Obispo de Salisbury

El obispo de Salisbury es el ordinario de la diócesis de Salisbury de la Iglesia de Inglaterra, en la provincia de Canterbury . La diócesis abarca gran parte de los condados de Wiltshire y Dorset . La sede episcopal se encuentra en la ciudad de Salisbury , donde la residencia del obispo está en la catedral de la Santísima Virgen María .

El obispo actual es Stephen Lake . ^{[ 1 ]} Renunció voluntariamente en abril de 2026 tras acusaciones de irregularidades financieras; Karen Gorham es la obispa diocesana interina. ^{[ 2 ]}

La diócesis de Sherborne (fundada alrededor del año 705 d. C. ) fue el origen de la diócesis actual; San Aldhelm fue su primer obispo. ^{[ 3 ]}

Hacia el año 705, la vasta diócesis de Wessex en Winchester se dividió en dos con la creación de una nueva diócesis de Sherborne bajo el obispo Aldhelm, que abarcaba Devon , Somerset y Dorset . Cornualles se incorporó a la diócesis a finales del siglo IX, pero hacia el año 909 la diócesis se dividió en tres con la creación de los obispados de Wells , que abarcaba Somerset, y Crediton , que abarcaba Devon y Cornualles, quedando Sherborne con Dorset. ^{[ 4 ] [ 5 ]}

In 1058, the Sherborne chapter elected Herman, Bishop of Ramsbury to be also Bishop of Sherborne. Following the Norman Conquest, the 1075 Council of London united his two sees as a single diocese and translated them to the then-larger settlement around the royal castle at Old Sarum. Disputes between Bishops Herbert and Richard Poore and the sheriffs of Wiltshire led to the removal of the see in the 1220s to New Sarum (modern Salisbury). This was chartered as the city of New Sarum by KingHenry III in 1227,^[6] but it was not until the 14th century that the office was described (by Bishop Wyvil) as the bishop of Sarum (episcopus Sarum).^[7] The diocese, like the city, is now known as Salisbury. The archdeaconry around Salisbury, however, retains the name of Sarum.

Reforms within the Church of England led to the annexation of Dorset from the abolished diocese of Bristol in 1836; Berkshire, however, was removed the same year and given to Oxford. In 1925 and 1974, new suffragan bishops were appointed to assist the Bishop of Salisbury; the new offices were titled the bishops of Sherborne and Ramsbury, respectively.^[3] Until 2009^[8] the bishops operated under an episcopal area scheme established in 1981, with each suffragan bishop having a formal geographical area of responsibility, and being known as "area bishops": the Bishop of Ramsbury had oversight of the diocese's parishes in Wiltshire, while the Bishop of Sherborne had oversight of the parishes in Dorset. This scheme was replaced to reflect the increased working across the whole diocese by all three bishops. The two suffragans may now legally function anywhere in the diocese, and the Bishop of Salisbury may delegate any of his functions to them. The Bishop of Salisbury's residence is now the South Canonry, near the cathedral.^[9]

Entre quienes han servido a la diócesis como obispos auxiliares se encuentran:

• en 1928: ^{[ 26 ]} Albert Joscelyne , vicario de St  Mark's, Salisbury (1913–1919), de Chardstock (1919–1930), de Preston (1930–1937), arcediano de Sherborne (1919–1941) y antiguo obispo coadjutor de Jamaica (1905–1913) ^{[ 27 ]}

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