The Northern Diocese is coterminous with the ancient Province of York, whose first known bishop is recorded in the year 314. By the time of the first Free Church of England constitution in 1863, the Northern Province also contained the Dioceses of Sodor and Man, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Ripon and Manchester.
In 1790 the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion (which created the 1863 Constitution) proposed to divide the North of England into a number of Districts, based on its Chapels at York, Morpeth, Wigan and Ulverston. There is a sense in which the Bishops of the Northern Diocese are successors to both these traditions.
Free Church of England
(1863-1865 George Jones President of Conference)
(1865-1866 E.C. Lewis President of Conference)
1866-1889 Benjamin Price had oversight of the whole Church
1889-1897 William Baker
(1897-1901 William Troughton President of Northern Synod)
1901-1917 William Troughton
(1917-1927 E.V.Bland President ofNorthern Synod)
Reformed Church of England
1878-1891 Thomas Gregg
Reformed Episcopal Church
1881-1892 Alfred Richardson
1892-1915 Philip Eldridgehad oversight of whole Church
1915-1921 Philip Eldridge
1921-1927 Joseph Fenn
The united Church
1927-1958 Frank Vaughan
1958-1967 Thomas Cameron
1967-1973 James Burrell
1973-1998 Cyril Milner
1999-2003 Arthur Bentley-Taylor
2003-2006 John McLean
2006- John Fenwick
In 1790 the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion (which created the 1863 Constitution) proposed to divide the North of England into a number of Districts, based on its Chapels at York, Morpeth, Wigan and Ulverston. There is a sense in which the Bishops of the Northern Diocese are successors to both these traditions.
Free Church of England
(1863-1865 George Jones President of Conference)
(1865-1866 E.C. Lewis President of Conference)
1866-1889 Benjamin Price had oversight of the whole Church
1889-1897 William Baker
(1897-1901 William Troughton President of Northern Synod)
1901-1917 William Troughton
(1917-1927 E.V.Bland President ofNorthern Synod)
Reformed Church of England
1878-1891 Thomas Gregg
Reformed Episcopal Church
1881-1892 Alfred Richardson
1892-1915 Philip Eldridgehad oversight of whole Church
1915-1921 Philip Eldridge
1921-1927 Joseph Fenn
The united Church
1927-1958 Frank Vaughan
1958-1967 Thomas Cameron
1967-1973 James Burrell
1973-1998 Cyril Milner
1999-2003 Arthur Bentley-Taylor
2003-2006 John McLean
2006- John Fenwick