Bishops Past, Present and Future (Gilead Books 2022) is themost comprehensive and up-to-date Anglican study of episcopacyproduced in recent times. Drawing on primary sourcesfrom the New Testament to the present day, it provides detailedanswers to three key questions: 'Why should the Churchof England have bishops?' 'What is the proper role of bishops?'and 'How should bishops respond to the challenges facing theChurch of England and the Church in the West in general?'Bishops Past, Present and Future - A Concise Study summarisesthe key points of the argument of this major study. It is designedto meet the needs of those who would like to know theanswers to the three questions about bishops noted above, butwho would balk at tackling the 800+ pages of the original book.This concise study is published in the hope that will help manyin the Church of England, both ordained and lay to think ina more informed fashion about how bishops should respondto the challenges facing the Church of England at this criticalpoint in its history as it considers how to move forward followingthe publication of the Living in Love and Faith material