Diocese of London

Diocese of London Church of England
Province:	Canterbury
counties:	Middlesex
Arms of the Bishop of London
St Paul's Cathedral
Bishop:	Richard Chartres
signs as:	Londin.
Cathedral:	St Paul's Cathedral, London
Organisation
Suffragan bishop(s):	Bishop of Edmonton, Bishop of Willesden, Bishop of Kensington, Bishop of Stepney, Bishop of Fulham
Archdeaconries:	Charing Cross, Hackney, Hampstead, London, Northolt, Middlesex
No. of parishes:	413
No. of churches:	479
Details
Website:	http://www.london.anglican.org

The Diocese of London in the Church of England covers the whole of Middlesex. Its cathedral is St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.

London is one of the senior dioceses of the Church, which is generally given to a clergyman of particular distinction. The Bishop of London has the right to sit in the House of Lords on appointment not by seniority of appointment, a distinction belonging only to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the bishops of London, Durham and Winchester.

The Diocese

The Diocese of London is identical in area to the county of Middlesex, including the City of London. Before the Victorian reorganisations, the Diocese was much broader, emcompassing Essex and much of Hertfordshire.

Within the area of the Diocese are two peculiars excluded from the Bishop's authority:

• Westminster Abbey is a Royal peculiar, and under the Queen and the Dean of Westminster.
• The Savoy Chapel is a peculiar subject to the Duchy of Lancaster.

Bishop of London

The current Bishop of London is Richard Chartres, who was appointed in 1996.

The Bishop's residence is The Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London.

