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Bishop of Kingston

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The Bishop of Kingston (technically of Kingston upon Thames or, originally, of Kingston-on-Thames)^[1] is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England.^[2] The title takes its name after Kingston upon Thames, a settlement in south-west London. The bishops suffragan of Kingston have been area bishops since the Southwark area scheme was founded in 1991.^[3]

On 15 December 2022, it was announced that Martin Gainsborough is to become the next area Bishop of Kingston during February 2023.^[4]^[5]

List of bishops[edit]

Bishops of Kingston
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1905	1915	Cecil Hook
1915	1922	Samuel Taylor
1922	1927	Percy Herbert	TranslatedtoBlackburn
1927	1952	Frederick Hawkes
1952	1970	William Gilpin
1970	1978	Hugh Montefiore	Translated to Birmingham
1978	1984	Keith Sutton	Translated to Lichfield
1984	1992	Peter Selby	First area bishop from 1991; translated to Worcester
1992	1997	Martin Wharton	Translated to Newcastle
1997	2001	Peter Price	Translated to Bath and Wells
2002	2022	Richard Cheetham	Retired 17 October 2022.^[6]
2023	present	Martin Gainsborough	Consecrated 2 February 2023.^[7]
Source(s):^[2]

^ ^a ^b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

^ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

^ "Bristol's Bishop's Chaplain appointed new Bishop of Kingston". Diocese of Bristol. 15 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

^ "No. 63943". The London Gazette. 20 January 2023. p. 934.

^ "Bishop of Kingston, Richard Cheetham, announces retirement". Diocese of Southwark. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

^ "(Order of Service) Eucharist with the Ordination and Consecration..." (PDF). Canterbury Cathedral. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.