DIOCESE OF LONDON

The 'Diocese of London' forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames, and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers 177 square miles (458 km²), and 17 London boroughs, covering Greater London north of the River Thames. This area covers nearly all of the traditional county of Middlesex. It includes the City of London in which lies its cathedral, St Paul's, and also encompasses Spelthorne that was formerly in Middlesex but is now part of Surrey.
Essex formed part of the Diocese until 1846 when it became part of the Diocese of Rochester.
The diocese is divided into five episcopal areas each of which (except the central one) is the particular responsibility of one the diocese's suffragan bishops. It is further divided into archdeaconries and rural deaneries, as shown below.

Episcopal area	Archdeaconry	Deaneries
London and Westminster(Bishop of London)	London (Archdeacon)	City
	Charing Cross (Archdeacon)	Westminster Paddington
		Westminster St Margaret
		Westminster St Marylebone
Edmonton(Bishop of Edmonton)	Hampstead	Central Barnet
		West Barnet
		North Camden (Hampstead)
		South Camden (St Pancras and Holborn)
		Enfield
		East Haringey
		West Haringey
Kensington(Bishop of Kensington)	Middlesex	Hammersmith and Fulham
		Hampton [the Middlesex half of Richmond]
		Hounslow
		Kensington
		Chelsea
		Spelthorne
Stepney(Bishop of Stepney)	Hackney	Hackney
		Islington
		Tower Hamlets
Willesden(Bishop of Willesden)	Northolt	Brent
		Ealing (East)
		Ealing (West)
		Harrow
		Hillingdon

There is a fifth suffragan bishop, the Suffragan Bishop of Fulham, who plays a diocese-wide role similar to that of a provincial episcopal visitor.

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References

★ Church of England Statistics 2002

See also

★ St Paul's Cathedral

★ Bishop of London

★ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster

Sources and External Links

★ Diocesan Website

★ Map, from the Diocesan Website