List of bishops

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Romano-British Archbishopric of London - traditional list of little historical value
??? to ???	Thean, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Elvanus, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Cadar, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Obinus, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Paludius, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Stephen, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Iltute, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Dedwin, Archbishop of London (Theodwin)
??? to ???	Thedred, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Hillary, Archbishop of London
??? to ???	Restitutus, Archbishop of London	Historical Bishop of London who attended the Council of Arles in 314
??? to ???	Guidelium, Archbishop of London (Guiteline)
??? to ???	Fastidius, Archbishop of London	Follower of Pelagius, floruit ca. 420 AD.
??? to ???	Vodimus, Archbishop of London	said to have been killed by the Saxons
??? to 514	Theanus, Archbishop of London	said to have fled into Wales
514 to 553	Restitutus
553 to 604	Theonus
Augustine of Canterbury|Post-Augustinian Bishopric of London - historical list
604 to 658	Saint Mellitus	Canterbury
658 to 664	Saint Cedd	Died in office
664 to 666	vacant	For 2 years
666 to 675	Wine (Wini)	Translated from Bishop of Winchester|Winchester
675 to 697	Saint Erkenwald
697 to between 705 and 716	Waldhere (Wealdheri)
between 705 and 716 to 745	Ingwald (Ingweald)
745 to between 766 and 772	Ecgwulf (Eggwulf)
between 766 and 772 to between 772 and 781	Wigheah (Sighaeh)
between 772 and 782 to between 787 and 789	Eadberht (Eadbert; Eadbeorht)
between 787 and 789 to between 787 and 789	Eadgar
between 789 and 793 to between 793 and 796	Coenwealh
between 793 and 796 to between 796 and 798	Eadbald (Eadbeald)
between 796 and 798 to 801	Heathoberht (Heathubeorht)
between 801 and 803 to between 805 and 811	Osmund (Oswynus)
between 805 and 811 to between 816 and 824	Æthelnoth (Æthilnoth)
between 816 and 824 to between 845 and 860	Ceolberht (Coelbeorht)
between 845 and 860 to between 867 and 896	Deorwulf
between 867 and 896 to between 867 and 896	Swithwulf
between 867 and 896 to 897	Heahstan
between 897 and 900 to between 909 and 926	Wulfsige
between 909 to 926 to between 909 and 926	Æthelweard
between 909 and 926 to between 909 and 926	Leofstan (Ealhstan)
between 909 and 926 to between 951 and 953	Theodred
between951 and 953 to between 957 and 959	Brihthelm (Beorhthelm)
between 957 and 959 to 959	Dunstan	Worcester; translated to Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury; Saint Dunstan
between 959 and 964 to between 995 and 996	Ælfstan
996 to 1002	Wulfstan
between 1002 and 1004 to between 1015 and 1018	Ælfhun
1014 to around 1035	Ælfwig
1035 to 1044	Ælfweard
Normans|Norman and mediæval
1044 to 1051	Robert of Jumièges	Translated to Canterbury
1051 to 1051	Spearhafoc	never consecrated
1051 to 1075	William the Norman
1075 to 1085	Hugh d'Orevalle (Hugh D'Orival)	(Hugh de Orwell)
1085 to 1108	Maurice	Archdeacon of Maine; Lord Chancellor
1108 to 1128	Richard de Beaumis (Richard de Belmis I)
1128 to c.1136	Gilbert Universalis (Gilbert the Universal)	Canon of Lyons
c.1136 to 1138	Anselm of St Saba	election quashed
1141 to 1152	Robert de Sigello	Monk of Reading
1152 to 1163	Richard de Beaumis II (Richard de Belmis II)	Archdeacon of Middlesex
1163 to c.1187	Gilbert Foliot	Hereford
c.1187	Vacant	For 2 years
1189 to 1199	Richard FitzNeal (Richard FitzNigel)	Dean of Lincoln
1199 to 1221	William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise (William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ; William of Saint Mere Eglise)	Prebendary of St Paul's; resigned
1221 to 1229	Eustace of Fauconberg	Lord Treasurer
1229 to 1241	Roger Niger	Archdeacon of Colchester; Saint Roger Niger
1241 to 1260	Fulk Basset, Bishop of London	Dean of York
1260 to 2 July 1262	Henry Wingham (Henry of Wingham)	Prebendary of St Paul's; Lord Chancellor; died in office
1262 to October 1262	Richard Talbot	Dean of St Paul's, London
1263 to 1273	Henry of Sandwich	Prebendary of St Paul's, London
1273 to 1280	John Chishull	Dean of St Paul's, London; Lord Chancellor and Lord Treasurer; died in office
1280 to 1280	Fulke Lovell	Elected but declined the office
1280 to 1304	Richard Gravesend	Prebendary of St Paul's, London
1304 to 1313	Ralph Baldock (Ralph de Baldoc)	Dean of St Paul's, London
1313 to 1317	Gilbert Segrave	Precentor of St Paul's, London
1317 to 1318	Richard Newport	Dean of St Paul's, London
1318 to 1338	Stephen Gravesend	Prebendary of St Paul's, London
1338 to 1340	Richard de Wentworth (Richard Bintworth)	Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Lord Chancellor
1340 to 1354	Ralph Stratford	Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Salisbury
1354 to 1361	Michael Northburgh	Prebendary of St Paul's, London
1361 to 1375	Simon Sudbury alias Tybold	Canterbury
1375 to 1381	William Courtenay	Hereford; Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury
1381 to 1404	Robert Braybrooke	Dean of Salisbury; Lord Chancellor
1404 to 1406	Roger Walden	Dean of York; consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Treasurer
1406 to 1407	Nicholas de Bubwith (Nicholas de Bubbewyth)	Prebendary of Salisbury; Master of the Rolls, Keeper of the Privy Seal and Lord Treasurer; translated to Salisbury
1407 to 1421	Richard de Clifford	Worcester
1421 to 1426	John Kemp	Chichester; translated to Archbishop of York|York
1426 to 1431	William Grey	Lincoln
1431 to 1436	Robert FitzHugh	Archdeacon of Northampton and Chancellor of Cambridge
1436 to 1448	Robert Gilbert	Dean of York
1448 to 1489	Thomas Kempe	Archdeacon of Middlesex and Chancellor of York
1489 to 1496	Richard Hill	Dean of King's Chapel and Prebendary of Salisbury
1496 to 1502	Thomas Savage	Rochester; translated to Archbishop of York|York
1502 to 1504	William Warham	Canterbury
1504 to 1506	William Barons	Master of the Rolls
1506 to 1522	Richard FitzJames	Chichester
Post-Reformation
1522 to 1530	Cuthbert Tunstall	Durham
1530 to 1539	John Stokesley	Archdeacon of Dorset
1539 to September 1549	Edmund Bonner	Hereford; deprived
1550 to 1553	Nicholas Ridley	Rochester; deprived by Mary of England|Queen Mary, burned at the stake for heresy
1553 to May 1559	Edmund Bonner	Mary; deprived
1559 to 1570	Edmund Grindal	York
1570 to 1577	Edwin Sandys	Worcester
1577 to 1594	John Aylmer	Archdeacon of Lincoln
1594 to 15 June 1596	Richard Fletcher	Worcester; died in office
1597 to 1604	Richard Bancroft	Canterbury
1604 to 1607	Richard Vaughan	Chester
1607 to 1610	Thomas Ravis	Gloucester
1610 to 1611	George Abbot	Lichfield & Coventry; translated to Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury
1611 to 1621	John King	Dean of Christchurch, Oxford
1621 to 1628	George Montaigne	Lincoln
1628 to 1633	William Laud	Bath & Wells; Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury
1633 to 1649	William Juxon	Hereford before consecration; Lord Treasurer; deprived under the Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth; translated to Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury
1649 to 1660	Vacant	For 11 years
1660 to 1663	Gilbert Sheldon	Canterbury
1663 to 1675	Humphrey Henchman	Salisbury; Bishop Almoner
December 1675 to 1713	Henry Compton	Oxford
1713 to 11 April 1723	John Robinson	Bristol; died in office
1723 to 6 September 1748	Edmund Gibson	Lincoln; died in office
1748 to July 1761	Thomas Sherlock	Salisbury; died in office
1761 to 1762	Thomas Hayter	Norwich; died in office
1762 to 1764	Richard Osbaldeston	Carlisle; died in office
1764 to 1777	Richard Terrick	Peterborough
1777 to 3 November 1787	Robert Lowth	Oxford; died in office
1787 to 13 May 1809	Beilby Porteus	Chester; died in office
12 June 1809 to 1813	John Randolph	Bangor
14 August 1813 to 1828	William Howley	Canterbury
15 August 1828 to September 1856	Charles Blomfield	Chester; resigned
11 October 1856 to 1868	Archibald Tait	Canterbury
4 January 1869 to 6 January 1885	John Jackson	Lincoln
25 February 1885 to 1896	Frederick Temple	Exeter. Translated to Canterbury
1897 to 1901	Mandell Creighton	Translated from Peterborough.
1901 to 1939	Arthur Winnington-Ingram	Translated from Stepney.
1939 to 1945	Geoffrey Fisher	Canterbury
1945 to 1955	William Wand	Bath and Wells
1956 to 1961	Henry Campbell	Translated from Guildford.
1961 to 1973	Robert Stopford	Peterborough
1973 to 1981	Gerald Ellison	Translated from Chester.
1981 to 1991	Graham Douglas Leonard	Truro, Resigned (received into Roman Catholic Church)
1991 to 1995	David Michael Hope	Wakefield; translated to Archbishop of York|York
1996 to present	Richard John Carew Chartres	Translated from Stepney