The Bishop of Croydon is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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 title used by a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 of the Church of England

Church of England

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 Diocese of Southwark

Anglican Diocese of Southwark

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, in the Province of Canterbury

Province of Canterbury

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, England

England

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The Bishop of Croydon oversees the Episcopal Area of Croydon

Croydon

Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...

, which is made up of the Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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ries of Croydon

Croydon

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 and Reigate

Reigate

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. The Archdeaconry of Reigate comprises the three Rural Deaneries

Dean (religion)

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 of Caterham

Caterham

Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is geographically divided into two sections: Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley - the main town centre. The town lies close to the A22, a few miles south of Croydon, in a valley cut into the dip slope of the North Downs...

 (9 parishes), Godstone

Godstone

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 (14 parishes) and Reigate (24 parishes), extending as far south as Gatwick Airport. The Archdeaconry of Croydon comprises the Rural Deaneries of Croydon Addington

Addington, London

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 (9 parishes), Croydon Central (10 parishes), Croydon North (12 parishes), Croydon South (10 parishes) and Sutton

London Borough of Sutton

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 (14 parishes).

The Episcopal area was historically in the Diocese of Canterbury

Diocese of Canterbury

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, as the Archbishops of Canterbury

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 lived at Croydon Palace

Croydon Palace

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 and Addington Palace

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 until the 19th century. Since the Croydon area was transferred from Canterbury to Southwark in 1984, Stuart Snell

Stuart Snell

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 was presumably the first suffragan Bishop of Croydon for the Diocese of Southwark.

The see is currently vacant following the translation of Bishop Nick Baines to be Bishop of Bradford

Bishop of Bradford

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List of the Bishops of Croydon

No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Henry Pereira	1904	1924	(1845–1926)
–	no appointment	1924	1930
2	Edward Woods	1930	1937	(1877–1953). Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...  to Lichfield Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 4,516 km² of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
3	William Anderson	1937	1942	(1892–1972). Translated to Portsmouth
4	Maurice Harland Maurice Harland Maurice Harland was a 20th century Anglican Bishop, his most prestigious appointment being Bishop of Durham from 1956–1966.-Early life:He was born on 17 April 1896, the son of William and Elizabeth Harland and educated at St Peter's School, York...	1942	1947	(1896–1986). Translated to Lincoln Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
5	Cuthbert Bardsley Cuthbert Bardsley Cuthbert Killick Norman Bardsley CBE was the Anglican Bishop of Coventry from 1956 to 1976.- Early life :He was born on 28 March 1907, the younger son of a Church of England Canon. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He died in 1991....	1947	1956	(1907–1991). Translated to Coventry Bishop of Coventry The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield....
6	John Hughes	1957	1977	(1908–2001)
7	Stuart Snell Stuart Snell Stuart Snell was a British Anglican bishop. He was born in Devon on the 25 October 1920 and educated at Exeter School and St Peter's College, Oxford. Snell entered the Anglican ministry from the parish of Emmanuel, Northwood, London where he was a member of the laity...	1977	1985	(1920–1988)
8	Wilfred Wood Wilfred Wood (bishop) Wilfred Denniston Wood, KA was Bishop of Croydon from 1985 to 2003, the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the 100 Great Black Britons list in 2004.-Life:...	1985	2003	(b.1936)
9	Nick Baines	2003	2011	(b.1957). Translated to Bradford Bishop of Bradford The Bishop of Bradford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bradford, in the Province of YorkThe diocese covers the extreme west of Yorkshire, and has its see in the city of Bradford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter.The Bishop's residence is...

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory – Listings