Bishop of Stepney

The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The post is held by Joanne Grenfell[2] whose consecration as bishop, and start of her tenure as Bishop of Stepney, was on 3 July 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral;[3] the principal consecrator was Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.[4]

The first bishop was appointed to take responsibility for North and East London, which had been under the care of the Bishop of Bedford; the new See was erected because the retiring bishop Robert Billing retained the See of Bedford, and Stepney was a more obvious See for the suffragan for the East End.[5] In 1898, the new Bishop of Islington received responsibility for North London.[6] In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, and Islington.[7] The Bishops suffragan of Stepney have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.[8]

List of bishops
Bishops of Stepney
From Until Incumbent Notes
1895 1897 George Forrest Browne (1833–1930). Translated to Bristol
1897 1901[9] Arthur Winnington-Ingram (1858–1946). Translated to London
1901[9] 1909 Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945). Translated to York, and later to Canterbury
1909 1919 Luke Paget (1853–1937). Formerly Bishop of Ipswich. Translated to Chester
1919 1928 Henry Mosley (1868–1948). Translated to Southwell
1928 1936 Charles Curzon (1878–1954). Translated to Exeter
1936 1952 Robert Moberly (1884–1978)
1952 1957 Joost de Blank (1908–1968)
1957 1968 Evered Lunt (1900–1982)
1968 1978 Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998). Translated to Mauritius
1978 1991 Jim Thompson (1936–2003). First area bishop from 1979; translated to Bath and Wells
1992 1995 Richard Chartres (b. 1947). Consecrated on 22 May 1992. Translated to London in 1995
1996 2002 John Sentamu (b. 1949). Translated to Birmingham, and later to York
2003 2010 Stephen Oliver (b. 1948) Retired 6 July 2010
2010 2011 Pete Broadbent
Bishop of Willesden		 Acted as Bishop of Stepney from 7 July 2010,[10][11] effectively suspended from 23 November 2010 to 10 January 2011,[11] resumed as Acting Bishop until 22 July 2011.
2011 2018 Adrian Newman[12][13] (b. 1958) Resigned on 31 October 2018 on health grounds.[14]
2018 2019 Pete Broadbent
Bishop of Willesden		 Acting as Bishop of Stepney from 31 October 2018 until Grenfell's consecration.[14]
2019 present Joanne Grenfell Since 3 July 2019 consecration.[2]
Source(s):[1]

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "New Bishop of Stepney announced". May 7, 2019.
  3. "New Bishop of Stepney announced | Diocese of London". London.anglican.org. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. "New Bishop of Stepney consecrated at St Paul's | Diocese of London". London.anglican.org. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  5. "Church news". Church Times (#1681). 11 April 1895. p. 418. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. "London diocesan conference". Church Times (#1840). 29 April 1898. p. 468. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Virtual autonomy for London's 'area bishops'?". Church Times (#5584). 20 February 1970. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  9. "No. 27308". The London Gazette. 26 April 1901. p. 2855.
  10. Diocese of London — Ad clerum: Acting Bishop of Stepney Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Diocese of London — Ad clerum: The Bishop of Willesden Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Suffragan Bishop of Stepney". GOV.UK.
  13. "Latest news".
  14. Bishop of Stepney to step down (Accessed 24 July 2018)
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