Bishop of St Albans
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The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. The bishop is supported in his work by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Hertford and the Bishop of Bedford, and three archdeacons.
The diocese covers the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and parts of the London Borough of Barnet. The see is in the City of St Albans in Hertfordshire, where the cathedra (bishop's seat) is located at St Albans Cathedral. The cathedral building itself was an abbey church (part of St Albans Abbey) prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, then a parish church (purchased by the town in 1553) until its elevation to cathedral status in 1877.
The Bishop's residence is Abbey Gate House, Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The office was created in 1877 at the founding of the diocese under Queen Victoria. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Christopher Herbert, the 9th Lord Bishop of St Albans, who signs Christopher St Albans.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of St Albans, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1877 to 1890 | Thomas Legh Claughton, DD | |
| 1890 to 1903 | John Wogan Festing | |
| 1903 to 1920 | Edgar Jacob | |
| 1920 to 1944 | Michael Bolton Furse | |
| 1944 to 1950 | Philip Henry Loyd | |
| 1950 to 1970 | Edward Michael Gresford Jones, DD | |
| 1970 to 1980 | Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, MC, MA | |
| 1980 to 1995 | John Bernard Taylor | |
| 1995 to present | Christopher William Herbert |
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| Church of England | Archbishop of Canterbury: Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester Archbishop of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield |
| Church in Wales | Archbishop of Wales: Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon |
| Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |
[edit] Sources
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
