Diocese of London

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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

Map of the Diocese of London in 1714. The current diocesan boundaries are greatly reduced.

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 suffragan See of Stepney was created in 1895, Kensington in 1901, Willesden in 1911, and Edmonton in 1970. The suffragan See of Marlborough existed from 1888 to 1918, and the See of Islington from 1898 to 1923.

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) (Bishop of London)	London	City of London
	Charing Cross	Westminster Paddington
		Westminster St Margaret
		Westminster St Marylebone
Edmonton (Bishop of Edmonton)	Hampstead	Central Barnet
		West Barnet
		North Camden (Hampstead)
		South Camden (St Pancras and Holborn)
		Enfield
		East Haringey
		West Haringey
Kensington (Bishop of Kensington)	Middlesex	Hammersmith and Fulham
		Hampton (the Middlesex half of Richmond)
		Hounslow
		Kensington
		Chelsea
		Spelthorne
Stepney (Bishop of Stepney)	Hackney	Hackney
		Islington
		Tower Hamlets
Willesden (Bishop of 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.

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St Paul's Cathedral The Old Deanery, London Diocesan House, London Diocese of Westminster (1540–1550)

Office holders	The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres The area Bishop of Edmonton, Peter Wheatley The area Bishop of Willesden, Pete Broadbent The area Bishop of Kensington, Paul Williams The area Bishop of Stepney, Adrian Newman The Bishop suffragan of Fulham, Jonathan Baker AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Fulham The Dean of St Paul's, David Ison The Archdeacon of Charing Cross, Bill Jacob The Archdeacon of Hackney, Rachel Treweek The Archdeacon of Middlesex, Stephan Welch The Archdeacon of London, David Meara The Archdeacon of Hampstead, Luke Miller The Archdeacon of Northolt, Duncan Green

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Marlborough (1888–1918) Bishop suffragan of Islington (1898–1923) Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (both: 12th century–1846; moved to Rochester then St Albans then Chelmsford)

Historic residences	Fulham Palace (8th century–1975) London House, Ludgate Hill (?–17th century) London House, Aldersgate (18th century) London House, St James's (18th–19th centuries)

Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 0°05′55″W / 51.5138°N 0.0986°W / 51.5138; -0.0986

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Diocese of London

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