Bishop of Rochester
During the late 17th and 18th centuries, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed Dean of Westminster: the practice ended in 1802.The diocese covers two London boroughs and West Kent, which includes Medway and Maidstone.The office was created in 604 at the founding of the diocese in the Kingdom of Kent under King Æthelberht.[4] The Diocese of Rochester was historically the oldest and smallest of all the suffragan sees of Canterbury.The restricted territory of the diocese meant that it needed only one archdeacon to supervise all 97 parishes.