The Bishop of Willesden 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 Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 August 1911.[2]

The post was created in 1911, and was the third suffragan bishopric erected in the diocese since 1879. The new bishop was given oversight of four rural deaneries: Hampstead, Hornsey, St Pancras and Willesden, previously the responsibility of the Bishop of Islington.[3][4] By November 1911, the Bishop's residence was 13 Cannon Place, Hampstead.[5]

In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Brent, Harrow, Ealing East and West, and Hillingdon.[6] The bishops suffragan of Willesden have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.[7] The bishop now has responsibility for the Willesden Episcopal Area, that is, the Archdeaconry of Northolt, comprising four deaneries: Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.[8]

List of bishops

Bishops of Willesden
From Until Incumbent Notes
1911 1929 William Perrin Assistant Bishop of London in retirement
1929 1940 Guy Smith Translated to Leicester
1940 1942 Henry Montgomery Campbell Translated to Kensington
1942 1950 Michael Gresford Jones Translated to St Albans
1950 1955 Gerald Ellison Translated to Chester
1955 1964 George Ingle Formerly Bishop of Fulham
1964 1973 Graham Leonard Translated to Truro
1974 1985 Hewlett Thompson First area bishop from 1979; translated to Exeter
1985 1991 Tom Butler Translated to Leicester
1992 2000 Graham Dow Translated to Carlisle
2001 2021 Pete Broadbent Also Acting Bishop of London (2017–2018); resigned See 30 September 2021.
2022 present Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy Consecrated 25 January 2022[9]
Source(s):[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ^ "No. 28520". The London Gazette. 8 August 1911. p. 5909.
  3. ^ "A Fourth Suffragan For London". The Times. 9 August 1911. p. 11.
  4. ^ "No. 28520". The London Gazette. 8 August 1911. p. 5909.
  5. ^ "Maud appointed Suffragan Bishop of Kensington". Church Times. No. 2546. 10 November 1911. p. 615. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Virtual autonomy for London's 'area bishops'?". Church Times. No. 5584. 20 February 1970. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
    nb: this February 1970 report appears to have confused the proposed area of Willesden and the "new suffragan" (later Edmonton), or their districts had been swapped by the time of the new See's erection in June: "London's new suffragan see". Church Times. No. 5599. 5 June 1970. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Willesden Episcopal Area". Diocese of London. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Bishop of Willesden consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of London. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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