Bishop of London

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-?
• 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/