The Diocese of Southwark is one of the 42 dioceses of the Church of England, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. It was created on 1 May 1905 from part of the ancient Diocese of Rochester that was served by a suffragan bishop of Southwark (1891–1905). Before 1877 most of the area was part of the Diocese of Winchester, some being part of the Diocese of London.
Thomas Frederick Butler is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was the ninth Anglican Bishop of Southwark. He was enthroned in Southwark Cathedral on 12 September 1998. He retired from this position on 5 March 2010. In 2014, Butler was involved in the transition process for the new Diocese of Leeds as "mentor bishop"; he remains an honorary assistant bishop of that diocese.
The Bishop of Southwark is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark in the Province of Canterbury.
The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese covering eight and half of the eleven districts in Surrey, much of north-east Hampshire and a parish in Greater London. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Guildford. Of the two provinces of the church, it is in the Province of Canterbury.
Clive Young was a Church of England bishop. From 1999 to 2013, he was the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Richard Ian Cheetham is a retired Church of England bishop and former teacher. He served as the area Bishop of Kingston in the Diocese of Southwark, 2002–2022.
Peter Anthony Delaney is a retired Anglican priest of the Church of England.
Alan Geoffrey Woods is a retired Anglican priest.
Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener is a British Anglican priest. He was Dean of Wakefield and presiding dean of the Diocese of Leeds. He became Dean of Exeter on 26 November 2017.
John Edmund Frank Rawlings is an Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Totnes until 2014.
The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate and of Lewisham & Greenwich, the Archdeacon of Croydon and the archdeacons of Wandsworth and of Lambeth. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese.
Peter Bertram Coombs is an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Wandsworth from 1975 to 1988; and of Reigate from 1988 to 1995.
Stephen John Roberts is an Anglican priest. From 2015 to 2020 he was Deputy Diocesan Secretary in the Diocese of Southwark. He was the Archdeacon of Wandsworth from 2005 to 2015. He was made an Honorary Canon of Southwark in September 2015.
Bernard Victor Jacob was an Archdeacon in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark from 1977 to 1988.
Martin James Baddeley was an Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of Reigate from 1996 to 2000.
Douglas Leslie Bartles-Smith was an English Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1985 to 2004.
Vincent Anthony Davies is an Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Croydon from 1994 to 2011.
Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin is an Anglican priest: she has been the Archdeacon of Reigate in the Church of England since 30 October 2016.
Philip John Andrew has been the Archdeacon of Cheltenham since 17 March 2017.
Helen Margaret Cunliffe is a British Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of St Albans from 2003 to 2007.
