[9] He was translated to become Bishop of London with the confirmation of his election to that See on 2 July 1991[10] and enthroned at St Paul's Cathedral on 14 September.
"[17][18] On 26 October 1995 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO),[19] an honour in the personal gift of the Queen.
[20] On 30 June 2004, together with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and on behalf of all 114 Anglican bishops, he wrote to Tony Blair expressing deep concern about government policy and criticising the coalition troops' conduct in Iraq.
On 1 August 2004 it was announced that Hope would step down as Archbishop of York to become a parish priest at St Margaret's Church in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
[25] On 10 September 2006, Hope announced his resignation as Vicar of St Margaret's, Ilkley, owing to ill health.
On 1 October 2007 it was announced that he would also serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe;[26] that licence lapsed in 2012.
In April 2013, it was reported that in 1999 and 2003, Hope had been made aware of allegations of child sexual abuse against a former Dean of Manchester, Robert Waddington.
[27] Following the 2014 report of the Cahill Inquiry, Hope resigned his post as honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales on 27 October 2014.