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The '''Bishop of London''' is the [[ordinary]] of the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of London]] in the [[Province of Canterbury]].

The diocese covers 458&nbsp;km² (177 sq. mi.) of 17 boroughs of [[Greater London]] north of the [[Thames|River Thames]] (historically the County of [[Middlesex]]) and a small part of the County of [[Surrey]].  The [[Episcopal see|see]] is in the [[City of London]] where the seat is located at the [[St Paul's Cathedral|Cathedral Church of Saint Paul]] which was founded as a cathedral in 604 and was rebuilt from 1675 following the [[Great Fire of London]] (1666).

Third in seniority in the Church of England after the Archbishops of [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury]] and [[Archbishop of York|York]], the bishop is one of five senior bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the [[Bishop of Durham]] and the [[Bishop of Winchester]], who sit as of right, each as one of the 26 [[Lords Spiritual]] in the [[House of Lords]] (as opposed to the remaining diocesan bishops of lesser rank, for whom elevation to one of the seats reserved is attained upon its vacancy and is determined by chronological seniority).

The bishop's residence is The Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London. Previously, for over a 1000 years, [[Fulham Palace]] was the residence although, from the 18th century, London House next to the Bishop's Chapel in [[Aldersgate]] Street was where he had his chambers.

The Bishop of London originally had responsibility for the church in the [[British colonies in North America]], although after the [[American Revolution]] of 1776, all that remained under his jurisdiction were the [[West Indies|British West India Islands]].

The current and 132nd Bishop of London is the Right Reverend and Right Honourable [[Richard Chartres|Richard John Carew Chartres]], who was installed on 26 January 1996 and who signs ''Richard Londin''.

==History==
[[File:Church of England Ordination 1790.jpg|thumb|right|A certificate of ordination (with seal) given at Westminster by Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, February 24, 1770]]Because the bishop's diocese includes the royal palaces and the seat of government at [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]], he has been regarded as the "King's bishop" and has historically had considerable influence with members of the Royal Family and leading politicians of the day. Since 1748 it has been customary to appoint the Bishop of London to the post of [[Dean of the Chapel Royal]], which has the amusing effect of putting under the bishop's jurisdiction, ''as dean'', several chapels (at the [[Tower of London]] and [[St. James's Palace]], among others) which are geographically in the Diocese of London but, as [[royal peculiars]], are specifically outside the bishop's jurisdiction ''as bishop''.

The recorded antiquity of the office dates back to the [[Roman Britain|Roman province]] of [[Britannia]] when 16 named bishops are listed by [[Jocelyne of Furness]] in his work ''Bishops''.  Stowe noted that this was the sole available source of these names.  However, the earlier of the two bishops named [[Restitutus]] in the work was alive in 314, the year in which he was named as attending the Council of Arles.  The [[Saxon people|Saxon]] bishopric of which the present diocese is the direct successor was established in 604 by [[Mellitus]], the same year as [[St Paul's Cathedral]] (and also the Diocese of [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]) were founded.

==List of bishops==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Romano-British Bishops of London – traditional list
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 11%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 11%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 47%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Theanus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Eluanus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Cadar''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Obinus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Conanus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Palladius''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Stephanus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Iltutus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Theodwinus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Theodredus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Hilarius''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''[[Floruit|fl.]]'' 314 || '''[[Restitutus]]''' || One of three [[Romano-British]] bishops who attended the [[Council of Arles]] in 314. The other two were the bishops of [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]] and [[Bishop of York|York]].<ref name=celondon>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=&nbsp;|wstitle=London}}</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Guitelinus''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Fastidius''' ||

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Wodinus''' || Also recorded as Vodinus.<ref name=crockfordshistorical>[http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=22 Historical successions]. ''Crockford's Clerical Directory''. Retrieved on 25 November 2011.</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| colspan="2" align="center" | ''unknown'' || '''Theonus''' || After the flight of the last Romano-British bishop there was about a hundred and fifty year gap before the arrival of the first Post-Augustinian bishop.<ref name=celondon>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=&nbsp;|wstitle=London}}</ref>

