Diocese of London

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Diocese of London
Church of England
Province: Canterbury
counties: Middlesex
Arms of the Bishop of London
St Pauls aerial.jpg

St Paul's Cathedral
Bishop: Sarah Mullally
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:


Bishop of London

The current Bishop of London is Sarah Mullally, who was appointed in 2018; the first woman to hold the see.

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
Post-Augustinian Bishopric of London - historical list
604 to 658 Saint Mellitus Translated to Canterbury
658 to 664 Saint Cedd Died in office
664 to 666 vacant For 2 years
666 to 675 Wine
(Wini)
Translated from 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 Translated from Worcester; translated to 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
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 Translated from 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
Chancellor of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury
1375 to 1381 William Courtenay Translated from 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 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 Translated from Worcester
1421 to 1426 John Kemp Translated from Chichester; translated to York
1426 to 1431 William Grey Dean of York; translated to 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 Translated from Rochester; translated to York
1502 to 1504 William Warham Prebendary of St Paul's, London; Lord Chancellor; translated to Canterbury
1504 to 1506 William Barons Master of the Rolls
1506 to 1522 Richard FitzJames Translated from Chichester
Post-Reformation
1522 to 1530 Cuthbert Tunstall Dean of Salisbury; Master of the Rolls; translated to Durham
1530 to 1539 John Stokesley Archdeacon of Dorset
1539 to September 1549 Edmund Bonner Archdeacon of Leicester; Bishop-elect of Hereford; deprived
1550 to 1553 Nicholas Ridley Translated from Rochester; deprived by Queen Mary, burned at the stake for heresy
1553 to May 1559 Edmund Bonner Restored by Queen Mary; deprived
1559 to 1570 Edmund Grindal Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; translated to York
1570 to 1577 Edwin Sandys Translated from Worcester
1577 to 1594 John Aylmer Archdeacon of Lincoln
1594 to 15 June 1596 Richard Fletcher Translated from Worcester; died in office
1597 to 1604 Richard Bancroft Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Canterbury
1604 to 1607 Richard Vaughan Translated from Chester
1607 to 1610 Thomas Ravis Translated from Gloucester
1610 to 1611 George Abbot Translated from Lichfield & Coventry; translated to Canterbury
1611 to 1621 John King Dean of Christchurch, Oxford
1621 to 1628 George Montaigne Translated from Lincoln
1628 to 1633 William Laud Translated from Bath & Wells; Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Canterbury
1633 to 1649 William Juxon Translated from Hereford before consecration; Lord Treasurer; deprived under the Commonwealth; translated to Canterbury
1649 to 1660 Vacant For 11 years
1660 to 1663 Gilbert Sheldon Prebendary of Gloucester; translated to Canterbury
1663 to 1675 Humphrey Henchman Translated from Salisbury; Bishop Almoner
December 1675 to 1713 Henry Compton Translated from Oxford
1713 to 11 April 1723 John Robinson Translated from Bristol; died in office
1723 to 6 September 1748 Edmund Gibson Translated from Lincoln; died in office
1748 to July 1761 Thomas Sherlock Translated from Salisbury; died in office
1761 to 1762 Thomas Hayter Translated from Norwich; died in office
1762 to 1764 Richard Osbaldeston Translated from Carlisle; died in office
1764 to 1777 Richard Terrick Translated from Peterborough
1777 to 3 November 1787 Robert Lowth Translated from Oxford; died in office
1787 to 13 May 1809 Beilby Porteus Translated from Chester; died in office
12 June 1809 to 1813 John Randolph Translated from Bangor
14 August 1813 to 1828 William Howley Canterbury
15 August 1828 to September 1856 Charles Blomfield Translated from Chester; resigned
11 October 1856 to 1868 Archibald Tait Dean of Carlisle; translated to Canterbury
4 January 1869 to 6 January 1885 John Jackson Translated from Lincoln
25 February 1885 to 1896 Frederick Temple Translated from 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 Translated from Chester. Translated to Canterbury
1945 to 1955 William Wand Translated from Bath and Wells
1956 to 1961 Henry Campbell Translated from Guildford.
1961 to 1973 Robert Stopford Translated from Peterborough
1973 to 1981 Gerald Ellison Translated from Chester.
1981 to 1991 Graham Douglas Leonard Translated from Truro, Resigned (received into Roman Catholic Church)
1991 to 1995 David Michael Hope Translated from Wakefield; translated to York
1996 to 2017 Richard John Carew Chartres Translated from Stepney
2018 to present Sarah Mullally Translated from Crediton. Installed 12 May 2018. Former Chief Nursing Officer; [1]


Dioceses of the Church of England

Province of Canterbury:
Bath & Wells •
Birmingham • Bristol • Canterbury • Chelmsford • Chichester • Coventry • Derby • Ely • Exeter • Gibraltar in Europe • Gloucester • Guildford • Hereford • Leicester • Lichfield • Lincoln • London • Norwich • Oxford • Peterborough • Portsmouth • Rochester • Saint Albans • Saint Edmundsbury & Ipswich • Salisbury • Southwark • Truro • Winchester • Worcester
Province of York:
Blackburn •
Carlisle • Chester • Durham • Leeds • Liverpool • Manchester • Newcastle • Sheffield • Sodor & Man • Southwell & Nottingham • York

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