Bishop of Barking

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The Bishop of Barking is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury. [1]

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The Barking area comprises the east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, together with the Epping Forest and Harlow districts of west Essex. The population is 1.3 million and includes a wide mix of ethnicity and culture. The area comprises 166 churches, 60 of which are set in urban priority area parishes. The Barking area also includes the main site for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [2] Initially, the see was suffragan to the Bishop of St Albans – the Diocese of Chelmsford was not created until 1914. [3] The bishops suffragan of Barking have been area bishops since the Chelmsford area scheme was erected in 1983. [4]

The current bishop, since 2022, is Lynne Cullens. She had previously been Rector of Stockport and Brinnington in the Diocese of Chester since 2019.

List of bishops

Bishops of Barking
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19011919 Thomas Stevens (1841–1920). Also Archdeacon of Essex (1895–1920).
19191948 James Inskip (1868–1949). Also Archdeacon of Essex (1920–1922); Archdeacon of West Ham (1922–1948).
19481959 Hugh Gough (1905–1997). Also Archdeacon of West Ham (1948–1958); translated to Sydney.
19591975 William Chadwick (1905–1991)
19751983 James Adams (1915–1999)
19831990 James Roxburgh (1921–2007) First area bishop.
19912002 Roger Sainsbury (b. 1936)
200230 March 2014 David Hawkins (b. 1949)
25 July 20144 August 2021 Peter Hill (b. 1950). Previously Archdeacon of Nottingham; [5] retired effective 4 August 2021. [6]
2022present Lynne Cullens (b. 1964). Consecrated 25 January 2022. [7]
Source(s): [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ↑ Church of England, Essex & East London Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Canvey Island Archive – St Anne's 1910-2010
  4. ↑ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham – Archdeacon of Nottingham to become Bishop (Accessed 2 May 2014)
  6. ↑ "Bishop Peter announces his retirement as Bishop of Barking | Chelmsford Diocese".
  7. ↑ "Bishop Lynne Consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of Chelmsford. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.


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