Richard Chartres


The Lord Chartres

Bishop of London
Lord Chartres, 2018
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of London
In office1995–2017
PredecessorDavid Hope
SuccessorSarah Mullally
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination
  • 1973 (deacon)
  • 1974 (priest)
Consecration22 May 1992[1]
Personal details
Born (1947-07-11) 11 July 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceThe Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London
Spouse
Caroline Mary McLintock
(m. 1982)
Children4
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
In office
22 January 1996 – 31 March 2017
Lord Temporal
In office
7 November 2017
 – Life Peer

Richard John Carew Chartres, Baron Chartres, GCVO, ChStJ, PC, FSA, FBS (/ˈɑːrtərz/;[2] born 11 July 1947) is a retired senior bishop of the Church of England.

Chartres served as area Bishop of Stepney from 1992 to 1995 and Bishop of London from 1995 to 2017.[3] He was sworn of the Privy Council in the same year he became Bishop of London, having been Gresham Professor of Divinity from 1987 to 1992. In October 2017, Chartres was created a life peer, and now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords, previously sitting as a Lord Spiritual.

  1. ^ "Bishop of London biography". Diocese of London. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Mind Your Language". The Spectator. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Bishop of London announces retirement in 2017". Diocese of London (Press release). 19 July 2016.