The diocese of London was first established in the Roman period, the earliest bishop for whom there is good historical evidence being Restitutus, who attended a Council in Arles in 314.
The diocese was reconstituted in 604 and now covers the historic Cities of London and Westminster, the County of Middlesex and the Spelthorne district of Surrey, a total area of around 180 square miles, and includes 413 parishes with some 484 churches, many of national significance.
David Etherington KC is the Chancellor of the Diocese of London. He is an experienced ecclesiastical lawyer and judge who is also the Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Ruth Arlow is the Deputy Chancellor.
Stuart Jones is the Joint Registrar of the Diocese. He was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983 and is employed by Birketts LLP in Norwich and London.
He has been the Registrar of the Diocese of Norwich since 1 January 2009, and the Registrar of the Diocese of London since 1 September 2020.
Kevin Wilson also Joint Registrar of the Diocese. He was admitted as a Solicitor in 1999 and is employed by Birketts LLP in London and Ipswich. Kevin is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer, who completed the Cannon Law LLM Course at Cardiff University in 2022.
Richard Hastings has been the Diocesan Registry Clerk since 2009.