The Bishop of London

Bishop Sarah was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral on 12 May 2018.

Bishop Sarah sits in the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spirituals, having been introduced on 24th May 2018. She was sworn as a member of the Privy Council on 14 March 2018, and became Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal on 11 July 2019.

Bishop Sarah studied first at South Bank University for her BSc followed by a MSc and then at Heythrop College, University of London where she got her MA. She was awarded Honorary Doctorates of Science from Bournemouth University, (2004), University of Wolverhampton (2004) and University of Hertfordshire (2005) and was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2005 for her contribution to nursing and midwifery. In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Exeter.

Bishop Sarah is a late ordinand who before ordination was Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health. She trained for the ministry at the South East Institute for Theologian Education and served her first curacy at Battersea Fields in Southwark Diocese from 2001 to 2006. From 2006 to 2012 she was Team Rector at Sutton in Southwark Diocese. From 2012 to 2015 she was Canon Residentiary and Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral before taking up her role in 2015 as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. Bishop Sarah was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral on 12th May 2018. In September 2021 she received an Honorary Doctorate in Health awarded by the University of Plymouth.

Bishop Sarah is married to Eamonn and they have two adult children. She has continued her interest in the health service having been a non-executive director at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust then at Salisbury NHS Foundation Hospital. She is a member of Council at King’s College London University. She is a novice potter.

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The Bishop of London’s Office

The Old Deanery, Deans Court, London, EC4V 5AA
020 3837 5200

For all email correspondence to the bishop :
bishop.london.correspondence@london.anglican.org

Diary Assistant: Frances Charlesworth
frances.charlesworth@london.anglican.org
Telephone: 020 3837 5212

Executive Assistant: Louise Redfern
louise.redfern@london.anglican.org
Telephone: 020 3837 5211

Bishop’s Chaplain: the Revd Preb Sandra McCalla
chaplain.bishop@london.anglican.org
Telephone: 020 3837 5213

Bishop’s Adviser: The Ven Rosemary Lain-Priestley
rosemary.lainpriestley@london.anglican.org

Bishop’s Parliamentary and Policy Researcher: Emily King
emily.king@churchofengland.org