Diocese of London

The Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.

Related Topics:
Province of Canterbury - England

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The Diocese of London covers 177 square miles (458 km²), and 17 London boroughs, covering Greater London north of the River Thames. This area includes much 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.

Related Topics:
London - Greater London - River Thames - Middlesex - City of London - St Paul?s - Surrey

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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.

Related Topics:
Suffragan bishop - Archdeacon - Rural dean

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• The London Episcopal Area (the particular responsibility of the Bishop of London himself)
• the Archdeaconry of London
• City Deanery
• the Archdeaconry of Westminster
• Three Deaneries: Paddington, St Margaret, and St Marylebone
• Edmonton Episcopal Area
• the Archdeaconry of Hampstead
• includes Deaneries of Central Barnet, West Barnet, North Camden (Hampstead), South Camden (Holborn & St Pancras), Enfield, East Haringey and West Haringey
• Kensington Episcopal Area
• the Archdeaconry of Middlesex
• includes Deaneries of Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampton, Hounslow, Kensington, Chelsea and Spelthorne.
• Stepney Episcopal Area
• the Archdeaconry of Hackney
• Deaneries of Hackney, Islington, and Tower Hamlets
• Willesden Episcopal Area
• the Archdeaconry of Northolt
• includes Deaneries of 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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