Diocese of London
Diocese of London Church of England | |
Province: | Canterbury |
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counties: | Middlesex |
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 City of London and the whole of Middlesex.
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 |
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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) |
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??? 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) |
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??? 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) |
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between 705 and 716 to 745 | Ingwald (Ingweald) |
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745 to between 766 and 772 | Ecgwulf (Eggwulf) |
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between 766 and 772 to between 772 and 781 | Wigheah (Sighaeh) |
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between 772 and 782 to between 787 and 789 | Eadberht (Eadbert; Eadbeorht) |
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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) |
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between 796 and 798 to 801 | Heathoberht (Heathubeorht) |
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between 801 and 803 to between 805 and 811 | Osmund (Oswynus) |
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between 805 and 811 to between 816 and 824 | Æthelnoth (Æthilnoth) |
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between 816 and 824 to between 845 and 860 | Ceolberht (Coelbeorht) |
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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) |
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between 909 and 926 to between 951 and 953 | Theodred | |
between951 and 953 to between 957 and 959 | Brihthelm (Beorhthelm) |
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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 medieval | ||
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) |
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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 |
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