List of the Bishops of Southwark

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In 1877 Southwark became part of the Rochester Diocese . In 1905, with the ordination of the first bishop, it became an independent diocese.

The following people were Bishops of Southwark :

Bishops of Southwark
Name (life data) Term of office annotation image
Edward Sturat Talbot
(† January 30, 1934)
1905 to 1911 before that Bishop of Rochester , then Bishop of Winchester
Edward Stuart Talbot Vanity 11 October 1911.jpg
Hubert Murray Burge
(† June 11, 1925)
1911 to 1919 then Bishop of Oxford
Hubert Burge by Spy.jpg
Cyril Forster Garbett
(† December 31, 1955)
1919 to 1932 then Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of York
Richard Godfrey Parsons
(† December 26, 1948)
1932 to 1941 then Bishop of Hereford
Bertram Fitzgerald Simpson
1941 to 1958 he gave up his post during his lifetime
Mervyn Stockwood
1959 to 1980
Ronnie Bowlby
(† December 21, 2019)
1980 to 1991 before that Bishop of Newcastle
Roy Williamson
1991 to 1998 before that Bishop of Bradford
Thomas Frederick Butler
1998 to 2010 before that Bishop of Leicester
Thomas Frederick Butler June 20, 2009 by Steve Punter.jpg
Christopher Chessun
2010 to

Individual evidence

  1. Data on www.southwark.anglican.org (English) ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.southwark.anglican.org
  2. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
  3. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 245
  4. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 266
  5. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 231