Bishop of Aston - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

The Bishop of Aston is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1] The title takes its name after Aston, an area of the City of Birmingham. The suffragan bishop of Aston assists the diocesan bishop of Birmingham, sharing Episcopal oversight throughout the diocese.^[2]

On 28 October 2008 the Rt Revd Andrew Watson was consecrated as the new Bishop of Aston in St Paul's Cathedral, and subsequently he and his family were installed in Bishop's Lodge, Sutton Coldfield.

List of Bishops of Aston [edit]

Bishops of Aston
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1954	1961	Michael Parker	Translated to Bradford.
1962	1972	David Porter
1972	1982	Mark Green
1982	1985	Michael Whinney	Translated to Southwell.
1985	1989	Colin Buchanan	Translated to Woolwich.
1989	1992	no appointment
1992	2005	John Austin ^[3]
2005	2008	no appointment
2008	present	Andrew Watson ^[4]
Source(s): ^[5]

References [edit]

^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
^ Birmingham Diocese – Director of Communications
^ Obituary: The Rt Revd John Austin. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
^ A September full of Promise and Expectation.Retrieved on 2 September 2008.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

External links [edit]

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury	Aston Barking Basingstoke Bedford Bradwell Brixworth Buckingham Colchester Crediton Croydon Dorchester Dorking Dover Dudley Dunwich Ebbsfleet Edmonton Europe Fulham Grantham Grimsby Hertford Horsham Huntingdon Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewes Ludlow Lynn Plymouth Ramsbury Reading Repton Richborough Sherborne Shrewsbury Southampton St Germans Stafford Stepney Swindon Taunton Tewkesbury Thetford Tonbridge Warwick Willesden Wolverhampton Woolwich

Province of York	Beverley Birkenhead Bolton Burnley Doncaster Hull Jarrow Knaresborough Lancaster Middleton Penrith Pontefract Selby Sherwood Stockport Warrington Whitby

Former suffragan sees

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Assistant Bishop of Leicester; Assistant Bishop of Newcastle; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; Bishop to HM Prisons; Bishop at Lambeth; Bishop for Urban Life and Faith

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