Bishops Of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the town of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in 604. During the late 17th and 18th centuries it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed Dean of Westminster Abbey.
The bishop's residence, "Bishopscourt", is in Rochester.
The office was created in AD 604 at the founding of the diocese in the Kingdom of Kent under King Æthelbert. The current bishop is the Rt Revd James Langstaff.
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“The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
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—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)