The Bishop of Willesden is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 August 1911.[2]
The post was created in 1911, and was the third suffragan bishopric erected in the diocese since 1879. The new bishop was given oversight of four rural deaneries: Hampstead, Hornsey, St Pancras and Willesden, previously the responsibility of the Bishop of Islington.[3][4] By November 1911, the Bishop's residence was 13 Cannon Place, Hampstead.[5]
In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Brent, Harrow, Ealing East and West, and Hillingdon.[6] The bishops suffragan of Willesden have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.[7] The bishop now has responsibility for the Willesden Episcopal Area, that is, the Archdeaconry of Northolt, comprising four deaneries: Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.[8]
Bishops of Willesden | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1911 | 1929 | William Perrin | Assistant Bishop of London in retirement |
1929 | 1940 | Guy Smith | Translated to Leicester |
1940 | 1942 | Henry Montgomery Campbell | Translated to Kensington |
1942 | 1950 | Michael Gresford Jones | Translated to St Albans |
1950 | 1955 | Gerald Ellison | Translated to Chester |
1955 | 1964 | George Ingle | Formerly Bishop of Fulham |
1964 | 1973 | Graham Leonard | Translated to Truro |
1974 | 1985 | Hewlett Thompson | First area bishop from 1979; translated to Exeter |
1985 | 1991 | Tom Butler | Translated to Leicester |
1992 | 2000 | Graham Dow | Translated to Carlisle |
2001 | 2021 | Pete Broadbent | Also Acting Bishop of London (2017–2018); resigned See 30 September 2021. |
2022 | present | Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy | Consecrated 25 January 2022[9] |
Source(s):[1] |