Bishop of Woolwich

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The Bishop of Woolwich is an episcopal title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.^[1][2]

The title takes its name after Woolwich, a suburb of the London Borough of Greenwich. One of the best known former bishops is John A. T. Robinson, who was a major figure in Liberal Christianity.

[edit] List of the Bishops of Woolwich

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1905 to 1918	John Cox Leeke
1918 to 1918	William Woodcock Hough
1932 to 1936	Arthur Llwellyn Preston
1936 to 1947	Leslie Hamilton Lang
1947 to 1959	Robert William Stannard
1959 to 1969	John Arthur Thomas Robinson
1969 to 1975	David Stuart Sheppard	Translated to Liverpool
1975 to 1984	Michael Eric Marshall
1984 to 1996	Albert Peter Hall
1996 to 2005	Colin Ogilvie Buchanan	Formerly Bishop of Aston
2005 to Present	Christopher Thomas James Chessun

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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