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The Bishop of Tonbridge is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Tonbridge, a market town in Kent; the see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 11 September 1958. The bishop assists the diocesan Bishop of Rochester as well as having a particular ministry in the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge.

The current bishop is Simon Burton-Jones, since his consecration on 3 July 2018.

List of bishops

Bishops of Tonbridge
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1959	1968	Russell White	(1896–1979)
1968	1972	David Halsey	(1919–2009). Translated to Carlisle
1973	1982	Philip Goodrich	(1929–2001). Translated to Worcester
1982	1993	David Bartleet	(1929–2002)
1993	2002	Brian Smith	(b. 1943). Translated to Edinburgh
2002	2015	Brian Castle	(b. 1949) Retired 31 October 2015.
2015	2018	vacant
2018	present	Simon Burton-Jones	(b. 1962) Consecrated 3 July 2018.
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References

^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
"No. 41495". The London Gazette. 12 September 1958. p. 5597.
Diocese of Rochester — New Bishop of Tonbridge Announced (Accessed 27 March 2018)
"Gazette: Appointments". Church Times. No. 7930. 13 March 2015. p. 34. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
Brian Castle — Retirement as Bishop of Tonbridge Archived 2015-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2015)

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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Russell White David Halsey Philip Goodrich David Bartleet Brian Smith Brian Castle vacancy Simon Burton-Jones

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury

Province of York

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Leominster Ludlow Maidstone Marlborough Northampton Nottingham Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Swansea Whalley Wigan
Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield) Richmond (to Kirkstall)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

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Buildings	Castle Parish Church Priory Priory Mill Railway station Somerhill House † St. Stephen's Church Town Mill
Businesses	Imperial Records New Enterprise Coaches
Events	1968 floods 2006 Securitas depot robbery
People	Bishops of Tonbridge Old Juddians Old Tonbridgians People from Tonbridge
Political	Lowey of Tonbridge (11th-19th centuries) Tunbridge constituency (1885-1918) Tonbridge constituency (1918-74) Tonbridge and Malling constituency (1974-2024) Tonbridge constituency (since 2024) Tonbridge and Malling borough (since 1974) Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (since 1974) Local elections
Schools, colleges and universities	Hayesbrook Hillview Hugh Christie Judd Ridge View Somerhill † Thomas Delarue (closed) Tonbridge Tonbridge Grammar University of Kent Weald of Kent West Kent College Woodlands Yardley Court †
Sports, arts and leisure	Angel Ground Half Marathon Haysden Country Park KMFM West Kent Longmead Stadium Missing (TV series) Oast Theatre Tonbridge Angels F.C. Swimming Pool Tunbridge ware
Twin towns	Heusenstamm Le Puy-en-Velay
† Italics denotes building in Tudeley-cum-Capel civil parish

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