The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent. Unlike the other three suffragans in the diocese, he holds the additional title of "Bishop in Canterbury" and is empowered to act almost as if he were the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, since the actual diocesan bishop (the Archbishop of Canterbury) is so frequently away fulfilling national and international duties. Among other things, this gives the Bishop of Dover an ex officio seat in the Church's General Synod.

List of the Bishops of Dover

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1537 to 1545	Richard Yngworth	(d.1545)
1545 to 1557	Richard Thornden	(d.1557)
1557 to 1569	no appointment
1569 to 1597	Richard Rogers	(d.19 May 1597)
1597 to 1870	in abeyance
1870 to 1890	Edward Parry
1890 to 1897	George Rodney Eden	Translated''' to Wakefield
1898 to 1916	William Walsh
1916 to 1927	Harold Ernest Bilbrough	Translated to Newcastle
1927 to 1934	John Victor Macmillan	Translated to Guildford
1935 to 1957	Alfred Careywollaston Rose
1957 to 1964	Lewis Evan Meredith
1964 to 1980	Anthony Paul Tremlett
1980 to 1992	Richard Henry McPhail Third	Formerly Bishop of Maidstone
1992 to 1999	John Richard Allan Llewellin	Formerly Bishop of St Germans
1999 to Present	Stephen Squires Venner	(b. 1944). Formerly Bishop of Middleton

References

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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