He was ordained by suffragan bishop Marcus Lyresius. The diocesan Bishop is usually assisted by a suffragan Bishop of Repton (currently vacant). Dionysias then was a diocese with a suffragan bishop from Bosra. Keith Sinclair is the suffragan Bishop of Birkenhead. She served in the role of suffragan bishop for 13 years, retiring in 2003. From 1537 to 1572, there was one suffragan Bishop of Berwick. The bishop is assisted, throughout the whole diocese, by the suffragan Bishop of Aston. Ball was suffragan Bishop of Lewes from 1977 to 1992. He became Bishop of Stepney, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London. The diocesan bishop is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Repton. Part of the Anglican Diocese of Worcester, Dudley has its own Archdeaconry and suffragan bishop. The first Suffragan Bishop of Crediton Robert Trefusis was born in the town in 1843.