Bishop of Willesden

The Bishop of Willesden 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 Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 August 1911.[2]

The post was created in 1911, and was the third suffragan bishopric erected in the diocese since 1879. The new bishop was given oversight of four rural deaneries: Hampstead, Hornsey, St Pancras and Willesden, previously the responsibility of the Bishop of Islington.[3][4] By November 1911, the Bishop's residence was 13 Cannon Place, Hampstead.[5]

In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Brent, Harrow, Ealing East and West, and Hillingdon.[6] The bishops suffragan of Willesden have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.[7] The bishop now has responsibility for the Willesden Episcopal Area, that is, the Archdeaconry of Northolt, comprising four deaneries: Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.[8]

List of bishops
Bishops of Willesden
From Until Incumbent Notes
19111929William PerrinAssistant Bishop of London in retirement
19291940Guy SmithTranslated to Leicester
19401942Henry Montgomery CampbellTranslated to Kensington
19421950Michael Gresford JonesTranslated to St Albans
19501955Gerald EllisonTranslated to Chester
19551964George IngleFormerly Bishop of Fulham
19641973Graham LeonardTranslated to Truro
19741985Hewlett ThompsonFirst area bishop from 1979; translated to Exeter
19851991Tom ButlerTranslated to Leicester
19922000Graham DowTranslated to Carlisle
2001presentPete BroadbentAlso Acting Bishop of Stepney (2010–2011);[9][10] effectively suspended 23 November 2010 – 10 January 2011;[10] also Acting Bishop of London (2017–2018).
Source(s):[1]

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "No. 28520". The London Gazette. 8 August 1911. p. 5909.
  3. "A Fourth Suffragan For London". The Times. 9 August 1911. p. 11.
  4. "No. 28520". The London Gazette. 8 August 1911. p. 5909.
  5. "Maud appointed Suffragan Bishop of Kensington". Church Times (#2546). 10 November 1911. p. 615. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. "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.
    nb: this February 1970 report appears to have confused the proposed area of Willesden and the "new suffragan" (later Edmonton), or their districts had been swapped by the time of the new See's erection in June: "London's new suffragan see". Church Times (#5599). 5 June 1970. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. "Willesden Episcopal Area". Diocese of London. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  9. Diocese of London — Ad clerum: Acting Bishop of Stepney Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Diocese of London — Ad clerum: The Bishop of Willesden Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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