Bishop of St Albans

The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. The bishop is supported in his work by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Hertford and the Bishop of Bedford, and three archdeacons.

The diocese covers the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, as well as parts of the London Borough of Barnet. The see is in the City of St Albans in Hertfordshire, where the cathedra (bishop's seat) is located at St Albans Cathedral. The cathedral building itself was an abbey church (part of St Albans Abbey) prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Following its purchase by the town in 1553, it was then a parish church until its elevation to cathedral status in 1877, when the diocese was created from the diocese of Rochester under Queen Victoria by the Bishopric of St. Albans Act 1875.

The last incumbent was Alan Smith, 10th Bishop of St Albans, who signs + Alan St Albans. His nomination was announced by Downing Street on 13 January 2009,^[1] following the retirement of Christopher Herbert.^[2] Smith's election as bishop by the College of Canons of the Cathedral took place on 13 February and his Confirmation of Election with the Archbishop of CanterburyRowan Williams followed on 31 March, at which point he legally took office as bishop. Smith was enthroned on 19 September 2009 and officially retired on the 31 May 2025.^[3]

On 19 March 2026, it was announced that the next Bishop of St Albans would be Andrew Rumsey, currently serving as SuffraganBishop of Ramsbury in the Diocese of Salisbury. ^[4]

The Bishop's residence is the Abbey Gate House, St Albans.

ومن بين الذين شغلوا منصب مساعدي الأساقفة في الأبرشية:

• 1914 – 1924 (متقاعد): نويل هودجز ، أسقف ترافانكور وكوشين السابق وأسقف مساعد دورهام وإيلي ^{[ 8 ]} 
• 1924 – 1934 (توفي): جيرارد لاندر ، قس كنيسة الثالوث المقدس في نيو بارنيت (حتى عام 1933)، رئيس شمامسة بيدفورد (بعد عام 1933)، وأسقف فيكتوريا السابق ^{[ 9 ].}  
• 1942 – 1951 (متقاعد): برنارد هيوود ، كاهن مقيم في دير سانت ألبانز وأسقف إيلي المتقاعد ^{[ 10 ]} 
• 1961–1968 (احتياط): جون بويز ، قسيس سانت  ألبانز والأسقف السابق لكيمبرلي وكورومان ^{[ 11 ]}

• فرايد، إي بي؛ غرينواي، دي إي؛ بورتر، إس؛ روي، آي، محررون. (1986). دليل التسلسل الزمني البريطاني (الطبعة الثالثة، أعيد طبعها  عام 2003). كامبريدج: مطبعة جامعة كامبريدج. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• تقويم ويتاكر 1883 إلى 2004 ، جوزيف ويتاكر وأولاده المحدودة/إيه آند سي بلاك، لندن.