The present diocese covers the County of Essex including those parts of Essex added to Greater London on 1 April 1965 and Ballingdon-with-Brundon, transferred to Suffolk and Great/Little Chishill and Heydon, transferred to Cambridgeshire in 1894.

[17] Saulo Mauricio de Barros has been Priest-in-Charge of St Martin's Church, Plaistow since 2024.

[18] Barros was born in Arcoverde, Brazil; he was made deacon in 1995 and ordained priest in 1996.

[20] Having resigned as bishop, Barros served for a few years in southwestern Brazil before moving to his wife's native Britain, arriving in Colchester in 2019.

[19] He became Associate Priest of the Luso-Hispanic Mission at St Martin's Plaistow and of East Ham Team Ministry in September 2022;[21] in late 2023, he was also licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Chelmsford.