Bishop of Chelmsford | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Incumbent: Guli Francis-Dehqani | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Residence | Bishopscourt, Margaretting |
| Information | |
| Established | 1914 |
| Diocese | Chelmsford |
| Cathedral | Chelmsford Cathedral |
The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury. [1]
The current bishop is Guli Francis-Dehqani, since the confirmation of her election on 11 March 2021. [2]
The diocese was founded in 1914 under George V from the Diocese of Saint Albans (of which it had been a part since 1877).
The present diocese covers the County of Essex including those parts of Essex added to Greater London on 1 April 1965 and Ballingdon-with-Brundon, transferred to Suffolk and Great/Little Chishill and Heydon, transferred to Cambridgeshire in 1894. The see is in the city of Chelmsford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Cedd which was elevated to cathedral status in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Margaretting. [3]
| Bishops of Chelmsford | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1914 | 1923 | John Watts Ditchfield | Nominated 18 February; consecrated 24 February 1914; died in office. |
| 1923 | 1929 | Guy Warman | Translated from Truro; nominated 10 September; invested 9 October 1923; translated to Manchester 21 January 1929. |
| 1929 | 1950 | Henry Wilson | Nominated 24 January; consecrated 25 January 1929; resigned 30 November 1950. |
| 1951 | 1961 | Falkner Allison | Nominated 19 December 1950; consecrated 2 February 1951; translated to Winchester 20 December 1961. |
| 1962 | 1971 | John Tiarks | Nominated 30 January; consecrated 24 February 1962; resigned 30 April 1971. |
| 1971 | 1985 | John Trillo | Translated from Hertford; nominated 10 May; confirmed 6 July 1971; resigned 30 September 1985. |
| 1986 | 1996 | John Waine | Translated from St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; nominated & confirmed 1986; resigned 30 April 1996. |
| 1996 | 2003 | John Perry | Translated from Southampton; nominated & confirmed 1996; resigned June 2003. |
| 2003 | 2009 | John Gladwin | Translated from Guildford; nominated 1 July 2003; [4] confirmed later; resigned 31 August 2009. |
| 2010 | 2020 | Stephen Cottrell | Translated from Reading; nominated 22 March; [5] [6] confirmed 6 October 2010. [7] Translated to York [8] on 9 July 2020. [9] |
| 12 April 2020 | 19 April 2021 [10] | Peter Hill, Bishop of Barking | Acting diocesan bishop during vacancy in see [11] |
| 2021 | present | Guli Francis-Dehqani | [12] Translated 11 March 2021 [2] |
| Source(s): [1] [13] [14] | |||
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