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Bishop of Stafford

Bishop of Stafford

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The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bishop of Stafford has particular episcopal oversight of the parishes in the Archdeaconry of Stoke. Matthew Parker has been in post since 2021; the bishops suffragan of Stafford have been area bishops since the Lichfield area scheme was erected in 1992.[2]

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    Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
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    "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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    Diocese of Lichfield — Bishop of Stafford Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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    "Diocese of Lichfield - News - Bishop Geoff to bid farewell". www.lichfield.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
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