956 | 1961 | Robert Stopford | ||
| 1961 | 1972 | Cyril Easthaugh | Previously Bishop of Kensington | |
| 1972 | 1984 | Douglas Feaver | ||
| 1984 | 1995 | Bill Westwood | Previously suffragan Bishop of Edmonton (London) | |
| 1996 | 2009 | Ian Cundy | Died in office | |
| 2010 | 2023 | Donald Allister | Previously Archdeacon of Chester.[7] | |
| 2023 | 2023 | John Holbrook (acting) | Bishop of Brixworth. | |
| 2023 | present | Debbie Sellin | Translated from Southampton, 13 December 2023. | |
Among those called "Assistant Bishop of Peterborough" were:
Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: