Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)
# Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

The Bishop of Leicester was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

A thousand years after it had last been used (for a diocesan Mercian bishop, 679–888) the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese.

In the modern Diocese of Leicester, there was a stipendiary (paid) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017), until a new suffragan See of Loughborough was erected to replace the Assistant Bishop role — see Bishop of Loughborough.

## List of bishops

Bishops suffragan of Leicester :

| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | 1903 | Francis Thicknesse | Formerly Archdeacon of Northampton |
| 1903 | 1912 | Lewis Clayton | Canon of Peterborough; became Assistant Bishop of Peterborough |
| 1913 | 1927 | Norman Lang | Resigned the See, but effectively continued in post as an assistant bishop. |
| In 1927, the suffragan see of Leicester ended with the creation of the diocesan see. ||||
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