Bishop of Croydon
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The Bishop of Croydon is a suffragan Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. The present Bishop is the Rt Rev Nicholas (Nick) Baines.
The Bishop of Croydon oversees the Episcopal Area of Croydon, which is made up of the Archdeaconries of Croydon and Reigate. The Archdeaconry of Reigate comprises the three Rural Deaneries of Caterham (9 parishes), Godstone (14 parishes) and Reigate (24 parishes), extending as far south as Gatwick Airport. The Archdeaconry of Croydon comprises the Rural Deaneries of Croydon Addington (9 parishes), Croydon Central (10 parishes), Croydon North (12 parishes), Croydon South (10 parishes) and Sutton (14 parishes).
The Episcopal area was historically in the Diocese of Canterbury, as the Archbishops of Canterbury lived at Croydon Palace and Addington Palace until the 19th century.
Baines was appointed in 2003 and installed on 11 May 2003. He took over from the Rt Rev Wilfred Wood KA, who had been Bishop of Croydon since 1985, the Church of England's first black bishop.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Episcopal Area of Croydon, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Henry Horace Pereira | (1845-1926) |
| 1947 to 1956 | Cuthbert Bardsley | |
| 1956 to 1977 | John Hughes | (1908?-2001) |
| 1977 to 1985 | Stuart Snell | (d. 1988) |
| 1985 to 2002 | Wilfred Wood | (b. 1936) |
| 2003 to present | Nicholas Baines | (b. 1957) |
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