Bishop of Fulham

The Bishop of Fulham is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The bishopric is named after Fulham, an area of south-west London; the see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 1 February 1926.[1]

Until 1980 the Bishop of Fulham was the bishop with episcopal oversight (delegated from the Bishop of London) of churches in northern and central Europe. In that year, responsibility for these parishes was transferred to the Bishop of Gibraltar as head of the renamed Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.

At present, the Bishop of Fulham fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor for the dioceses of London and Southwark. This means having pastoral oversight of those parishes in the Anglo-Catholic tradition which cannot, on grounds of theological conviction, accept the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate, or bishops who have participated in ordaining women.[2][3] As of December 2017, 46 parishes in the Diocese of London (almost one eighth of the total number) receive alternative episcopal oversight (AEO) from the Bishop of Fulham.[4]

In November 2010, following the announcement of Bishop John Broadhurst's resignation and reception into the Roman Catholic Church, the Bishop of London temporarily conferred episcopal oversight for traditionalist congregations in the two dioceses to the Bishop of Edmonton.[5] On 31 October 2012 it was announced that Jonathan Baker, then Bishop of Ebbsfleet, would translate to Fulham, resuming Broadhurst's AEO responsibilities.[6] This took place on 13 February 2013.[7][8]

List of bishops
Bishop coadjutor in Northern and Central Europe
From Until Incumbent Notes
18841886Jonathan Titcombformer Bishop of Rangoon[9]
18861911Edward Wilkinsonformer Bishop of Zululand
19111926Herbert Burytranslated from British Honduras; afterwards an Assistant Bishop of London
Source(s):[10]
Bishops of Fulham (oversight over northern and central Europe)
From Until Incumbent Notes
19261947Basil Batty
19471949William Selwyn
19491955George IngleTranslated to Willesden
19551957Robert StopfordTranslated to Peterborough
19571966Roderic CooteTranslated to Colchester
19661970Alan Rogers
19701980John SatterthwaiteAlso Bishop of Gibraltar
Source(s):[3]
Bishops of Fulham (extended episcopal oversight from 1993)
From Until Incumbent Notes
19821985Brian MastersTranslated to Edmonton
19851996John KlybergBecame a Roman Catholic in 1996
19962010John Broadhurst SSCResigned on 31 December 2010 to become a Roman Catholic
20102013VacantExtended episcopal oversight exercised by the Bishop of Edmonton.
2013presentJonathan BakerTranslated from Ebbsfleet.
Source(s):[3]

See also

References
  1. "No. 33129". The London Gazette. 2 February 1926. p. 763.
  2. Bishop of Fulham's website. Retrieved on 6 June 2008. Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  4. "Nomination of the next Bishop of London". Forward in Faith. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. Diocese of London — Arrangements following the resignation of the Bishop of Fulham
  6. "Articles". www.archbishopofcanterbury.org. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. "New Bishop of Fulham announced" (Press release). Diocese of London. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. "A Message from Bishop Jonathan" (Press release). Bishop of Ebbsfleet. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. "Titcomb, Jonathan Holt (TTCM837JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
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