bishop of Kensington

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The Bishop of Kensington is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The Bishop of Kensington is responsible for a part of Greater London, including Kensington, Hounslow, Hampton, Hammersmith and Fulham, plus the Spelthorne district in Surrey.

In February 1903, the first bishop received care of the rural deaneries of Westminster, Hampton, and Uxbridge from assistant bishop Alfred Barry,{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1903_02_06_170 | issue = 2089 | date = 6 February 1903 | page = 170 | accessed = 19 September 2020 }} who had in turn taken over responsibility for "West London" from the Bishop of Marlborough in 1900.{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1900_06_15_690 | issue = 1951 | date = 15 June 1900 | page = 690 | accessed = 19 September 2020 }} In 1906, Ridgeway moved to a house on Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington.{{Church Times | title = Church news. Personal. | archive = 1906_10_26_518 | issue = 2283 | date = 26 October 1906 | page = 518 | accessed = 10 January 2021 }} In the experimental area scheme of 1970, the bishop was given oversight of the deaneries of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Hampton, Staines and Hounslow.{{Church Times | title = Virtual autonomy for London's 'area bishops'? | archive = 1970_02_20_01 | issue = 5584 | date = 20 February 1970 | page = 1 | accessed = 29 September 2020 }} The bishops suffragan of Kensington have been area bishops since the London area scheme was founded in 1979.{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002|url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|access-date=23 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607020502/http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}

Emma Ineson became Bishop of Kensington upon swearing the oaths at a service on 19 February 2023.{{Cite tweet |author=Sarah Mullally |user=bishopSarahM |number=1627373620459708421 |date=19 February 2023 |title=Welcome @e_ineson Bishop of Kensington... |access-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225210206/https://twitter.com/bishopSarahM/status/1627373620459708421 |archive-date=25 February 2023 }}{{cite AV media |date=19 February 2023 |title=Kensington Area Welcome Service for the Right Reverend Dr Emma Ineson - St Barnabas Kensington |type=livestream |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=cs_uK3hKk2g |access-date=25 February 2023 |time=55:00 }}