The title takes its name after Islington, an inner-city district of London, and the first suffragan bishop, who lived at Clapton Common,[3] was simultaneously Rector of St Andrew Undershaft.[4] Turner received responsibility for North London, which had hitherto been under the Bishops of Bedford and then of Stepney.[5] Towards the end of his life, Turner slowly handed over his responsibilities due to ill health, but retained his See until death; between 1923 and 2015, the title remained in abeyance.[1]
It was reported in 2015 that Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, had proposed to take the see out of abeyance for the appointment of a national "bishop for church plants",[6][7] and this was confirmed on 1 May 2015.[8]Ric Thorpe became Bishop of Islington from his consecration on 29 September.[9]
↑ The Bishop of London has appointed C. H. Turner to the living of St. Andrew Undershaft, and at the same time make him a new suffragan, with the title of Bishop of Islington Papers pertaining to Mandell Creighton
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