Bishop_of_Barking

Bishop of Barking

Bishop of Barking

Episcopal title


The Bishop of Barking is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury.[1]

The Barking area comprises the east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, together with the Epping Forest and Harlow districts of west Essex. The population is 1.3 million and includes a wide mix of ethnicity and culture. The area comprises 166 churches, 60 of which are set in urban priority area parishes. The Barking area also includes the main site for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] Initially, the see was suffragan to the Bishop of St Albans – the Diocese of Chelmsford was not created until 1914.[3] The bishops suffragan of Barking have been area bishops since the Chelmsford area scheme was erected in 1983.[4]

The current bishop, since 2022, is Lynne Cullens. She had previously been Rector of Stockport and Brinnington in the Diocese of Chester since 2019.

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References

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. "Bishop Lynne Consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of Chelmsford. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.



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