Bishop of the Mercians
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From
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Until
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Incumbent
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Notes
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?
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aft 655
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Diuma
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Dwyna; Duma.
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dates unclear
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Ceollach
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Cellach, a Scot; resigned and returned to Scotland.
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c658
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c 662
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Trumhere
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Trumhere, Abbot of Ingethling.
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c 662
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c 667
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Jaruman
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Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey people (based at Lichfield)
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669
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672
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Chad
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Saint Chad; Ceadda. Translated from York. After his consecration was first declared invalid and then restored; died in office.
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Bishops of Lichfield
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672
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c674
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Winfrith
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Winfride; Winfrid. Deprived by Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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c 676
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bef 692
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Seaxwulf
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Saxulf; Sexulf. Abbot of Medeshamstede (Peterborough); Saint Sexwulf.
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691
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bet 716–727
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Headda
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Headdi; Eatheadus of Sidnacester.
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bef 731
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737
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Aldwine
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Aldwyn; Aldwini.
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737
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bet 749–767
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Witta
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Huitta.
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bef 757
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765
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Hemele
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Hemel.
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c 765
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c 769
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Cuthfrith
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Cuthred; died in office.
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c 769
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bet 777–779
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Berhthun
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Died in office.
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779
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787
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Hygeberht
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Higbert; created Archbishop by King Offa in 787.
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Archbishop of Lichfield
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787
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799
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Hygeberht
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Higbert; Bishop until 787.
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Bishops of Lichfield
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From
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Until
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Incumbent
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Notes
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bet 799–801
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bet 814–816
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Ealdwulf
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Adulphus; title of Archbishop laid aside.
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bet 814–816
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bet 817–818
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Herewine
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|
818
|
830
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Æthelwold
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|
830
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bet 830–836
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Hunberght
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Humbert II.
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bet 830–836
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bet 841–845
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Cynefrith
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Cumbert; Cineferth; Saint Cumbert.
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bet 843–845
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bet 857–862
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Tunberht
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Tunbright; Tunfrith; Tumfriht.
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bet 857–862
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bet 866–869
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Wulfsige
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|
bet 866–869
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bet 875–883
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Eadberht
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or perhaps Burgheard
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bet 875–883
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bet 889–900
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Wulfred
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|
bet 889–900
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bet 909–915
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Wilferth
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or Wigmund; omitted from Haydn's.
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bet 903–915
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bet 935–941
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Ælfwine
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|
bet 935–941
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bet 946–949
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Wulfgar
|
|
bet 946–949
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bet 963–964
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Cynesige
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Kinsey; Kynsy; Kinsius.
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bet 963–964
|
975
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Wynsige
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Winsey; Winsius.
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975
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bet 1002–1004
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Elphege
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|
bet 1002–1004
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after 1017
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Godwin
|
|
after 1017
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bet 1026–1027
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Leofgar
|
Leosgar.
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c 1027
|
1039
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Brihtmær
|
Brithmar.
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1039
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1053
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Wulfsige
|
Wulsy.
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1053
|
1067
|
Leofwin
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Abbot of Coventry.
|
1067
|
1075
|
Peter
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In accordance with the decree of the Council of London (1075), removed see to Chester.
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Bishops of Chester
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1075
|
1085
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Peter
|
|
1086
|
1102
|
Robert de Limesey
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Prebendary of St Paul's; removed see to Coventry.
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Bishops of Coventry
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From
|
Until
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Incumbent
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Notes
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1102
|
1117
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Robert de Limesey
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As above, title change only; died in office.
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1117
|
1121
|
Vacant for 4 years
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1121
|
1126
|
Robert Peche
|
Robert Pecham. Chaplain to Henry I; died in office.
|
1126
|
1129
|
Vacant for 2 years
|
1129
|
1148
|
Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
|
Also called Bishop of Lichfield & Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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1149
|
1159
|
Walter Durdent
|
|
1161
|
1182
|
Richard Peche
|
|
1183
|
1184
|
Gerard la Pucelle
|
|
1184
|
1188
|
Vacant
|
1188
|
1198
|
Hugh Nonant
|
|
1198
|
1208
|
Geoffrey de Muschamp
|
|
1208
|
1215
|
Vacant due to interdict by Pope Innocent III against King John's realms.
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1215
|
1223
|
William de Cornhill
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|
1224
|
1228
|
Alexander de Stavenby
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Became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield
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From
|
Until
|
Incumbent
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Notes
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1228
|
1238
|
Alexander de Stavenby
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Previously Bishop of Coventry.
|
1239
|
William de Raley
|
William Raleigh; elected by both the chapter of Coventry and that of Lichfield but being also elected Norwich he accepted that office.
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1239
|
Nicholas Farnham
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Elected by the Chapter of Coventry but did not take office, later Bishop of Durham.
|
1239
|
William de Manchester
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Dean of Lichfield; elected by the Chapter of Lichfield but did not take office
|
1239
|
December 1241
|
Hugh de Pateshull
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Lord Treasurer; accepted after much controversy between the two chapters and at Henry III's request; confirmed 25 December 1239; died in office.
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December 1241
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8 December 1241
|
Richard le Gras
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Abbot of Evesham, elected but declined office or died before the disputed election was resolved.
|
December 1241
|
1245
|
Vacant
|
1243
|
Robert de Monte Pessulano
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Elected but refused the appointment, finding the election disagreeable to Henry III.
|
1245
|
1256
|
Roger Weseham
|
Dean of Lincoln; appointed by Pope Innocent IV.
|
1258
|
1295
|
Roger de Meyland
|
Roger Longespée; Roger de Molend.
|
1296
|
1321
|
Walter Langton
|
Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.
|
1322
|
1358
|
Roger Northburgh
|
Roger de Northbrugh; Archdeacon of Richmond; Lord Keeper and Lord Treasurer.
|
1360
|
1385
|
Robert de Stretton
|
Canon of Lichfield.
|
1386
|
1386
|
Walter Skirlaw
|
Dean of St Martin's; translated to Bath & Wells.