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Post-Augustinian Bishops of London – historical list
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 604
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 617
| '''Saint [[Mellitus]]'''
| Expelled circa 617. [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] in 619.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| align="center" | 619
| align="center" | 653
| colspan="2" | ''[[Sede vacante|See vacant]]''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 653
| style="text-align: center;" | 664
| '''Saint [[Cedd]]'''
| Became bishop possibly circa 653. Died in office, possibly on 26 October 664.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 664
| style="text-align: center;" | 666
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 666
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 672
| '''[[Wine (bishop)|Wine]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]]. Died in office, possibly before 672. Also recorded as Wini.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 672
| style="text-align: center;" | 675
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 675
| style="text-align: center;" | 693
| '''Saint [[Earconwald]]'''
| Formerly [[Abbot]] of [[Chertsey Abbey]]. Became bishop circa 675. Died in office. Also recorded as Erconwald and Eorcenwald.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 693
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 705 & 716
| '''[[Waldhere (bishop)|Waldhere]]'''
| Consecrated in 693 and died sometime between 705 and 716. Also recorded as Wealdheri.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 705 & 716
| style="text-align: center;" | 745
| '''[[Ingwald]]'''
| Also recorded as Ingweald.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 745
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 766 & 772
| '''[[Ecgwulf]]'''
| Also recorded as Eggwulf.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 766 & 772
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 772 & 781
| '''[[Wigheah]]'''
| Also recorded as Sighaeh.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 772 & 782
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 787 & 789
| '''[[Eadberht (bishop of London)|Eadberht]]'''
| Also recorded as Eadbert and Eadbeorht.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 787 & 789
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 789 & 793
| '''[[Eadgar of London|Eadgar]]'''
| Also recorded as Edgar

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 789 & 793
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 793 & 796
| '''[[Coenwalh (bishop)|Coenwealh]]'''
| Also recorded as Cenwealh

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 793 & 796
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 796 & 798
| '''[[Eadbald (bishop of London)|Eadbald]]'''
| Also recorded as Eadbeald.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 796 & 798
| style="text-align: center;" | 801
| '''[[Heathoberht]]'''
| Also recorded as Heathubeorht.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 801 & 803
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 805 & 811
| '''[[Osmund (bishop of London)|Osmund]]'''
| Also recorded as Oswynus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 805 & 811
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 816 & 824
| '''[[Æthelnoth (bishop of London)|Æthelnoth]]'''
| Also recorded as Æthilnoth.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 816 & 824
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 845 & 860
| '''[[Ceolberht]]'''
| Also recorded as Coelbeorht.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 845 & 860
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 867 & 896
| '''[[Deorwulf]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 867 & 896
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 867 & 896
| '''[[Swithwulf (bishop of London)|Swithwulf]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 867 & 896
| style="text-align: center;" | 897
| '''[[Heahstan]]'''
| Also recorded as Eadstanus

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 897 & 900
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| '''[[Wulfsige of London|Wulfsige]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| '''[[Æthelweard of London|Æthelweard]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| '''[[Leofstan]]'''
| Also recored as Ealhstan and Elstanus.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 909 & 926
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 951 & 953
| '''[[Theodred (bishop of London)|Theodred]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 951 & 953
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 957 & 959
| '''[[Brihthelm (bishop of London)|Brihthelm]]'''
| Also recored as Beorhthelm.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 957 & 959
| style="text-align: center;" | 959
| '''[[Dunstan]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]]. After his death he was [[Canonization|canonized]] as Saint Dunstan.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 959 & 964
| style="text-align: center;" | 995 or 996
| '''[[Ælfstan (bishop of London)|Ælfstan]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 996
| style="text-align: center;" | 1002
| '''[[Wulfstan (died 1023)|Wulfstan]]'''
| Translated to the sees of [[Archbishop of York|York]] and [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]] in 1002.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 1002 & 1004
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 1015 & 1018
| '''[[Ælfhun (bishop of London)|Ælfhun]]'''
|

