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{{Short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}
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{{Infobox diocese
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| bishopric = [[Chelmsford]]
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| incumbent = [[StephenGuli CottrellFrancis-Dehqani]]
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|province = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
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| residence = Bishopscourt, [[Margaretting]]
|cathedral = [[Chelmsford Cathedral]]
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|date = 1914
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| cathedral = [[Chelmsford Cathedral]]
| diocese = [[Diocese of Chelmsford|Chelmsford]]
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The '''Bishop of Chelmsford''' is the [[Ordinary (officer)|Ordinary]] of the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Chelmsford]] in the [[Province of Canterbury]].<ref name=crockfords100th>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing ({{ISBN |978-0-7151-1030-0}}).</ref>
 
The current bishop is [[Guli Francis-Dehqani]], since the [[confirmation of bishops|confirmation]] of her [[canonical election|election]] on 11 March 2021.<ref name="conf">{{cite web | url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/timetable-announced-for-the-start-of-bishop-gulis-ministry-in-chelmsford-di | title=Timetable announced for the start of Bishop Guli's Ministry in Chelmsford Diocese &#124; Chelmsford Diocese }}</ref>
The current bishop is the Right Reverend [[Stephen Cottrell]], the 10th Bishop of Chelmsford, who signs ''Stephen Chelmsford''. Formerly [[Bishop of Reading|Suffragan Bishop of Reading]], he was nominated Bishop of Chelmsford on 22 March,<ref name=nominatedbp2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22878 |title=Diocese of Chelmsford |author= |date=22 March 2010 |work=[[10 Downing Street|Number10]] |publisher= |accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref> confirmed on 6 October<ref name=confirmedbp2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishop-of-chelmsford-together-we-will-be-a-transforming-presence-and-make-christ-known.html |title=Bishop of Chelmsford: Together we will be a transforming presence and make Christ known |author= |date=11 October 2010 |work=[[Diocese of Chelmsford ]] |publisher= |accessdate=16 November 2010}}</ref> and installed at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]] on 27 November 2010.<ref name=confirmedbp2010/>
 
The Bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, [[Margaretting]], near [[Ingatestone]], Essex.<ref>[http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?IDind=146 Provincial Directory: Chelmsford]. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.</ref>
 
==History==
The diocese was founded in 1914 under [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] from the [[Diocese of Saint Albans]] (of which it had been a part since 1877).
 
The present diocese covers the County of [[Essex]] including those parts of Essex added to [[Greater London]] on 1 April 1965 and Ballingdon-with-Brundon, transferred to [[Suffolk]] and Great/Little Chishill and Heydon, transferred to [[Cambridgeshire]] in 1894. The [[Episcopal see|see]] is in the towncity of [[Chelmsford]] where the seat is located at the [[Chelmsford Cathedral|Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Cedd]] which was elevated to cathedral status in 1914. The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, [[Margaretting]].<ref>[http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?IDind=146 Provincial Directory: Chelmsford]. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.</ref>
 
==List of Bishops of Chelmsfordbishops==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!style="background-color:#FABE60" colspan="5"|Bishops of Chelmsford <ref name=crockfords100th/><ref>[http://peterowen.org.uk/bishops/chelmsford.html Bishops of Chelmsford]. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.</ref><ref name=3rdhandbook>{{cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |coauthors=Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=237}}</ref>
|-align=left
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ffffec" width="5%"|No.
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ffffec" width="32%"|Incumbent
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#ffffec" width="18%"|Period of office
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ffffec" width="38%"|Notes
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffffec"7F1734; width="9%color: white;" |From Bishops of Chelmsford
|-
! style="background-color:#ffffec" width="9%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | From
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | Until
|align=center|1 ||'''[[John Watts Ditchfield]]'''||align=center|1914 ||align=center|1923 ||<small>Nominated on 18 February and consecrated on 24 February 1914; died in office on 14 July 1923
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 20%;" | Incumbent
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 59%;" | Notes
|align=center|2 ||'''[[Guy Warman]]'''||align=center|1923 ||align=center|1929 ||<small>[[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Truro|Truro]]; nominated on 10 September and invested on 9 October 1923; translated to [[Bishop of Manchester|Manchester]] on 21 January 1929
 
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|align=center|3 ||'''[[Henry Wilson (bishop)|Henry Wilson]]'''||align=center|1929 ||align=center|1950 ||<small>Nominated on 24 January and consecrated on 25 January 1929; resigned on 30 November 1950; died on 16 July 1961
| style="text-align: center;" | 1914
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1923
|align=center|4 ||'''[[Falkner Allison]]'''||align=center|1951 ||align=center|1961 ||<small>Nominated on 19 December 1950 and consecrated on 2 February 1951; translated to [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]] on 20 December 1961
| '''[[John Watts Ditchfield]]'''
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|align=center|5 ||'''[[John Tiarks]]'''||align=center|1962 ||align=center|1971 ||<small>Nominated on18 30 January andFebruary; consecrated on 24 February 1962; resigned on 30 April 19711914; died on 2 January 1974in office.
 