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1386
|
1398
|
Richard le Scrope
|
Translated to York.
|
1398
|
1414
|
John Burghill
|
Translated from Llandaff.
|
1415
|
1419
|
John Catterick
|
John Keterich; translated from St Davids; translated to Exeter.
|
1419
|
1419
|
James Cary
|
translated to Exeter but died before taking office thereof.
|
20 November 1420
|
13 March 1447
|
William Heyworth
|
|
1447
|
1452
|
William Booth
|
Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to York.
|
1452
|
Nicholas Close
|
Translated from Carlisle; Chancellor of Cambridge.
|
1453
|
1459
|
Reginald Boulers
|
Translated from Hereford.
|
1459
|
1490
|
John Hales
|
John Halse. Prebendary of St Paul's, London.
|
1493
|
1496
|
William Smyth
|
Archdeacon of Surrey; translated to Lincoln.
|
1496
|
1502
|
John Arundel
|
Dean of Exeter; translated to Exeter.
|
1503
|
1531
|
Geoffrey Blythe
|
Geoffry Blyth. Dean of York.
|
1534
|
1539
|
Rowland Lee
|
Chancellor and Prebendary of Lichfield and Lord President of Wales. Title changed when Coventry Cathedral was dissolved.
|
Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry
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From
|
Until
|
Incumbent
|
Notes
|
1539
|
1543
|
Rowland Lee
|
Previously Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, before the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
|
1543
|
1554
|
Richard Sampson
|
Translated from Chichester; Lord President of Wales.
|
1554
|
1559
|
Ralph Baines
|
The last Roman Catholic Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; deprived and died soon after.
|
1560
|
1579
|
Thomas Bentham
|
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
|
1580
|
1609
|
William Overton
|
Prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury.
|
1609
|
1610
|
George Abbot
|
Dean of Winchester; translated to London.
|
1610
|
1614
|
Richard Neile
|
Translated from Rochester; translated to Lincoln.
|
1614
|
1618
|
John Overall
|
Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Norwich.
|
1619
|
1632
|
Thomas Morton
|
Translated from Chester; translated to Durham.
|
1632
|
1643
|
Robert Wright
|
Translated from Bristol.
|
1644
|
1646
|
Accepted Frewen
|
Dean of Gloucester; deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646.
|
1646
|
1660
|
The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[3][4]
|
1660
|
1660
|
Accepted Frewen
|
Restored; translated to York, 4 October 1660.
|
1661
|
1670
|
John Hacket
|
Canon-resident of St Paul's, London.
|
1671
|
1692
|
Thomas Wood
|
Dean of Lichfield.
|
1692
|
1699
|
William Lloyd
|
Translated from St Asaph; translated to Worcester.
|
1699
|
1717
|
John Hough
|
Translated from Oxford; translated to Worcester.
|
1717
|
1730
|
Edward Chandler
|
Prebendary of Worcester; translated to Durham.
|
1731
|
1749
|
Richard Smalbroke
|
Translated from St Davids.
|
1750
|
1768
|
Frederick Cornwallis
|
Canon of Windsor; Dean of St Paul's, London (1766); translated to Canterbury.
|
1768
|
1771
|
John Egerton
|
Translated from Bangor; translated to Durham.
|
1771
|
1774
|
Brownlow North
|
Dean of Canterbury; translated to Worcester.
|
1775
|
1781
|
Richard Hurd
|
Master of the Temple; translated to Worcester.
|
1781
|
1824
|
James Cornwallis
|
Earl Cornwallis after 1823. Dean of Canterbury; nephew of Frederick Cornwallis (above); died in office.
|
10 March 1824
|
31 March 1836
|
Henry Ryder
|
Translated from Gloucester; died in office.
|
3 July 1836
|
24 January 1837
|
Samuel Butler
|
Became Bishop of Lichfield when Coventry was transferred to Worcester diocese.[5]
|
Bishops of Lichfield
|
From
|
Until
|
Incumbent
|
Notes
|
24 January 1837
|
4 December 1839
|
Samuel Butler
|
Previously Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; died in office.
|
23 January 1840
|
11 October 1843
|
James Bowstead
|
Translated from Sodor & Man.
|
3 December 1843
|
19 October 1867
|
John Lonsdale
|
Archdeacon of Middlesex and Principal of King's College, London; died in office.
|
4 January 1868
|
11 April 1878
|
George Selwyn
|
Translated from New Zealand; died in office.
|
24 June 1878
|
28 July 1891
|
William Maclagan
|
Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington; translated to York.
|
29 September 1891
|
15 March 1913
|
Augustus Legge
|
Confirmed 28 September 1891; died in office.
|
13 June 1913
|
15 June 1937
|
John Kempthorne
|
|
29 July 1937
|
11 January 1953
|
Edward Woods
|
Died in office.
|
29 September 1953
|
1 December 1974
|
Stretton Reeve
|
|
2 January 1975
|
29 February 1984
|
Kenneth Skelton
|
former Bishop of Matabeleland and Assistant Bishop of Durham; retired.
|
12 October 1984
|
2003
|
Keith Sutton
|
|
2003
|
30 September 2015
|
Jonathan Gledhill
|
[6]
|
30 September 2015
|
10 June 2016
|
Clive Gregory
|
Bishop of Wolverhampton. Acting bishop.[7]
|
10 June 2016
|
incumbent
|
Michael Ipgrave
|
|