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{{Short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}
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| bishopric = [[Chelmsford]]
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| coat = Diocese of Chemlsford arms.svg
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| residence = Bishopscourt, [[Margaretting]]
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| 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
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 | Chelmsford Diocese }}</ref>
==History==
The diocese was founded in 1914 under [[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 city 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==
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2009
| '''[[John Gladwin]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Guildford|Guildford]]; nominated 1 July 2003;<ref>{{cite web
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2010
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| [[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
|- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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>
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==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 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 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 Priest of the Luso-Hispanic Mission at St Martin's Plaistow and of [[St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham|East Ham Team 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 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 Ham and as assistant bishop.<ref name="plaistow" />
==References==
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