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1014
| style="text-align: center;" | ''c.'' 1035
| '''[[Ælfwig]]'''
| Consecrated on 16 February 1014 and acceded to the bishopric sometime between 1015 and 1018. Died in office circa 1035.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1035
| style="text-align: center;" | 1044
| '''[[Ælfweard of London|Ælfweard]]'''
| Died in office on 25 or 27 July 1044.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1044
| style="text-align: center;" | 1051
| '''[[Robert of Jumièges]]'''
| Previously [[Abbot]] of [[Jumièges Abbey]]. Appointed bishop in August 1044. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] in 1051.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | early 1051
| style="text-align: center;" | Sept. 1051
| ''('''[[Spearhafoc]]''')''
| Previously [[Abbot of Abingdon]]. Appointed in early 1051, but never consecrated. Expelled in September 1151, fleeing with gold, gems and other valuable items from the diocesan stores.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Post-Conquest Bishops of London
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1051
| style="text-align: center;" | 1075
| '''[[William the Norman]]'''
| Consecrated in 1051. Died in office in 1075.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1075
| style="text-align: center;" | 1085
| '''[[Hugh d'Orevalle]]'''
| Elected after 29 August 1075. Died in office on 12 January 1085. Also recorded as Hugh D'Orival, Hugh de Orwell, and Hugh de Aurea Valle.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1085
| style="text-align: center;" | 1107
| '''[[Maurice (Bishop of London)|Maurice]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon]] of [[Le Mans]] and [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]]. Nominated or elected on 25 December 1085 and consecrated in 1086, possibly on 5 April. Died in office on 26 September 1107.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1108
| style="text-align: center;" | 1127
| '''[[Richard de Beaumis (died 1127)|Richard de Beaumis (I)]]'''
| Elected on 24 May and consecrated on 26 July 1108. Died in office on 16 January 1127. His nephew, [[Richard de Beaumis (died 1162)|Richard de Beaumis (II)]], was Bishop of London 1152–1162.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1127
| style="text-align: center;" | 1134
| '''[[Gilbert Universalis]]'''
| Formerly a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Lyon Cathedral|Lyons]]. Elected circa December 1127 and consecrated on 22 January 1128. Died in office on 9 August 1134. Also known as Gilbert the Universal.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| align="center" | 1134
| align="center" | 1136
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1136
| style="text-align: center;" | 1138
| ''('''[[Anselm of St Saba]]''')''
| [[Abbot of Bury St Edmunds]] (1121–1148). Elected bishop circa 22 March 1136 and enthroned in 1137. However, his election was quashed by [[Pope Innocent II]] in 1138.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| align="center" | 1138
| align="center" | 1141
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1141
| style="text-align: center;" | 1150
| '''[[Robert de Sigello]]'''
| Formerly a monk of [[Reading Abbey]]. Nominated by [[Empress Matilda]] in July 1141 and consecrated before April 1142 (probably in July 1141). Died in office on 28 or 29 September 1150.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| align="center" | 1150
| align="center" | 1152
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1152
| style="text-align: center;" | 1162
| '''[[Richard de Beaumis (died 1162)|Richard de Beaumis (II)]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Middlesex]]. Consecrated bishop on 28 September 1152. Died in office on 4 May 1162. His uncle, [[Richard de Beaumis (died 1127)|Richard de Beaumis (I)]], was Bishop of London 1108–1127.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1163
| style="text-align: center;" | 1187
| '''[[Gilbert Foliot]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Hereford|Hereford]] to London on 6 March, confirmed by [[Pope Alexander III]] on 19 March, and enthroned on 28 April 1163. Died in office on 18 February 1187

