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! colspan="4" | Key
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| Active bishop
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| Male bishop
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| Inactive bishop
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| Female bishop
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| colspan="3" | Position vacant
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The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility, either as spokesperson bishops for the Church of England or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords.
Diocesan bishops
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies). Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom six had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and also in Tynwald Court; fourteen diocesans are not currently Lords Spiritual; and the Bishop in Europe is ineligible to be a Lord Spiritual.
Lords Spiritual ex officio
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! Bishop
! Person
! Date of birth & age
! Election confirmed
! Consecrated
! Introduced
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| style="background: #DDFFCC;" | (London)<br /> (Canterbury)
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