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 See is vacant since Joanne Grenfell's translation to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich on 5 September 2025.[2]
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.[3] In 1898, the new Bishop of Islington received responsibility for North London.[4] In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, and Islington.[5] The Bishops suffragan of Stepney have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.[6]
List of bishops
[edit | edit source]| Bishops of Stepney | ||||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1895 | 1897 | George Forrest Browne | (1833–1930). Translated to Bristol | |
| 1897 | 1901[7] | Arthur Winnington-Ingram | (1858–1946). Translated to London | |
| 1901[7] | 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,[8][9] effectively suspended from 23 November 2010 to 10 January 2011,[9] resumed as Acting Bishop until 22 July 2011. | |
| 2011 | 2018 | Adrian Newman[10][11] | (b. 1958) Resigned on 31 October 2018 on health grounds.[12] | |
| 2018 | 2019 | Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden | Acting as Bishop of Stepney from 31 October 2018 until Grenfell's consecration.[12] | |
| 2019 | 2025 | Joanne Grenfell | From 3 July 2019 consecration[13][14][15] until 5 September 2025 translation to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich[16][2] | |
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References
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- ^ Diocese of London — Ad clerum: Acting Bishop of Stepney Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Diocese of London — Ad clerum: The Bishop of Willesden Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ a b Bishop of Stepney to step down (Accessed 24 July 2018)
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External links
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- Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
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