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| align="center" | 1187
| align="center" | 1189
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1189
| style="text-align: center;" | 1198
| '''[[Richard FitzNeal]]'''
| [[List of Lord High Treasurers|Lord High Treasurer]] (c.1158–1196) and [[Dean of Lincoln]] (1183–1189). Nominated bishop on 15 September and consecrated on 31 December 1189. Died in office on 10 September 1198. Also known as Richard FitzNigel.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1198
| style="text-align: center;" | 1221
| '''[[William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]]. Elected after 7 December 1198 and consecrated on 23 May 1199. Resigned on 25 or 26 January 1221. Died on 24 or 27 March 1224. Also known as William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1221
| style="text-align: center;" | 1228
| '''[[Eustace of Fauconberg]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]]. Elected on 26 February, received the [[temporalities]] on 23 March, and consecrated 25 April 1221. Also [[List of Lord High Treasurers|Lord High Treasurer]] (1217–1228). Died in office sometime between 24 and 31 October 1228.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1228
| style="text-align: center;" | 1241
| '''[[Roger Niger]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Colchester]] (1218–1229).<ref name=greenway1968pp18-20>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33805 |chapter=Archdeacons of Colchester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=18–20 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected in 1228, received the temporalities on 27 April 1229, and consecrated on 10 June 1229. Died on office on 29 September 1241. After his death he was revered as a saint, although there is no formal record of his [[canonization]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1241
| style="text-align: center;" | 1259
| '''[[Fulk Basset (bishop of London)|Fulk Basset]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of York]] (1239–1241). Elected circa December 1241, received the [[temporalities]] on 16 March 1244, and consecrated on 9 October 1244. Died in office on 21 May 1259.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1259
| style="text-align: center;" | 1262
| '''[[Henry Wingham]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]], [[Dean (Christianity)|Dean]] (Dean of [[St Martin's le Grand]], and [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]]. Elected before 29 June 1259, received the temporalities on 11 July 1159, and consecrated on 15 February 1260. Died in office on 13 July 1262. Also known as Henry of Wingham.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | Aug. 1262
| style="text-align: center;" | Sept. 1262
| ''('''[[Richard Talbot (bishop of London)|Richard Talbot]]''')''
| Formerly [[Dean of St Paul's|Dean of St Paul's, London]]. Elected on 18 August 1262, but died unconsecrated on 28 September 1262.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1262
| style="text-align: center;" | 1272
| '''[[Henry of Sandwich]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]]. Elected on 13 November 1262, received the [[temporalities]] on 15 January 1263, and consecrated on 27 May 1263. Died in office on 15 September 1272.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1273
| style="text-align: center;" | 1280
| '''[[John Chishull]]'''
| Formerly [[List of Lord High Treasurers|Lord High Treasurer]], [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]] and [[Dean of St Paul's|Dean of St Paul's, London]]. Elected on 7 December 1273, received the temporalities on 15 March 1274, and consecrated on 29 April 1274. Died in office on 7 February 1280.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| align="center" | Feb. 1280
| align="center" | Apr. 1280
| ''('''[[Fulke Lovell]]''')''
| [[Archdeacon of Colchester]] (c.1363–1385)<ref name=greenway1968pp18-20>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33805 |chapter=Archdeacons of Colchester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=18–20 |ref=harv}}</ref> and [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]].<ref name=greenway1968pp57-59>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33824 |chapter=Prebendaries of Islington |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=57–59 |ref=harv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33812 |chapter=Prebendaries of Caddington Major |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=32–34 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected Bishop of London after 18 February, but was never consecrated. Resigned before 8 April 1280.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1280
| style="text-align: center;" | 1303
| '''[[Richard Gravesend]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]]. Elected before 7 May, received the [[temporalities]] on 17 May, and consecrated on 11 August 1280. Died in office on 9 December 1303.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1304
| style="text-align: center;" | 1313
| '''[[Ralph Baldock]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of St Paul's|Dean of St Paul's, London]] (1294–1306). Elected on 24 February 1304, received the temporalities on 1 June 1304, and consecrated on 30 January 1306. Died in office on 24 July 1313. Also known as Ralph de Baldoc.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1313
| style="text-align: center;" | 1316
| '''[[Gilbert Segrave]]'''
| Formerly [[Precentor]] of St Paul's, London (c.1306–1316).<ref name=horn1963pp16-18>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1963 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32385 |chapter=Precentor of St Paul's, London |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 5: St Paul's, London |pages=16–18 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected on 17 August, received the [[temporalities]] on 28 September, and consecrated on 25 November 1313. Died in office on 18 December 1316.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1317
| style="text-align: center;" | 1318
| '''[[Richard Newport (bishop)|Richard Newport]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of St Paul's|Dean of St Paul's, London]] (1316–1317). Elected on 27 January, received the temporalities on 31 March, and consecrated on 15 May 1317. Died in office on 24 August 1318.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1318
| style="text-align: center;" | 1338
| '''[[Stephen Gravesend]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]].<ref name=greenway1968pp38-40>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33815 |chapter=Prebendary of Chamberlainwood |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=38–40 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected on 1 September 1318, received the [[temporalities]] on 6 November 1318, and consecrated on 14 January 1319. Died in office on 8 April 1338.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1338
| style="text-align: center;" | 1339
| '''[[Richard de Wentworth]]
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]] and [[Lord Privy Seal]] (1337–1338). Elected on 4 May, received the temporalities on 24 May, and consecrated on 12 July 1338. Also [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]] (1338–1339). Died in office on 8 December 1339. Also known as Richard Bintworth.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1340
| style="text-align: center;" | 1354
| '''[[Ralph Stratford]]'''
| Formerly [[Treasurer]] of [[Salisbury Cathedral|Salisbury]] (1336–1340).<ref name=horn1962pp19-213>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1962 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32320 |chapter=Treasurers of Salisbury |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 3: Salisbury Diocese |pages=19–21 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected on 26 January, received the [[temporalities]] on 13 February, and consecrated on 12 March 1340. Died in office on 17 April 1354.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1354
| style="text-align: center;" | 1361
| '''[[Michael Northburgh]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Lichfield Cathedral|Lichfield]] (1342–1354). Elected on 22 April 1354, appointed on 7 May 1354, received the temporalities on 23 June 1354, and consecrated on 12 July 1355. Died in office on 9 September 1361.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1361
| style="text-align: center;" | 1375
| '''[[Simon Sudbury]]'''
| Formerly [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|Chancellor]] of [[Salisbury Cathedral|Salisbury]] (c.1353–1361). Appointed on 22 October 1361, consecrated on 20 March 1362, and received the [[temporalities]] on 15 May 1362. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 4 May 1375. Also called Simon Theobald of Sudbury and Simon of Sudbury.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1375
| style="text-align: center;" | 1381
| '''[[William Courtenay]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Hereford|Hereford]]. Appointed on 12 September and received the temporalities on 2 December 1375. Also [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]] (August–December 1381). Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 9 September 1381.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1381
| style="text-align: center;" | 1404
| '''[[Robert Braybrooke]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of Salisbury]] (1379–1381). Appointed on 9 September and received the [[temporalities]] on 27 December 1381. Consecrated on 5 January 1382. Also [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]] (1382–1383). Died in office on 28 August 1404.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. Oct. 1404
| style="text-align: center;" | c. Dec. 1404
| ''('''[[Thomas Langley]]''')''
| [[Lord Privy Seal|Keeper of the Privy Seal]] (1401–1405) and [[Dean of York]] (1401–1406). Elected bishop circa October 1404, but his installation was refused by [[Pope Innocent VII]]. Afterwards became [[List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers|Lord Chancellor]] (1405–07 and 1417–24) and [[Bishop of Durham]] (1406–1437).

