Bishop of Bristol
The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.
Bishop of Bristol | |
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| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
| Incumbent: Vivienne Faull | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Residence | Bishop's House, Winterbourne |
| Information | |
| Established | 1542 (and 1897) |
| Diocese | Bristol |
| Cathedral | Bristol Cathedral |
The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire. The see is in the City of Bristol where the seat is located at Bristol Cathedral. The bishop's residence is a house in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, north of Bristol.
The bishop is Vivienne Faull (previously Dean of York), since the confirmation of her election on 25 June 2018. She was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral on 3 July 2018 and enthroned in her Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol on 20 October 2018.
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