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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">
==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>
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