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1404
| style="text-align: center;" | 1406
| '''[[Roger Walden]]'''
| Previously [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (1398–1399). Appointed on 10 December 1404 and received the temporalities on 28 July 1405. Died in office on 6 January 1406.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1406
| style="text-align: center;" | 1407
| '''[[Nicholas Bubwith]]'''
| Formerly [[Master of the Rolls]] (1402–1405) and [[Lord Privy Seal|Keeper of the Privy Seal]] (1405–1406). Appointed on 14 May, consecrated on 26 September, and received the [[temporalities]] on 27 September 1406. Also [[List of Lord High Treasurers|Lord Treasurer]] (1407–1408). Translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]] on 22 June 1407. Also known as Nicholas de Bubbewyth

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1407
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| '''[[Richard Clifford]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]. Appointed on 22 June and received the temporalities on 20 October 1407. Died in office on 20 August 1421.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | elected 1421
| ''('''[[Thomas Polton]]''')''
| [[Bishop of Hereford]] (1420–1421). Elected Bishop of London in 1421, but was set aside and instead translated to the [[Bishop of Chichester|bishopric of Chichester]] on 17 November 1421.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| style="text-align: center;" | 1425
| '''[[John Kemp]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chichester|Chichester]]. Appointed on 17 November 1421 and received the [[temporalities]] on 20 June 1422. Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]] on 20 July 1425.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1425
| style="text-align: center;" | 1431
| '''[[William Grey (Bishop of Lincoln)|William Grey]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of York]] (1420–1425). Appointed on 20 July 1425, elected on 8 April, received the temporalities on 6 May, and consecrated on 26 May 1426. Translated to [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]] on 30 April 1431.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1431
| style="text-align: center;" | 1436
| '''[[Robert FitzHugh]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Northampton]] (1419-1431) and [[List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Chancellor of Cambridge University]] (1424–1426). Appointed on 20 April, received the [[temporalities]] on 4 August, and consecrated on 16 September 1431. Died in office on 15 January 1436.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1436
| style="text-align: center;" | 1448
| '''[[Robert Gilbert (bishop)|Robert Gilbert]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of York]] (1426–1436). Elected bishop on 23 February, appointed on 21 May, received the temporalities on 15 September, and consecrated on 28 October 1436. Died in office before 27 July 1448.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1448
| style="text-align: center;" | 1489
| '''[[Thomas Kempe]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Middlesex]] and [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|Chancellor]] of [[York Minster|York]]. Appointed on 21 August 1448, received the [[temporalities]] on 6 February 1450, and consecrated on 8 February 1450. Died in office on 28 March 1489.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1489
| style="text-align: center;" | 1496
| '''[[Richard Hill (bishop)|Richard Hill]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Lewes]] and Dean of King's Chapel. Appointed on 21 August, received the temporalities on 6 November, and consecrated on 15 November 1489. Died in office on 20 February 1496.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1496
| style="text-align: center;" | 1501
| '''[[Thomas Savage]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]. Appointed on 3 August and received the [[temporalities]] on 2 December 1496. Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]] before 12 August 1501.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1501
| style="text-align: center;" | 1503
| '''[[William Warham]]'''
| Formerly a [[Prebendary]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's, London]]. Appointed on 20 October 1501, consecrated on 25 September 1502, received the temporalities on 1 October 1502. Also [[Lord Keeper of the Great Seal|Keeper of the Great Seal]] (1502–1504). Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 29 November 1503.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1504
| style="text-align: center;" | 1505
| '''[[William Barons]]'''
| Formerly [[Master of the Rolls]] (1502–1504). Elected bishop before 2 August 1504 and appointed on that date. Received the [[temporalities]] on 13 November and consecrated on 26 November 1504. Died in office on 10 October 1505.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1506
| style="text-align: center;" | 1522
| '''[[Richard FitzJames]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chichester|Chichester]]. Nominated on 24 March, appointed on 5 June, and received the temporalities on 1 August 1506. Died in office before 17 January 1522.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1522
| style="text-align: center;" | 1530
| '''[[Cuthbert Tunstall]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of Salisbury]] (1521–1522) and [[Master of the Rolls]] (1516–1522). Nominated in January and appointed on 16 May 1522 (again on 10 September 1522). Received the [[temporalities]] on 7 October and consecrated on 19 October 1522. Translated to [[Bishop of Durham|Durham]] on 21 February 1530.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of London during the Reformation
