Wikipedia: Bishop of London

Bishop of London
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The current Bishop of London is Richard John Carew Chartres, who is the 132nd Bishop, and was installed on January 26, 1996.

The Diocese of London covers 177 square miles, and 17 London boroughs. It is third in importance in the Church of England after the Archdioceses of Canterbury and York.

The Bishop of London's 'home church' is St Paul's Cathedral and his residence was formerly Fulham Palace.

Bishops of London

Mellitus, 601-619
Erkenwald, c. 665
Robert of Jumieges, 1044-1051
Maurice, c. 1125
Richard Fitzneal, c. 1190
Eustace of Fauconberg, c. 1225
Ralph Baldock, c. 1305
Richard Bintworth, c. 1340
Simon Sudbury, 1361-1375
William Courtenay, 1375-1381
Robert Braybrook, c. 1385
Nicholas Bubwith, c. 1405
Roger Walden, 1405-1406
Thomas Kempe, 1450-1489
Richard Hill, 1489-1496
Thomas Savage, 1496-1501
William Warham, 1502-1503
William Barons, 1504-1505
Richard FitzJames, 1506-1522
Cuthbert Tunstall, 1522-1530
John Stokesley, 1522-1539
Edmund Bonner, 1540-1549 and 1553-1559 (deprived of title twice, with one restoration)
Nicholas Ridley, 1550-1553 (deprived of title)
Edmund Grindal, 1559-1570
Edwin Sandys, 1570-1577
John Aylmer, 1577-1594
Richard Fletcher, 1594-1596
Richard Bancroft, 1597-1604
William Laud, 1628-1633
William Juxon, 1633-1649
Henry Compton, c. 1690
Gibson, c. 1710
Robert Lowth, 1777-1783
Beilby Porteus, 1787-1808
William Howley c. 1820
Charles James Blomfield, 1828-1856
Campbell Tait, 1856-1868
Mandell Creighton, 1897-1901
J. W. Wand, 1945-1956
David Hope, -1995
Richard Chartres, 1996-present

External Links

http://www.london.anglican.org/