Bishop of Stepney

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The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title given to a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of London, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

[edit] List of the Bishops of Stepney

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1895 to 1897 George Forrest Browne (1833-1930). Translated to Bristol
1897 to 1901 Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (1858-1946). Translated to London
1901 to 1909 Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864-1945). Translated to York, and later to Canterbury
1909 to 1919 Henry Luke Paget (1853-1937). Formerly Bishop of Ipswich. Translated to Chester
1919 to 1928 Henry Mosley (1868-1948). Translated to Southwell
1928 to 1936 Charles Edward Curzon (1903-1953). Translated to Exeter
1936 to 1952 Robert Hamilton Moberly (1884-1978)
1952 to 1957 Joost de Blank (1908-1968)
1957 to 1968 Francis Evered Lunt (1900-1982)
1968 to 1978 Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998). Translated to Mauritius
1978 to 1991 James Lawton Thompson (1936-2003). Translated to Bath and Wells
1992 to 1995 Richard John Carew Chartres (b.1947). Translated to London
1996 to 2002 John Mugabi Sentamu (b.1949). Translated to Birmingham, and later to York
2003 to Present Stephen John Oliver (b.1948)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).

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