Bishop of London
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The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers 458 km² (177 sq. mi.) of 17 boroughs of the former Greater London north of the River Thames (previously the County of Middlesex) and a small part of the County of Surrey. The see is in the City of London where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul which was founded as a cathedral in 604 and was rebuilt from 1675 following the Great Fire of London (1666).
The Bishop's residence is The Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London. Previously, for over a thousand years Fulham Palace was the residence, although, from the eighteenth century, London House, next to the Bishop's Chapel in Aldersgate Street, was where he had his chambers, and was used as a more convenient place for the Bishop to conduct his affairs.
Third in importance in the Church of England after the Archdioceses of Canterbury and York, the Bishop is one of five senior bishops, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Durham, and the Bishop of Winchester, who sit as of right as one of the 26 Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords, as opposed to the remaining diocesan bishops of lesser rank for whom elevation to one of the seats reserved is attained upon its vacancy and is determined by temporal seniority.
Because the Bishop's diocese includes the Royal palaces and the seat of government at Westminster, he has been regarded as the 'King's bishop' and has historically had considerable influence with members of the Royal Family and leading politicians of the day.
The recorded antiquity of the office dates back to Celtic Britain where sixteen named archbishops are listed by Jocelyne of Furnes in his work Bishops. Stowe noted that this was the sole available source of these names. The Saxon bishopric was established in the 6th century. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Richard John Carew Chartres, the 132nd Lord Bishop of London, who was installed on 26 January 1996 and who signs Richard Londin.
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List of the Bishops of the Diocese of London, England and its precursor offices
NB: See above for reference to the entries listed as Archbishop of London
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| ??? 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 | |
| ??? to ??? | Guidelium, Archbishop of London (Guiteline) | |
| ??? to ??? | Fastidius, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Vodimus, Archbishop of London | Killed by the Saxons |
| ??? to ??? | Theanus, Archbishop of London | Fled into Wales |
| 514 to 553 | Restitutus | |
| 553 to 604 | Theonus | |
| 604 to 658 | Miletus (Mellitus) | Translated to Canterbury; Saint Miletus |
| 658 to 664 | Ceadda | Died in office Saint Ceadda |
| 664 to 666 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 666 to 675 | Wina (Wine) | Translated from Winchester |
| 675 to 697 | Erkenwald | Saint Erkenwald |
| 697 to 715 | Waldherus (Waldhere) | |
| 715 to 746 | Ingualdus (Ingwald) | |
| 746 to 754 | Egwolfus (Eggwulf) | |
| 754 to 761 | Wighedus (Sighaeh) | |
| 761 to 768 | Eadbrightus (Eadbert) | |
| 768 to 773 | Edgarus (Eadgar) | |
| 773 to 784 | Kenwalchus (Coenwalh) | |
| 784 to 795 | Eadbaldus (Eadbald) | |
| 795 to 802 | Hecbertus (Heathobertus) | |
| 802 to 816 | Osmundus (Oswynus; Osmund) | |
| 816 to 830 | Ethelnothus (Æthilnoth) | |
| 830 to 841 | Ceolbertus | |
| 841 to 851 | Renulphus (Ceolnulfus) | |
| 851 to 863 | Suithulfus | |
| 863 to 898 | Eadstanus | |
| 898 to ??? | Wulfius (Walsius) | |
| ??? to ??? | Ethelwardus | |
| 926 to 938 | Elstanus | |
| 938 to ??? | Theodredus | |
| ??? to ??? | Wolstanus | |
| 941 to 958 | Brithelmus | |
| 958 to 960 | Dunstan | Translated from Worcester; translated to Canterbury; Saint Dunstan |
| 960 to 996 | Oelfstan (Aelfstan) | |
| 996 to 1004 | Wuffstan | |
| 1004 to 1016 | Aldwin (Alduinus) | Translated from Durham |
| 1016 to 1032 | Alfwy | |
| 1032 to 1044 | Elfward (Alword) | Abbot of Evesham |
| 1044 to 1051 | Robert Gemiticensis (Robert the Norman) | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1051 to 1075 | William (William the Norman) | |
| 1075 to 1085 | Hugh d'Orevalle | (Hugh de Orwell) |
