The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall.[1] [2] It is now used by the Church of England as the title of a suffragan bishop who assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter.
The present Bishop of Crediton is a title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, along with the Bishop of Plymouth, assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter in overseeing the Diocese of Exeter.
| Bishops suffragan of Crediton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1897 | 1930 | Robert Trefusis | ||
| 1930 | 1954 | William Surtees | ||
| 1954 | 1974 | Wilfrid Westall | ||
| 1974 | 1984 | Philip Pasterfield | ||
| 1984 | 1996 | Peter Coleman | ||
| 1996 | 2004 | Richard Hawkins | Formerly Bishop of Plymouth. | |
| 2004 | October 2012 | Bob Evens[3] | Retired on 31 October 2012.[4] | |
| November 2012 | 19 April 2015 | Nick McKinnel[5] | Translated to Plymouth 19 April 2015.[6] | |
| 22 July 2015 | 8 March 2018 | Sarah Mullally | Announced 9 June 2015; consecrated 22 July;[7] translated to London on 8 March 2018.[8] | |
| 2018 | present | Jackie Searle | Consecrated 27 September 2018.[9] | |
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