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|align=center|6 ||'''[[John Trillo]]'''||align=center|1971 ||align=center|1985 ||<small>Translated from the suffragan see of [[Bishop of Hertford|Hertford]]; nominated on 10 May and confirmed on 6 July 1971; resigned on 30 September 1985; died on 2 August 1992
| style="text-align: center;" | 1923
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1929
|align=center|7 ||'''[[John Waine]]'''||align=center|1986 ||align=center|1996 ||<small>Translated from [[Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich|St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]; nominated and confirmed in 1986; resigned on 30 April 1996
| '''[[Guy Warman]]'''
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Truro|Truro]]; nominated 10 September; invested 9 October 1923; translated to [[Bishop of Manchester|Manchester]] 21 January 1929.
|align=center|8 ||'''[[John Perry (bishop)|John Perry]]'''||align=center|1996 ||align=center|2003 ||<small>Translated from the suffragan see of [[Bishop of Southampton|Southampton]]; nominated and confirmed in 1996; resigned in June 2003
 
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|align=center|9 ||'''[[John Gladwin]]'''||align=center|2003 ||align=center|2009 ||<small>Translated from the suffragan see of [[Bishop of Guildford|Guildford]]; nominated on 1 July 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4054 |title=See of Chelmsford |author= |date=1 July 2003 |work=[[10 Downing Street|Number10]] |publisher= |accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref> and confirmed later; resigned on 31 August 2009
| style="text-align: center;" | 1929
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1950
|align=center|10 ||'''[[Stephen Cottrell]]'''||align=center|2010 ||align=center|present ||<small>Translated from the suffragan see of [[Bishop of Reading|Reading]]; nominated on 22 March 2010<ref name=announcedbp2010>[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/prbpchelmsford.html Next Bishop of Chelmsford ]. ''The Church of England''. Retrieved on 22 March 2010.</ref><ref name=nominatedbp2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22878 |title=Diocese of Chelmsford |author= |date=22 March 2010 |work=[[10 Downing Street|Number10]] |publisher= |accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref> and confirmed on 6 October 2010.<ref name=confirmedbp2010>[{{cite web |url=http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishop-of-chelmsford-together-we-will-be-a-transforming-presence-and-make-christ-known.html |title=Bishop of Chelmsford: Together we will be a transforming presence and make Christ known |author= |date=11 October 2010 |work=[[Diocese of Chelmsford ]] |publisher= |accessdate=16 November 2010}}</ref>
| '''[[Henry Wilson (bishop)|Henry Wilson]]'''
| Nominated 24 January; consecrated 25 January 1929; resigned 30 November 1950.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1951
| style="text-align: center;" | 1961
| '''[[Falkner Allison]]'''
| Nominated 19 December 1950; consecrated 2 February 1951; translated to [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]] 20 December 1961.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1962
| style="text-align: center;" | 1971
| '''[[John Tiarks]]'''
| Nominated 30 January; consecrated 24 February 1962; resigned 30 April 1971.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1971
| style="text-align: center;" | 1985
| '''[[John Trillo]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Hertford|Hertford]]; nominated 10 May; confirmed 6 July 1971; resigned 30 September 1985.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1986
| style="text-align: center;" | 1996
| '''[[John Waine]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich|St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]; nominated & confirmed 1986; resigned 30 April 1996.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1996
| style="text-align: center;" | 2003
| '''[[John Perry (bishop)|John Perry]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Southampton|Southampton]]; nominated & confirmed 1996; resigned June 2003.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2003
| style="text-align: center;" | 2009
| '''[[John Gladwin]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Guildford|Guildford]]; nominated 1 July 2003;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4054 |title=See of Chelmsford |date=1 July 2003 |work=[[10 Downing Street|Number10]] |access-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616040953/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4054 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> confirmed later; resigned 31 August 2009.
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2010
| style="text-align: center;" | 2020
| [[File:Installation des anglikanischen Bischofs Stephen Cottrell in Chelmsford 002 (cropped).jpg|60px]] '''[[Stephen Cottrell]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Reading|Reading]]; nominated 22 March;<ref name=nominatedbp2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22878 |title=Diocese of Chelmsford |date=22 March 2010 |work=[[10 Downing Street|Number10]] |access-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325153521/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22878 |archive-date=25 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=announcedbp2010>[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/prbpchelmsford.html Next Bishop of Chelmsford ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328120252/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/prbpchelmsford.html |date=28 March 2010 }}. ''The Church of England''. Retrieved on 22 March 2010.</ref> confirmed 6 October 2010.<ref name="confirmedbp2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishop-of-chelmsford-together-we-will-be-a-transforming-presence-and-make-christ-known.html |title=Bishop of Chelmsford: Together we will be a transforming presence and make Christ known |date=11 October 2010 |work=[[Diocese of Chelmsford]] |access-date=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209102610/http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishop-of-chelmsford-together-we-will-be-a-transforming-presence-and-make-christ-known.html |archive-date=9 February 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> Translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Stephen Cottrell to be the next Archbishop of York |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/bishop-stephen-cottrell-be-next-archbishop-york |website=The Church of England |access-date=17 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> on 9 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archbishopofyork.org/news/news-2020/confirmation-election-bishop-stephen-cottrell-98th-archbishop-york-thursday-9-july|title=Search results}}</ref>
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ''12 April 2020''
| style="text-align: center;" | ''19 April 2021''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/an-email-from-bishop-guli-to-church-leaders|title = An email from Bishop Guli to Church Leaders &#124; Chelmsford Diocese}}</ref>
| [[File:Installation of the Bishops of Barking and Colchester (14983853319).jpg|60px]] ''[[Peter Hill (bishop)|Peter Hill]], [[Bishop of Barking]]''
| Acting diocesan bishop during ''vacancy in see''<ref name="phact">{{cite web | url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/continuing-to-be-a-transforming-presence | title=Continuing to be a Transforming Presence &#124; Chelmsford Diocese }}</ref>
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2021
| style="text-align: center;" | ''present''
| '''[[Guli Francis-Dehqani]]'''
| <ref name="gfd">{{cite web | url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/next-bishop-of-chelmsford-announced | title=Next Bishop of Chelmsford announced &#124; Chelmsford Diocese }}</ref> Translated 11 March 2021<ref name="conf" />
 
