Bishop of Barking

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]

The current bishop is Peter Hill, former Archdeacon of Nottingham. He was consecrated as a bishop at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 July 2014 and began his public ministry as the Bishop of Barking in autumn 2014.[2]

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.[3] Initially, the see was suffragan to the Bishop of St Albans – the Diocese of Chelmsford was not created until 1914.[4] The bishops suffragan of Barking have been area bishops since the Chelmsford area scheme was erected in 1983.[5]

List of bishops
Bishops of Barking
From Until Incumbent Notes
19011919Thomas Stevens(1841–1920). Also Archdeacon of Essex (1895–1920).
19191948James Inskip(1868–1949). Also Archdeacon of Essex (1920–1922); Archdeacon of West Ham (1922–1948).
19481959Hugh Gough(1905–1997). Also Archdeacon of West Ham (1948–1958); translated to Sydney.
19591975William Chadwick(1905–1991)
19751983James Adams(1915–1999)
19831990James Roxburgh(1921–2007) First area bishop.
19912002Roger Sainsbury(b. 1936)
200230 March 2014David Hawkins(b. 1949)
25 July 2014presentPeter HillPreviously Archdeacon of Nottingham.[2]
Source(s):[1]

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham – Archdeacon of Nottingham to become Bishop (Accessed 2 May 2014)
  3. Church of England, Essex & East London Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Canvey Island Archive – St Anne's 1910-2010
  5. "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.


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