Bishop of Chester - Definition and Overview

The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.

The diocese covers most of the traditional county of Cheshire, including the Wirral and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was formerly the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Werburgh, being elevated to cathedral status in 1541.

Cheshire has held a bishopric since 1072 when the seat was at the collegiate church of Saint John the Baptist until 1102. The present diocese was formed in 1541 under Henry VIII. The current Bishop of Chester is the Right Reverend Peter Robert Forster, PhD, the 40th Bishop of Chester, who was enthroned on 11 January 1997, and who signs Peter Cestr.

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Chester, England

See also

• Lists of office-holders