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The death of the Bishop of Guildford was announced in the House of Lords on 4th March 2026, following his death the day before:
The Lord Speaker: My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Guildford on 3 March. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the right reverend Prelate’s family and friends.
On 5th February 2026, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Rt Revd Dr Joanne Grenfell, was introduced to the House of Lords and took her seat on the Bishops’ Benches:
On 5th February 2026, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had previously sat in the House of Lords as Bishop of London, was reintroduced to the House and took her seat on the Bishops Benches:
On 23rd October 2025, the Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev’d Jonathan Frost, was introduced to the House of Lords and took his seat on the Bishops Benches as a Lord Spiritual.
On 4th September 2025, the Bishop of Coventry, the Rt Rev’d Sophie Jelley, was introduced to the House of Lords and took her seat on the Bishops Benches as a Lord Spiritual.
On 17th July 2025, the Right Reverend Mark Tanner, the Bishop of Chester, was introduced to the House of Lords and took his seat on the Bishops’ Benches as a Lord Spiritual:
The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, has been appointed as Convenor of the Lords Spiritual.
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Bishop David will take over the role of supporting and coordinating the work of the 26 bishops in the House of Lords from the Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, on his retirement at the end of May. Bishop Alan has served as Convenor since 2022.
Continue reading “Bishop of Manchester to be Convenor of the Lords Spiritual”On 30th January 2025, the Right Reverend Debbie Sellin, the Bishop of Peterborough, was introduced to the House of Lords and took her seat on the Bishops’ Benches as a Lord Spiritual:
On 23rd January 2024, the Bishop of Hereford, the Right Reverend Richard Jackson, was introduced to the House of Lords and took his seat on the Bishops’ Benches as a Lord Spiritual:
On 12th December 2023, the Bishop of Winchester, the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen, was introduced to the House of Lords and took his seat on the Bishops’ Benches as a Lord Spiritual:
Continue reading “Bishop of Winchester introduced to Lords”
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