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1530
| style="text-align: center;" | 1539
| '''[[John Stokesley]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Dorset]] (1523–1530). Appointed on 28 March, received the [[temporalities]] on 14 July, and consecrated on 27 November 1530. Died in office on 8 September 1539.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1539
| style="text-align: center;" | 1549
| '''[[Edmund Bonner]]''' (1st term)
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Leicester]] (1535-1539) and [[Bishop of Hereford|Bishop-elect of Hereford]] (1538–1539). Elected Bishop of London on 20 October 1539 and consecrated on 4 April 1540. Deprived on 1 October 1549.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1550
| style="text-align: center;" | 1553
| ''' [[Nicholas Ridley (martyr)|Nicholas Ridley]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]. Nominated on 1 April 1550. Deprived in July 1553 and [[Death by burning|burned at the stake]] for [[heresy]] on 16 October 1555.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1553
| style="text-align: center;" | 1559
| '''[[Edmund Bonner]]''' (2nd term)
| Restored on 5 September 1553, but deprived again on 29 May 1559 for refusing to take the [[Act of Supremacy 1558|Oath of Supremacy]]. Died in [[Marshalsea|Marshalsea Prison]] on 6 September 1569.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Post-Reformation Bishops of London
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1559
| style="text-align: center;" | 1570
| '''[[Edmund Grindal]]'''
| Nominated on 22 June and consecrated on 21 December 1559. Also [[Master (college)|Master]] of [[Pembroke Hall, Cambridge]] (1559-1561). Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]] on 22 May 1570.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1570
| style="text-align: center;" | 1577
| '''[[Edwin Sandys (bishop)|Edwin Sandys]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]. Nominated on 1 June and confirmed on 13 July 1570. Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]] on 8 March 1577.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1577
| style="text-align: center;" | 1594
| '''[[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]]'''
| Formerly [[Archdeacon of Lincoln]] (1562–1577). Nominated on 23 February and consecrated on 24 March 1577. Died in office on 5 June 1594.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1594
| style="text-align: center;" | 1596
| '''[[Richard Fletcher (bishop)|Richard Fletcher]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]. Nominated on 26 December 1594 and confirmed on 10 January 1595. Died in office on 15 June 1596.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1597
| style="text-align: center;" | 1604
| '''[[Richard Bancroft]]'''
| Formerly a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]] (1592–1597)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1992 |chapter=Canons of the 11th Prebend, Westminster |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35274 |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, Volume 7: Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses |pages=81–82 |ref=harv}}</ref> and [[Canterbury Cathedral|Canterbury]] (1595–1597).<ref>{{cite book |last=Horn |first=J. M. |year=1974 |chapter=Canons of the 1st Prebend, Canterbury |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34588 |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, Volume 3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester Dioceses |pages=17–19 |ref=harv}}</ref> Elected on 21 April and consecrated on 8 May 1597. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 10 December 1604.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1604
| style="text-align: center;" | 1607
| '''[[Richard Vaughan (bishop)|Richard Vaughan]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chester|Chester]]. Nominated on 8 December and confirmed on 20 December 1604. Died in office on 30 March 1607.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1607
| style="text-align: center;" | 1609
| '''[[Thomas Ravis]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Gloucester|Gloucester]]. Nominated before 14 April and confirmed on 18 May 1607. Died in office on 14 December 1609.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1610
| style="text-align: center;" | 1611
| '''[[George Abbot (bishop)|George Abbot]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Lichfield|Lichfield & Coventry]]. Nominated on 24 December 1609 and confirmed on 20 January 1610. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 9 April 1611.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1611
| style="text-align: center;" | 1621
| '''[[John King (bishop)|John King]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean (Christianity)|Dean]] of [[Christ Church, Oxford]] (1605–1611). Nominated on 30 April and consecrated on 8 September 1611. Died in office on 30 March 1621.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1621
| style="text-align: center;" | 1628
| '''[[George Montaigne]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]]. Nominated on 26 June and confirmed on 20 July 1621. Translated to [[Bishop of Durham|Durham]] after 19 February 1628.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1628
| style="text-align: center;" | 1633
| '''[[William Laud]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath & Wells]]. Nominated on 4 July and confirmed on 15 July 1628. Also [[Chancellor of the University of Oxford]] (1630–1641). Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 19 September 1633.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1633
| style="text-align: center;" | 1646
| '''[[William Juxon]]'''