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | <small>'''Source(s):''' </small><ref name=crockfords100th/><ref>[http://peterowen.org.uk/bishops/chelmsford.html Bishops of Chelmsford]. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.</ref><ref name=3rdhandbook>{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=237}}</ref>
|}
 
==Assistant bishops==
{{anchor|Saulo Barros}}
Assistant bishops of the diocese have included:
*1961{{snd}}1966 (res.): [[Geoffrey Stuart Smith]] was an assistant bishop; he was also Rector of [[Danbury, Essex|Danbury]] from 1960.
*1972{{snd}}1974: [[John Vockler|Br John-Charles SSF]], former [[Assistant Bishop of Adelaide]] and [[Bishop of Polynesia]]<ref>{{Who's Who|id=U41178|title=Vockler, Brother John-Charles}}</ref>
 
The appointment of [[Cecil de Carteret]], [[Bishop of Jamaica]], to be an assistant bishop was announced in 1931,<ref>{{Church Times | title = Church News. Personal. | archive = 1931_07_31_134 | issue = 3575 | date = 31 July 1931 | page = 134 | accessed = 26 December 2019 }}</ref> but he died before he could take it up.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Clerical obituary | archive = 1932_01_08_033 | issue = 3598 | date = 8 January 1932 | page = 33 | accessed = 26 December 2019 }}</ref>
 
'''Saulo Mauricio de Barros''' has been Priest-in-Charge of [[St&nbsp;Martin's Church, Plaistow]] since 2024.<ref name="plaistow">{{Church Times | title = Appointments | archive = 2024_05_03_030 | issue = 8407 | date = 3 May 2024 | page = 30 | accessed = 4 August 2024 }}</ref> Barros was born in [[Arcoverde]], [[Brazil]]; he was made deacon in 1995 and ordained priest in 1996. Having served in the Diocese of Recife, he was sent to the then-Missionary District of the Amazon in 2002, becoming the bishop of the area as it became a full diocese.<ref name="smot">{{cite web |website=St&nbsp;Martin of Tours Church |title=Our Team |url=https://www.smtours.org/ourteam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804190311/https://www.smtours.org/ourteam |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 }}</ref> He was consecrated a bishop on 14 October 2006, the same day his diocese was inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web |website=Episcopal News Service |title=Brazilian Diocese of Recife Begins New Chapter, Installs Fourth Bishop |date=23 October 2006 |url=https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=102306-1-A }}</ref> Having resigned as bishop, Barros served for a few years in southwestern Brazil before moving to his wife's native Britain, arriving in [[Colchester]] in 2019.<ref name="smot" /> He became Associate&nbsp;Priest of the Luso-Hispanic Mission at St&nbsp;Martin's Plaistow and of [[St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham|East&nbsp;Ham Team&nbsp;Ministry]] in September 2022;<ref>{{Church Times | title = Appointments | archive = 2022_09_02_039 | issue = 8320 | date = 2 September 2022 | page = 39 | accessed = 4 August 2024 }}</ref> in late 2023, he was also licensed as an honorary assistant&nbsp;bishop of the Diocese of Chelmsford.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Appointments | archive = 2023_11_03_031 | issue = 8381 | date = 3 November 2023 | page = 31 | accessed = 4 August 2024 }}</ref> When he became Priest-in-Charge in 2024, he kept his licenses in East&nbsp;Ham and as assistant&nbsp;bishop.<ref name="plaistow" />
 
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