BISHOP OF MANCHESTER

The 'Bishop of Manchester' is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.
The diocese covers the south-east of the County of Lancashire. The see is in the City of Manchester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Saint George and Saint Denys, a collegiate church elevated to cathedral status in 1847.
The Bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Manchester.
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1847 under Queen Victoria. The current bishop is the Right Reverend 'Nigel' Simeon 'McCulloch', the 11th 'Lord Bishop of Manchester', who signs ''Nigel Manchester''.

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List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Manchester, England

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In June 2007 the bishop objected to the Sony Playstation game ''. The game features detailed views of Manchester Cathedral, infested with aliens to be killed by the protagonist. Sony claimed the game was not based on reality.

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Manchester, England

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1848 to 1870	'James Prince Lee'
1870 to 1886	'James Fraser'
1886 to 1903	'James Moorhouse'
1903 to 1921	'Edmund' Arbuthnott 'Knox'
1921 to 1929	'William Temple'	Translated to York
1929 to 1947	'Frederic Warren'	Translated from Chelmsford
1947 to 1970	'William' Derrick Lindsay 'Greer'
1970 to 1979	'Patrick' Campbell 'Rodger'	Translated to Oxford
1979 to 1993	'Stanley' Guy Francis 'Booth-Clibborn'
1993 to 2002	'Christopher' John 'Mayfield'
2002 to present	'Nigel' Simeon 'McCulloch'	Translated from Wakefield