Bishop of Fulham

The Bishop of Fulham is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The bishopric is named after Fulham, an area of south-west London.

Until 1980 the Bishop of Fulham was the bishop with episcopal oversight of churches in northern and central Europe. In that year, responsibility for these parishes was transferred to the Bishop of Gibraltar, as head of the renamed Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.

Presently, the Bishop of Fulham fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor for the dioceses of London, Southwark and Rochester, having pastoral oversight of those parishes in the three dioceses which cannot in good conscience accept the ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.^[1][2]

In November 2010, following the announcement of Bishop John Broadhurst's resignation, the Bishop of London temporarily conferred episcopal oversight for traditionalist congregations in the three dioceses to the Bishop of Edmonton.^[3] On 31 October 2012 it was announced that Jonathan Baker, then Bishop of Ebbsfleet, would translate to Fulham, resuming Broadhurst's alternative episcopal oversight responsibilities.^[4] This took place on 13 February 2013.^[5][6]

Bishops over Europe

Bishops of Fulham
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1926	1947	Basil Batty
1947	1949	William Selwyn
1949	1955	George Ingle	Translated to Willesden
1955	1957	Robert Stopford	Translated to Peterborough
1957	1966	Roderic Coote	Translated to Colchester
1966	1970	Alan Rogers
1970	1980	John Satterthwaite	Also Bishop of Gibraltar
Source(s): [2]

Bishops giving alternative episcopal oversight

Bishops of Fulham
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1982	1985	Brian Masters	Translated to Edmonton
1985	1996	John Klyberg	Became a Roman Catholic
1996	2010	John Broadhurst SSC	Resigned on 31 December 2010 to become a Roman Catholic
2010	2013	Vacant	Alternative episcopal oversight exercised by the Bishop of Edmonton.
2013	present	Jonathan Baker	Translated from Ebbsfleet.
Source(s): [2]

See also

• Bishop of Beverley
• Bishop of Ebbsfleet
• Bishop of Richborough

References

1. Bishop of Fulham's website. Retrieved on 6 June 2008. Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
3. Diocese of London — Arrangements following the resignation of the Bishop of Fulham
4. . Retrieved on 31 October 2012.
5. "New Bishop of Fulham announced" (Press release). Diocese of London. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
6. "A Message from Bishop Jonathan" (Press release). Bishop of Ebbsfleet. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory listings

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