The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary

Ordinary

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 of the Church of England

Church of England

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 Diocese of Guildford

Diocese of Guildford

The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese based in Guildford, covering most of Surrey and part of Hampshire. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Guildford. It is part of the Province of Canterbury....

 in the Province of Canterbury

Province of Canterbury

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.

The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of Winchester

Diocese of Winchester

The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.Founded in 676, it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England.The area of the diocese incorporates:...

 in 1874. The suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 of Guildford assisted the Bishop of Winchester

Bishop of Winchester

The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...

 in overseeing the diocese. Under King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

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, the Diocese of Guildford was created out of the north-eastern part of the Diocese of Winchester in 1927.

The diocese covers the western half of the County of Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

. The see

Episcopal See

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 is in the town of Guildford

Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...

 where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit

Guildford Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England.-Construction:Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later, with the foundation stone being laid...

 which was built as a cathedral 1936 to 1965. The bishop's residence is Willow Grange, Guildford.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Christopher John Hill

Christopher Hill (Anglican divine)

Christopher John Hill , is the Bishop of Guildford and the Clerk of the Closet in the Ecclesiastical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2005....

, the 9th Bishop of Guildford, who signs + Christopher Guildford. He is one of the 21 senior bishops

Lords Spiritual

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 entitled by length of tenure to sit in the House of Lords

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, and was introduced

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 on 27 May 2010.

Suffragan Bishops of Guildford

Suffragan Bishops of Guildford
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1874	1879	John Utterton	Died in office on 21 December 1879
1879	1888	See vacant
1888	1909	George Sumner	Died in office on 11 December 1909.
1909	1927	John Randolph	Subsequently became Dean of Salisbury Dean of Salisbury The Dean of Salisbury is the Head of the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The current Dean is The Very Revd June Osborne, who was installed in 2004.-Selected office-holders:*Walter 1102*Osbert 1105*Robert 1111*Serlo 1122...  (1928–1935)

Diocesan Bishops of Guildford

Diocesan Bishops of Guildford
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1927	1934	John Greig	Translated from Gibraltar Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe The Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers not only the area of Gibraltar in British jurisdiction but also all of mainland Europe, Morocco and the territory of the former Soviet Union... . Nominated on 1 June and confirmed on 28 June 1927. Resigned in 1934.
1934	1949	John Macmillan John MacMillan John Stewart MacMillan is a retired a Canadian ice hockey forward.MacMillan began his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1960. He would also play with the Detroit Red Wings. Macmillan left the NHL following the 1965 season and retired from hockey altogether in 1971...	Translated from Dover Bishop of Dover The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent... . Nominated on 19 October and confirmed on 22 November 1934. Resigned on 15 October 1949.
1949	1956	Henry Campbell Henry Campbell Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell MC KCVO PC was a Church of England clergyman and Bishop of London from 1956–1961.-Early life and career:...	Translated from Kensington Bishop of Kensington The Bishop of Kensington is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England... . Nominated on 21 October and confirmed on 23 November 1949. Translated to London Bishop of London The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...  on 25 January 1956.
1956	1960	Ivor Watkins	Translated from Malmesbury Bishop of Malmesbury The Bishop of Malmesbury was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title took its name after the town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. In 1994, the suffragan title changed its name to become the Bishop of... . Nominated on 25 May and confirmed on 11 July 1956. Died in office on 24 October 1960.
1961	1973	George Reindorp George Reindorp George Edmund Reindorp was an Anglican bishop. He was the 5th Bishop of Guildford in the Church of England and subsequently the 75th Bishop of Salisbury.Reindorp was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Cambridge...	Nominated on 20 January and consecrated on 25 March 1961. Translated to Salisbury Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...  on 15 January 1973.
1973	1982	David Brown	Nominated on 23 July and consecrated on 1 November 1973. Died in office on 13 July 1982.
1983	1994	Michael Adie	Nominated on 5 May and consecrated on 30 June 1983. Retired in 1994.
1994	2004	John Gladwin John Gladwin John Warren Gladwin is the former Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.Born in 1942, he was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Churchill College, Cambridge . His ministerial training was at Cranmer Hall, Durham . He was ordained deacon in...	Nominated and consecrated in 1994. Translated to Chelmsford Bishop of Chelmsford The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury.The current bishop is the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, the 10th Bishop of Chelmsford, who signs Stephen Chelmsford...  in 2004.
2004	present	Christopher Hill	Translated from Stafford Bishop of Stafford The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bishop of Stafford has particular episcopal oversight of the... . Nominated and confirmed in 2004.