The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Rochester is a small town in Kent, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ... Pope Pius XI, depicted in this window at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, was ordinary of the universal Roman Catholic Church and local ordinary of Rome. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Diocese of Rochester forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. ... The Province of Canterbury consists of the following dioceses of the Church of England: Their archbishop is the Archbishop of Canterbury. ...

The diocese covers the west of the County of Kent. The see is in the City of Rochester where the seat is located at The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in 604. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... Rochester is a small town in Kent, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ... Rochester Cathedral is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. ... Events April 13 - Sabinianus becomes Pope, succeeding Gregory I. September 13 - Pope Sabinianus is consecrated. ...

The office was created in 604 at the founding of the diocese in the Kingdom of Kent under King Æthelbert. The Catholic line of Bishops ended in 1560. Events April 13 - Sabinianus becomes Pope, succeeding Gregory I. September 13 - Pope Sabinianus is consecrated. ... The Kingdom of Kent was a kingdom of Jutes in southeast England, one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. ... Ethelbert (or Æthelbert, or Aethelberht) (c. ...

The Bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Rochester, Kent.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Dr Michael James Nazir-Ali, PhD, the 106th Lord Bishop of Rochester, who signs Michael Roffen.

List of the Church of England Bishops of Rochester, England

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Sources

• Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
• Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London

See also

• Lists of office-holders