Richard Chartres

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable

The Lord Chartres

GCVO PC FSA
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable; The Lord Chartres; GCVO PC FSA
Bishop of London
	Lord Chartres, 2018
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
In office	1995–2017
Predecessor	David Hope
Successor	Sarah Mullally
Previous post(s)	Gresham Professor of Divinity (1987–1992); Bishop of Stepney (1992–1995);
Orders
Ordination	1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest);
Consecration	22 May 1992
Personal details
Born	11 July 1947 (age 77); Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	The Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London
Spouse	Caroline Mary McLintock (m. 1982)
Children	4
Alma mater	Trinity 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 (/ˈtʃɑːrtərz/;^[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.

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