| Formerly [[Bishop of Hereford|Bishop-elect of Hereford]]. Nominated Bishop of London on 23 October and consecrated on 27 October 1633. Also [[List of Lord High Treasurers|Lord Treasurer]] (1636–1641). Deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646. Following the [[Restoration (England)|Restoration]] of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]], Juxton was translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 20 September 1660.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1646
| style="text-align: center;" | 1660
| colspan="2" | The [[Episcopal see|see]] was abolished during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] and the [[The Protectorate|Protectorate]].<ref>[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/glossary/episcopacy.htm Episcopy]. ''British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638–60''. Retrieved on 20 August 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |year=1968 |month=July |title=The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642-1649 |journal=[[The English Historical Review]]. Volume 83 |issue=Issue 328 |pages=pp. 523–537 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |jstor=564164}}</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1660
| style="text-align: center;" | 1663
| '''[[Gilbert Sheldon]]'''
| Previously a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Gloucester Cathedral|Gloucester]] (1633–1658).<ref>{{cite book |last=Horn |first=J. M. |year=1996 |chapter=Canons of Gloucester |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35317 |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses |pages=49–64 |ref=harv}}</ref> Nominated on 21 September and consecrated on 28 October 1660. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 31 August 1663.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1663
| style="text-align: center;" | 1675
| '''[[Humphrey Henchman]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]]. Nominated on 16 June and confirmed on 15 September 1663. Also [[Lord High Almoner]] (1662–1675). Died in office on 7 October 1675.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1675
| style="text-align: center;" | 1713
| '''[[Henry Compton (bishop)|Henry Compton]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Oxford|Oxford]]. Nominated on 6 December 1675 and confirmed on 6 February 1676. Died in office on 7 July 1713.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1713
| style="text-align: center;" | 1723
| '''[[John Robinson (bishop of London)|John Robinson]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bristol|Bristol]]. Nominated on 8 August 1713 and confirmed on 13 March 1714. Died in office on 11 April 1723.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1723
| style="text-align: center;" | 1748
| '''[[Edmund Gibson]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]]. Nominated on 10 April and confirmed on 4 May 1723. Died in office on 4 September 1748.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1748
| style="text-align: center;" | 1761
| '''[[Thomas Sherlock]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]]. Nominated on 12 October and confirmed on 1 December 1748. Died in office on 18 July 1761.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1761
| style="text-align: center;" | 1762
| '''[[Thomas Hayter]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Norwich|Norwich]]. Nominated on 19 September and confirmed on 24 October 1761. Died in office on 9 January 1762.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1762
| style="text-align: center;" | 1764
| '''[[Richard Osbaldeston]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Carlisle|Carlisle]]. Nominated on 30 January and confirmed on 18 February 1762. Died in office on 13 May 1764.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1764
| style="text-align: center;" | 1777
| '''[[Richard Terrick]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Peterborough|Peterborough]]. Nominated on 22 May and confirmed on 6 June 1764. Died in office on 29 March 1777.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1777
| style="text-align: center;" | 1787
| '''[[Robert Lowth]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Oxford|Oxford]]. Nominated on 12 April 1777 and confirmed on 1 May 1778. Died in office on 3 November 1787.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1787
| style="text-align: center;" | 1809
| '''[[Beilby Porteus]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chester|Chester]]. Nominated on 14 November and confirmed on 7 December 1787. Died in office on 14 May 1809.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1809
| style="text-align: center;" | 1813
| '''[[John Randolph (bishop of London)|John Randolph]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bangor|Bangor]]. Nominated on 25 May and confirmed on 9 August 1809. Died in office on 28 July 1813.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1813
| style="text-align: center;" | 1828
| '''[[William Howley]]'''
| Nominated on 12 August and confirmed 1 October 1813. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 15 August 1828.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1828
| style="text-align: center;" | 1856
| '''[[Charles Blomfield]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chester|Chester]]. Nominated on 15 August and confirmed on 23 August 1828. Resigned due to ill-health on 30 September 1856 and died on 5 August 1857.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1856
| style="text-align: center;" | 1868
| '''[[Archibald Tait]]'''
| Formerly [[Dean of Carlisle]] (1849–1856). Elected bishop on 28 October and consecrated on 23 November 1856. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 30 December 1868.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1869
| style="text-align: center;" | 1885
