Bishop of Fulham

The Bishop of Fulham is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The bishopric is named after Fulham, an area of south-west London.

Until 1980 the Bishop of Fulham was the bishop with episcopal oversight of churches in northern and central Europe. In that year, responsibility for these parishes was transferred to the Bishop of Gibraltar, as head of the renamed Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.

More recently, the Bishop of Fulham fulfilled the role of a provincial episcopal visitor for the dioceses of London, Southwark and Rochester. The bishop had responsibility for a number of parishes in these dioceses who cannot in good conscience accept the ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.[1][2]

In November 2010, following the announcement of Bishop John Broadhurst's retirement the Bishop of London reassigned, for the time being, responsibility for traditionalists within the diocese to the Bishop of Edmonton.[3] At the same time it was decided that the next Bishop of Fulham, expected to be appointed in 2011, would have a more usual suffragan role in supporting the Bishop of London's ministry in the cities of London and Westminster.[3]

Contents

Bishops from 1926 to 1980

No. Incumbent From Until Notes
1 Basil Batty 1926 1947
2 William Selwyn 1947 1949
3 George Ingle 1949 1955 Translated to Willesden
4 Robert Stopford 1955 1957 Translated to Peterborough
5 Roderic Coote 1957 1966 Translated to Colchester
6 Alan Rogers 1966 1970
7 John Satterthwaite 1970 1980 also Bishop of Gibraltar

Bishops from 1982 to 2010

No. Incumbent From Until Notes
8 Brian Masters 1982 1985 Translated to Edmonton
9 John Klyberg 1985 1996 Became a Roman Catholic
10 John Broadhurst SSC 1996 2010 Resigned 31 December 2010 to become Roman Catholic

Bishops from 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ Bishop of Fulham's website. Retrieved on 6 June 2008.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  3. ^ a b Diocese of London — Arrangements following the resignation of the Bishop of Fulham

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