Bishop of Leicester

The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.
Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral. The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Knighton, south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.

Bishops of Leicester

Assistant bishops

Other assistant bishops of the diocese include:

19351949 : John Willis, former Bishop of Uganda
19491955 : Francis Hollis, Vicar of Stanford with Swinford, Leicestershire and Senior Canon of Leicester; former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak
19501965 : Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of Copt Oak, of Ab Kettleby with Wartnaby and Holwell, Rector of Swithland ; former Assistant Bishop of West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell, CMS missionary in China. Made deacon on St Thomas' Day 1923 and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day, 21 December 1924; both times by, Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral.
19721997 : John Mort, former Bishop of Northern Nigeria, Canon Treasurer of Leicester Cathedral
19661973 : Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of Swithland, former Kochi Diocese of [the Church of South India|Bishop of North Kerala] and Assistant Bishop of Chelmsford

Cecil [de Carteret], former Bishop of Jamaica, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.
Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

1999–2011 : Colin Scott, retired Bishop of Hulme