in order of the anouncement of the vacancy
| See | retiring bishop | see vacant from | comments by* | Vacancy in See Committee main meeting |
CNC meetings | new bishop | announced | election confirmed |
homage paid to the Queen |
consecrated |
| Sheffield | Jack Nicholls | 16 July 2008 | Steven Croft | 21 Oct 2008 | 25 Jan 2009 | |||||
| St Albans | Christopher Herbert | 7 Jan 2009 | Alan Smith (Bishop of Shrewsbury) |
13 Jan 2009 | 31 Mar 2009 | |||||
| Carlisle | Graham Dow | 30 Apr 2009 | 19 Nov 2008 | 21 Jan 2009 26/27 Feb 2009 |
James Newcome (Bishop of Penrith) |
28 May 2009 | ||||
| Southwell & Nottingham |
George Cassidy | 31 Aug 2009 | 12 Dec 2008 | 18 Feb 2009 2/3 Mar 2009 |
Paul Butler (Bishop of Southampton) |
29 Jun 2009 | ||||
| Peterborough | Ian Cundy | Bishop Cundy died 7 May 2009 |
20 Mar 2009 | 12 Mar 2009 | 10 Jun 2009 22/23 Jul 2009 |
Donald Allister (Archdeacon of Chester) |
5 Nov 2009 | 25 Mar 2010 | ||
| Chelmsford | John Gladwin | 1 Sept 2009 | 21 Sept 2009 | 9 Dec 2009 14/15 Jan 2010 |
Stephen Cottrell (Bishop of Reading) |
22 Mar 2010 | 6 Oct 2010 |
11 Nov 2010 | ||
| Portsmouth | Kenneth Stevenson | 30 Sept 2009 | 25 Jun 2009 | 17 Jun 2009 | 9 Oct 2009 9/10 Nov 2009 |
Christopher Foster (Bishop of Hertford) |
9 Feb 2010 | |||
| Rochester | Michael Nazir-Ali | 1 Sept 2009 | 11 Dec 2009 | 11 Nov 2009 | 24 Feb 2010 18/19 Mar 2010 |
James Langstaff (Bishop of Lynn) |
22 Jun 2010 | |||
| Ely | Anthony Russell | 28 Feb 2010 | 7 Dec 2009 | 23 Mar 2010 20/21 Apr 2010 |
Stephen Conway (Bishop of Ramsbury) |
31 Aug 2010 | 6 Dec 2010 | |||
| Southwark | Tom Butler | 5 Mar 2010 | 12 Feb 2010 | 11 Jun 2010 5/6 Jul 2010 |
Christopher Chessun (Bishop of Woolwich) |
6 Oct 2010 | 17 Jan 2011 | |||
| Bradford | David James | 15 July 2010 | 30 Jun 2010 | 23 Jun 2010 | 1/2 Nov 2010 8 Sep 2010 29/30 Sep 2010 |
Nicholas Baines (Bishop of Croydon) |
17 Dec 2010 | 1 Apr 2011 | ||
| Salisbury | David Stancliffe | 1 Oct 2010 | 28 May 2010 | 8/9 Dec 2010 8 Dec 2010 10/11 Jan 2010 |
Nicholas Holtam (Vicar of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields in the diocese of London) |
12 Apr 2011 | 21 Jul 2011 | 22 Jul 2011 | ||
| Lincoln | John Saxbee | 31 Jan 2011 | 31 Oct 2010 | 24 Feb 2011 14/15 Mar 2011 |
Christopher Lowson (Director of Ministry at the Archbishops’ Council) |
15 Apr 2011 | 21 Sept 2011 | |||
| Durham | Tom Wright | 1 Sept 2010 | 3 Dec 2010 | 23 Mar 2011 12/13 Apr 2011 |
Justin Welby (Dean of Liverpool) |
2 Jun 2011 | 28 Oct 2011 | |||
| Winchester | Michael Scott-Joynt | 31 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2011 | 2 March 2011 | 9 June 2011 5/6 July 2011 |
Timothy Dakin (General Secretary of the Church Mission Society) |
6 Sep 2011 | 14 Dec 2011 | 25 Jan 2012 | |
| Chichester | John Hind | 30 Apr 2012 | 1 Nov 2011 | 23/24/25 Nov 2011 | 14 Feb 2012 7/8 Mar 2012 |
* date by which comments on the needs of the diocese or the wider church, or names of suggested candidates must be sent to the Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments.