List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Sodor and Man
| Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
| Incumbent: Peter Eagles |
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| Province | York |
| Diocese | Sodor and Man |
| Cathedral | St German's, Peel |
| Residence | Thie yn Aspick, Douglas |
| Website | Bishop's office |
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese only covers the Isle of Man. The Cathedral Church of St German where the bishop's seat is located, is in the town of Peel. St German's was elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980.
The bishop is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man (the upper house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man) and of Tynwald Court. The bishop's residence is Thie yn Aspick (Bishop's House), Douglas.
The right to appoint the Bishop of Sodor and Man is vested in the British crown; the Monarch acts, perhaps somewhat anomalously (in view of Man's status as a Crown Dependency), on the advice of the Prime Minister. However, unlike diocesan bishops in England, who are formally elected by the canons of the cathedral church in accordance with the monarch's congé d'elire, the Bishop of Sodor and Man is appointed directly by the monarch by letters patent.
Peter Eagles was appointed Bishop of Sodor and Man, and was installed at the Cathedral Church of St German at Peel on 30 September 2017.
The name "Sodor and Man" is from an earlier diocese which included not only the Isle of Man but the Hebrides. The name for this whole area in the original Norse was Suðreyjar (Sudreys or "southern isles") in Latin, these were known as Sodorensis later abbreviated in the English title as Sodor. In the Middle Ages, the diocese was considered part of Scotland, and was under the control of neither the Archbishop of York nor the Archbishop of Canterbury. During the Great Schism, the Pope created a different line of bishops in the southern part of the diocese which became part of the Church of England. An Act of Parliament in 1542, during the reign of King Henry VIII, included the diocese in the Province of York. The termination "and Man" appears to have been added in the 17th century, as later generations did not realise that "Sodor" originally included the Isle of Man and the designation "Sodor and Man" had become a fixture by 1684.
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