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Bishop of Chelmsford

Bishop of Chelmsford

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury.[1]

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The current bishop is Guli Francis-Dehqani, since the confirmation of her election on 11 March 2021.[2]

History

The diocese was founded in 1914 under George V from the Diocese of Saint Albans (of which it had been a part since 1877).

The present diocese covers the County of Essex including those parts of Essex added to Greater London on 1 April 1965 and Ballingdon-with-Brundon, transferred to Suffolk and Great/Little Chishill and Heydon, transferred to Cambridgeshire in 1894. The see is in the city of Chelmsford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Cedd which was elevated to cathedral status in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Margaretting.[3]

List of bishops

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Assistant bishops

Assistant bishops of the diocese have included:

The appointment of Cecil de Carteret, Bishop of Jamaica, to be an assistant bishop was announced in 1931,[16] but he died before he could take it up.[17]

References

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    Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
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    Provincial Directory: Chelmsford. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.
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    "See of Chelmsford". Number10. 1 July 2003. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
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    "Diocese of Chelmsford". Number10. 22 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
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    Next Bishop of Chelmsford Archived 28 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Church of England. Retrieved on 22 March 2010.
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    "Bishop of Chelmsford: Together we will be a transforming presence and make Christ known". Diocese of Chelmsford. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
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    "Bishop Stephen Cottrell to be the next Archbishop of York". The Church of England. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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    "Search results".
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    "An email from Bishop Guli to Church Leaders | Chelmsford Diocese".
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    "Continuing to be a Transforming Presence | Chelmsford Diocese".
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    "Next Bishop of Chelmsford announced | Chelmsford Diocese".
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    Bishops of Chelmsford. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.
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    Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 237. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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    "Vockler, Brother John-Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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    "Church News. Personal". Church Times. No. 3575. 31 July 1931. p. 134. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  17. [17]
    "Clerical obituary". Church Times. No. 3598. 8 January 1932. p. 33. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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