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Bishop of London

Third most senior bishop of the Church of England

  • Dated from 1559 CE
  • Also called Anglican Bishop of London
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Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 7 holders
  • 6 gaps
  1. 1559 CE – 1570 CE Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury

  2. Gap about 27 years with no holder recorded

    1597 CE – 1604 CE Richard Bancroft British Archbishop of Canterbury

  3. Gap about 6 years with no holder recorded

    1610 CE – 1611 CE George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury

  4. Gap about 17 years with no holder recorded

    1628 CE – 1633 CE William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)

  5. Gap about 42 years with no holder recorded

    1675 CE – 1713 CE Henry Compton Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London

  6. Gap about 184 years with no holder recorded

    January 1897 CE – 14 January 1901 CE Mandell Creighton English historian and clergyman (1843–1901); bishop of the Church of England from 1897 to 1901

  7. Gap about 38 years with no holder recorded

    1939 CE – 1945 CE Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury (1887-1972)

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