Bishop of St Albans
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The Bishop of Saint Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Saint Albans in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. The see is in the City of Saint Albans in Hertfordshire, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Alban, which was an abbey church prior to the Reformation, then a parish church until elevation to cathedral status in 1877.
The Bishop's residence is Abbey Gate House, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The office was created in 1877 at the founding of the diocese under Queen Victoria. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Christopher William Herbert, the 9th Lord Bishop of Saint Albans, who signs Christopher St Albans.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Saint Albans, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 1877 to 1890 | Thomas Leigh Chaughton, DD | |
| 1890 to 1903 | John Wogan Festing | |
| 1903 to 1920 | Edgar Jacob | |
| 1920 to 1944 | Michael Bolton Furse | |
| 1944 to 1950 | Philip Henry Loyd | |
| 1950 to 1970 | Edward Michael Gresford Jones, DD | |
| 1970 to 1980 | Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, MC, MA | |
| 1980 to 1995 | John Bernard Taylor | |
| 1995 to present | Christopher William Herbert |
Template:Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain
Sources
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
See also