Bishop of Kingston

For other places called Kingston with bishops, see Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario; Diocese of Ontario; Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica; and Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

The Bishop of Kingston (technically of Kingston upon Thames or, originally, of Kingston-on-Thames)^[1] is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England.^[2] The title takes its name after Kingston upon Thames, a settlement in south-west London. The bishops suffragan of Kingston have been area bishops since the Southwark area scheme was founded in 1991.^[3]

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On 15 December 2022, it was announced that Martin Gainsborough is to become the next area Bishop of Kingston during February 2023.^[4][5]

List of bishops

Bishops of Kingston
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1905	1915	Cecil Hook
1915	1922	Samuel Taylor
1922	1927	Percy Herbert	Translated to Blackburn
1927	1952	Frederick Hawkes
1952	1970	William Gilpin
1970	1978	Hugh Montefiore	Translated to Birmingham
1978	1984	Keith Sutton	Translated to Lichfield
1984	1992	Peter Selby	First area bishop from 1991; translated to Worcester
1992	1997	Martin Wharton	Translated to Newcastle
1997	2001	Peter Price	Translated to Bath and Wells
2002	2022	Richard Cheetham	Retired 17 October 2022.[6]
2023	present	Martin Gainsborough	Consecrated 2 February 2023.[7]
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