The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an Act of the Parliament of England (26 Hen. VIII c. 14) that authorised the appointment of suffragan (i.e. assistant) bishops in England and Wales. The tradition of appointing suffragans named after a town in the diocese other than the town the diocesan bishop is named after can be dated from this Act.
The Act named Thetford, Ipswich, Colchester, Dover, Guildford, Southampton, Taunton, Shaftesbury, Molton, Marlborough, Bedford, Leicester, Gloucester, Shrewsbury, Bristol, Penrith, Bridgwater, Nottingham, Grantham, Hull, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Perth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, St Germans and the Isle of Wight [1][2] as specific suitable suffragan sees.
See also
- Bishop of Bedford
- Bishop of Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Bishop of Bridgwater
- Bishop of Bristol
- Bishop of Cambridge
- Bishop of Colchester
- Bishop of Dover
- Bishop of Gloucester
- Bishop of Grantham
- Bishop of Guildford
- Bishop of Hull
- Bishop of Huntingdon
- Bishop of Ipswich
- Bishop of the Isle of Wight
- Bishop of Leicester
- Bishop of Marlborough
- Bishop of Molton
- Bishop of Nottingham
- Bishop of Penrith
- Bishop of St Germans
- Bishop of Shaftesbury
- Bishop of Shrewsbury
- Bishop of Southampton
- Bishop of Taunton
- Bishop of Thetford
References
- ↑ Bray, Gerald, 2004. Documents of the English Reformation. ISBN 0-227-17239-6. p.115.
- ↑ Official text of the Act as amended and still in force, Statute Law Database.