| '''[[John Jackson (bishop)|John Jackson]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]]. Nominated on 11 January and confirmed on 29 January 1869. Died in office on 6 January 1885.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1885
| style="text-align: center;" | 1896
| '''[[Frederick Temple]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Exeter|Exeter]]. Nominated on 26 February and confirmed on 24 March 1885. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 22 December 1896.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1897
| style="text-align: center;" | 1901
| '''[[Mandell Creighton]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Peterborough|Peterborough]]. Nominated on 31 December 1896 and confirmed on 15 January 1897. Died in offfice on 14 January 1901.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1901
| style="text-align: center;" | 1939
| '''[[Arthur Winnington-Ingram]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Stepney|Stepney]]. Nominated on 16 March and confirmed on 17 April 1901. Resigned on 1 September 1939 and died on 26 May 1946.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1939
| style="text-align: center;" | 1945
| '''[[Geoffrey Fisher]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chester|Chester]]. Nominated on 14 September and confirmed on 17 October 1939. Translated to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] on 2 February 1945.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| '''[[William Wand]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath and Wells]]. Nominated on 10 July and confirmed on 22 August 1945. Resigned in November 1955 and died on 16 August 1977.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1956
| style="text-align: center;" | 1961
| '''[[Henry Campbell]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Guildford|Guildford]]. Nominated on 10 January and confirmed on 25 January 1956. Resigned on 31 July 1961 and died on 26 December 1970.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1961
| style="text-align: center;" | 1973
| '''[[Robert Stopford]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Peterborough|Peterborough]]. Nominated on 4 August and confirmed on 25 September 1961. Resigned on 11 June 1973 and died on 13 August 1976.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1973
| style="text-align: center;" | 1981
| '''[[Gerald Ellison]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Chester|Chester]]. Nominated on 18 June and confirmed on 16 July 1973. Resigned on 30 April 1981 and died on 18 October 1992.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1981
| style="text-align: center;" | 1991
| '''[[Graham Leonard]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Truro|Truro]]. Nominated on 28 May and confirmed on 21 July 1981. After his resignation in 1991, he became a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Roman Catholic priest]] in 1994. Died on 6 January 2010.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1991
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| '''[[David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes|David Hope]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Wakefield|Wakefield]]. Nominated and confirmed in 1991. Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]] in 1995.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| style="text-align: center;" | present
| '''[[Richard Chartres]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Stepney|Stepney]]. Elected in October and confirmed in November 1995.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;"| '''Sources:''' <ref name=celondon>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=&nbsp;|wstitle=London}}</ref><ref name=crockfordshistorical>[http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=22 Historical successions]. ''Crockford's Clerical Directory''. Retrieved on 22 January 2011.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', pp. 219–220 and 258–260.</ref><ref name=noorthouck>{{Cite book |last1=Noorthouck |first1=John |year=1773 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46801 |chapter=A list of the Bishops of London |title=A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark |pages=899–900 |ref=harv}}</ref><ref name=horn1968>{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1968 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33800 |chapter=Bishops of London |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=1–4 |ref=harv}}</ref><ref name=horn1963>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1963 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32378 |chapter=Bishops of London |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 5: St Paul's, London |pages=1–4 |ref=harv}}</ref><ref name=horn1969>{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1969 |chapterurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34689 |chapter=Bishops of London |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London |pages=1–4 |ref=harv}}</ref>
|}

==Fictional bishops==
*Series 2, Episode 1, of the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Rev. (TV series)|Rev.]]'' features a fictional Bishop of London, portrayed by guest star [[Ralph Fiennes]]. The character's name is probably Richard, since he is referred to as such in Series 1, but he is probably not intended to resemble Bishop Richard Chartres.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==

==External links==
*[http://www.london.anglican.org Diocese of London website]
*[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-147.html Bishop of London refuses to ban gay Bishop from church service]
*[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='fp') The papers of the Bishops of London covering 1423-1945 are held at Lambeth Palace Library]