| 1085 to 1108 | Maurice | Archdeacon of Maine; Lord Chancellor |
| 1108 to 1128 | Richard de Beaumis (Belmis) (Rufus) | |
| 1128 to c.1136 | Gilbert Universalis | Canon of Lyons |
| c.1136 to 1138 | Vacant | For 5 years |
| 1141 to 1152 | Robert de Sigello | Monk of Reading |
| 1152 to 1163 | Richard de Beaumis (Belmis II) | Archdeacon of Middlesex |
| 1163 to c.1187 | Robert Foliot (Gilbert Foliot) | Translated from Hereford |
| c.1187 | Vacant | For 2 years |
| 1189 to 1199 | Richard Fitz-Neale (Richard Fitz-Nigel) | Dean of Lincoln |
| 1199 to 1221 | William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ | Prebendary of St Paul's; resigned |
| 1221 to 1229 | Eustace de Fauconberg | Lord Treasurer |
| 1229 to 1241 | Roger Niger | Archdeacon of Colchester; Saint Roger Niger |
| 1241 to 1260 | Fulke Basset | Dean of York |
| 1260 to 2 July 1262 | Henry de Wengham (Henry de Wingham) | Prebendary of St Paul's; Lord Chancellor; died in office |
| 1262 to October 1262 | Richard Talbot | Dean of St Paul's, London |
| ???? to ???? | Henry de Sandwich | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1273 to 1280 | John de 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 de Gravesend | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1304 to 1313 | Ralph de Baldoc (Ralph de Baudake) | Dean of St Paul's, London |
| 1313 to 1317 | Gilbert de Segrave | Precentor of St Paul's, London |
| 1317 to 1318 | Richard de Newport | Dean of St Paul's, London |
| 1318 to 1338 | Stephen de Gravesend | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1338 to 1340 | Richard de Wentworth (Richard de Bynteworth) | Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Lord Chancellor |
| 1340 to 1354 | Ralph de Stratford | Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Salisbury |
| 1354 to 1361 | Michael de Northburg | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1361 to 1375 | Simon de Sudbury alias Tybold | Chancellor of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1375 to 1381 | William Courtenay | Translated from Hereford; Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Canterbury |
| 1381 to 1404 | Robert de Braybroke | 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 1426 | Richard de Clifford | Translated from Worcester |
| 1421 to 1426 | John Kempe | Translated from Chichester; translated to York |
| 1426 to 1431 | William Grey | Dean of York; translated to Lincoln |
| 1431 to 1436 | Robert Fitz-Hugh | 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 Barnes | Master of the Rolls |
| 1506 to 1522 | Richard Fitz-James | Translated from Chichester |
| 1522 to 1530 | Cuthbert Tunstall | Dean of Salisbury; Master of the Rolls; translated to Durham |
| 1530 to 1539 | John Stockesley | 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 |
| 1553 to May 1559 | Edmund Bonner | Restored by Mary; deprived |
| 1559 to 1570 | Edmund Grindal | Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; translated to York |
| 1570 to 1577 | Edwyn 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 Vaugham | 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 Monteigne | Translated from Lincoln |
| 1628 to 1633 | William Laud | Translated from Bath & Wells; Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Canterbury |
| 1633 to 1660 | William Juxon | Translated from Hereford before consecration; Lord Treasurer; translated to Canterbury |
| 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 14 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 | Translated to Canterbury |
| 15 August 1828 to September 1856 | Charles James Blomfield | Translated from Chester; resigned |
| 11 October 1856 to 1868 | Archibald Campbell 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 |
| 1897 to 1901 | Mandell Creighton | |
| 1901 to 1939 | Arthur Winnington-Ingram | |
| 1939 to 1945 | Geoffrey Fisher | |
| 1945 to 1955 | John Wand | |
| 1956 to 1961 | Henry Campbell | |
| 1961 to 1973 | Robert Stopford | |
| 1973 to 1981 | Gerald Ellison | |
| 1981 to 1991 | Graham Douglas Leonard | Translated from Truro |
| 1991 to 1995 | David Michael Hope | Translated from Wakefield; translated to York |
| 1996 to present | Richard John Carew Chartres |
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Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
See also