Bishop of Maidstone

The Bishop of Maidstone is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name from the county town of Maidstone in Kent. The see is currently vacant.

Canterbury suffragan Until 2009, the suffragan Bishop of Maidstone had a similar, though subordinate, role to that of the Bishop of Dover: to assist the diocesan bishop (the Archbishop of Canterbury) in the episcopal leadership of the Diocese of Canterbury. It was decided at the diocesan synod of November 2010 that a new bishop would not be appointed; rather the Archdeaconry of Ashford was erected.Canterbury Diocese — Synod News "Headship" bishop On 4 December 2014, it was announced that the see of Maidstone would be filled again in order to provide alternative episcopal oversight for particular members of the Church of England who take a conservative evangelical view on male "headship". On 23 September 2015, Rod Thomas was consecrated Bishop of Maidstone.

In June 2022, it was announced that, from January 2023, oversight of conservative Anglo-Catholics in the west of the Province of Canterbury (formerly the Bishop of Ebbsfleet's area) would be taken by a new Bishop of Oswestry, suffragan to the Bishop of Lichfield; while oversight of conservative Evangelicals would be taken by the next Bishop of Ebbsfleet; the See of Maidstone would be left vacant, available for other uses.

List of bishops Bishops of Maidstone From Until Incumbent Notes 1944 1946 Leslie Owen Translated to Lincoln 1946 1956 no appointment 1956 1966 Stanley Betts 1966 1969 no appointment 1969 1976 Geoffrey Tiarks 1976 1980 Richard Third Translated to Dover 1980 1987 Robert Hardy Translated to Lincoln 1987 1992 David Smith Translated to Bradford 1992 2001 Gavin ReidSuccession details 2001 2009 Graham Cray 2009 2015 vacant Bishops of Maidstone (AEO)From Until Incumbent Notes 2015 2022 Rod Thomas Retired 2 October 2022. Source(s):

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