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
- William 1051-1075
- Hugh D'Orival 1075-1085
- Maurice 1085-1107
- Richard de Belmeis I 1108-1127
- Gilbert the Universal 1128-1134
- Robert de Sigillo 1141-1150
- Richard de Belmeis II 1152-1162
- Gilbert Foliot 1163-1187
- Richard FitzNeal 1189-1198
- William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise 1199-1221
- Eustace of Fauconberg 1221-1228
- Roger Niger 1229-1241
- Fulk Basset 1244-1259
- Henry of Wingham 1260-1262
- Henry of Sandwich 1263-1273
- John Chishull 1274-1280
- Richard Gravesend 1280-1303
- Ralph Baldock 1306-1313
- Gilbert Segrave 1313-1316
- Richard Newport 1317-1318
- Stephen Gravesend 1319-1338
- Richard Bintworth 1338-1339
- Ralph Stratford 1340-1354
- Michael Northburgh 1355-1361
- Simon Sudbury 1362-1375
- William Courtenay 1375-1381
- Robert Braybrooke 1382-1404
- Roger Walden 1405-1406
- Nicholas Bubwith 1406-1407
- Richard Clifford 1407-1421
- John Kempe 1422-1425
- William Gray 1426-1431
- Robert FitzHugh 1431-1436
- Robert Gilbert 1436-1448
- 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 1530-1539
- Edmund Bonner 1540-1549
- Nicholas Ridley 1550-1553
- Edmund Bonner 1553-1559
- Edmund Grindal 1559-1570
- Edwin Sandys 1570-1577
- John Aylmer 1577-1594
- Richard Fletcher 1595-1596
- Richard Bancroft 1597-1604
- Richard Vaughan 1604-1607
- Thomas Ravis 1607-1609
- George Abbot 1610-1611
- John King 1611-1621
- George Montaigne 1621-1628
- William Laud 1628-1633
- William Juxon 1633-1660
- Gilbert Sheldon 1660-1663
- Humfrey Henchman 1663-1675
- Henry Compton 1676-1713
- John Robinson 1714-1723
- Edmund Gibson 1723-1748
- Thomas Sherlock 1748-1761
- Thomas Hayter 1761-1762
- Richard Osbaldeston 1762-1764
- Richard Terrick 1764-1777
- Robert Lowth 1778-1787
- Beilby Porteus 1787-1809
- John Randolph 1809-1813
- William Howley 1813-1828
- Charles Blomfield 1828-1856
- Archibald Tait 1856-1868
- John Jackson 1869-1885
- Frederick Temple 1885-1896
- Mandell Creighton 1897-1901
- Arthur Winnington-Ingram 1901-1939
- Geoffrey Fisher 1939-1945
- John Wand 1945-1955
- Henry Campbell 1956-1961
- Robert Stopford 1961-1973
- Gerald Ellison 1973-1981
- Graham Leonard 1981-1991
- David Hope 1991-1995
- Richard Chartres 1996-