Diocese of London
| Diocese of London | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Archdeaconries | Charing Cross; Hackney; Hampstead; London; Middlesex; Northolt |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 413 |
| Churches | 484 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | St Paul's |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Richard Chartres, Bishop of London |
| Suffragans | Peter Wheatley, Bishop of Edmonton Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham |
| Archdeacons | Bill Jacob, Archdeacon of Charing Cross; Rachel Treweek, Archdeacon of Hackney; Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex; David Meara, Archdeacon of London; Luke Miller, Archdeacon of Hampstead; Duncan Green, Archdeacon of Northolt |
| Website | |
| www.london.anglican.org | |
The Diocese of London forms part of the Church of England's Province of Canterbury in England.
Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers 177 square miles (460 km2) and 17 London boroughs, covering most of Greater London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea. This area covers nearly all of the historic county of Middlesex. It includes the City of London in which lies its cathedral, St Paul's, and also encompasses Spelthorne which was formerly in Middlesex but is now part of Surrey.
Essex formed part of the diocese until 1846 when it became part of the Diocese of Rochester, later moving to the Diocese of St Albans and then to the Diocese of Chelmsford.
The diocese is divided into five episcopal areas, each of which is the particular responsibility of one of the diocese's suffragan bishops. It is further divided into archdeaconries and deaneries, as shown below.
| Episcopal area | Archdeaconry | Deaneries |
|---|---|---|
| Two Cities (London and Westminster) | London | City of London |
| Charing Cross | Westminster Paddington | |
| Westminster St Margaret | ||
| Westminster St Marylebone | ||
| Edmonton | Hampstead | Central Barnet |
| West Barnet | ||
| North Camden (Hampstead) | ||
| South Camden (St Pancras and Holborn) | ||
| Enfield | ||
| East Haringey | ||
| West Haringey | ||
| Kensington | Middlesex | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Hampton (the Middlesex half of Richmond) | ||
| Hounslow | ||
| Kensington | ||
| Chelsea | ||
| Spelthorne | ||
| Stepney | Hackney | Hackney |
| Islington | ||
| Tower Hamlets | ||
| Willesden | Northolt | Brent |
| Ealing (East) | ||
| Ealing (West) | ||
| Harrow | ||
| Hillingdon |
There is a fifth suffragan bishop, Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham, who plays a diocesan-wide role of alternative episcopal oversight similar to that of a provincial episcopal visitor.
External links
- Diocesan website
- Map from the diocesan website
- Westminster (St Margaret) Deanery Synod
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