Bishop of Kingston
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- For the Roman Catholic archbishops (and their bishop predecessors), see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Canada and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. There have also been a bishops suffragan of Kingston, Jamaica and of Kingston, Ontario in the Anglican church.
The Bishop of Kingston (technically of Kingston-upon-Thames or, originally, of Kingston-on-Thames)[1] is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[2] The title takes its name after Kingston upon Thames, a settlement in south-west London. The bishops suffragan of Kingston have been area bishops since the Southwark area scheme was founded in 1991.[3]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Kingston | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1905 | 1915 | Cecil Hook | |
| 1915 | 1922 | Samuel Taylor | |
| 1922 | 1927 | Percy Herbert | Translated to Blackburn |
| 1927 | 1952 | Frederick Hawkes | |
| 1952 | 1970 | William Gilpin | |
| 1970 | 1978 | Hugh Montefiore | Translated to Birmingham |
| 1978 | 1984 | Keith Sutton | Translated to Lichfield |
| 1984 | 1992 | Peter Selby | First area bishop from 1991; translated to Worcester |
| 1992 | 1997 | Martin Wharton | Translated to Newcastle |
| 1997 | 2001 | Peter Price | Translated to Bath and Wells |
| 2002 | present | Richard Cheetham | |
| Source(s): [2] | |||
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27801. p. 4030. 6 June 1905. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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