List of the Bishops of Durham
The following people were Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham ( Great Britain ):
Bishops of Lindisfarne
- Saint Aidan (635-651)
- Holy Finan (651-661)
- Saint Colman (661-664)
- Holy Tuda (664-664)
In 664 the bishopric was moved to York by Wilfrid , Tuda's successor. The episcopal seat was restored by the Archbishop of Canterbury Theodore of Tarsus in 678 after the exile of Wilfrid from Northumbria by King Ecgfrith
- Eata by Hexham (678-685)
- Saint Cuthbert (685-687)
- Archbishop Wilfrid von York administers the diocese (687–688)
- Saint Eadberht (688–698)
- Saint Eadfrith (698-721)
- Holy Æthelwald (721–740)
- Cynewulf (740-780)
- Higbald (780-803)
- Egbert (803-821)
- Egfrid (Heathured) (821-830)
- Ecgred (830-845)
- Eanbert (845-854)
- Eardulf (854-875)
The monks of Lindisfarne fled the Danes in 875 and the episcopal seat remained vacant for 7 years. In 882 Eardulf and his monks settled in Chester-le-Street and it also became the seat of the bishops of Lindisfarne
Bishops of Lindisfarne in Chester-le-Street
- Eardulf (882-899)
- Cutheard (900-915)
- Tilred (915-928)
- Wilgred (928-944)
- Uchtred (944-947)
- Sex helmet (947-947)
- Ealdred (947-968)
- Elfdig (968-990)
- Aldhun (Ealdhun) (990-995)
In 995, King Æthelred II restored peace by paying Danegeld to the Danish and Norwegian kings. Aldhun was about to resurrect Lindisfarne when he received a divine vision telling him that the body of Saint Cuthbert should rest in Durham. Durham has been the seat of bishops since that time and the title has also been changed to Bishop of Durham
Bishops of Durham
- Aldhun (Ealdhun) 995-1018
- vacant 1018-1021
- Eadmund 1021-1041
- Eadred 1041-1042
- Ethelric 1042-1056
- Ethelwin 1056-1071
Prince-Bishops of Durham
- Walcher 1071-1080
- William of St Calais 1081-1096
- Ranulf Flambard 1099-1128
- Geoffrey Rufus (Galfrid) 1133-1141
- William Cumin 1141-1144
- William de Ste Barbe 1143-1152
- Hugh de Puiset 1153–1195 ( Le Puiset House )
- Philip of Poitou 1196-1208
- Richard Poore 1209-1213
- John de Gray 1213-1214
- Morgan 1215
- Richard Marsh 1217-1226
- William Scot 1226-1227
- Richard Poore 1228-1237
- Thomas de Melsonby 1237-1240
- Nicholas Farnham 1241-1249
- Walter of Kirkham 1249-1260
- Robert of Stichill 1260-1274
- Robert of Holy Island 1274-1283
- Antony Bek 1283-1311 (also Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1306-1311)
- Richard Kellaw 1311-1316
- Louis de Beaumont 1317-1333
- Richard de Bury 1333-1345
- Thomas Hatfield 1345-1381
- John Fordham 1381-1388
- Walter Skirlaw 1388-1406
- Thomas Langley 1406-1437
- Robert Neville 1437-1457
- Lawrence Booth 1457-1476
- William Dudley 1476-1483
- John Shirwood 1484-1493
- Richard Fox 1494-1501
- William Senhouse 1502-1505
- Christopher Bainbridge 1507-1508
- Thomas Ruthall 1509-1523
- Thomas Wolsey 1523-1529
- Cuthbert Tunstall 1530-1559
Prince-Bishops of Durham of the Church of England
- James Pilkington 1561-1576
- Richard Barnes 1577-1587
- Matthew Hutton 1589-1595
- Tobias Matthew 1595-1606
- William James 1606-1617
- Richard Neile 1617-1627
- George Monteigne 1628
- John Howson 1628-1632
- Thomas Morton 1632-1659
- John Cosin 1660-1672
- Nathaniel Crew 1674-1721
- William Talbot 1721-1730
- Edward Chandler 1730-1750
- Joseph Butler 1750–1752
- Richard Trevor 1752-1771
- John Egerton 1771-1787
- Thomas Thurlow 1787–1791
- Shute Barrington 1791-1826
- William van Mildert 1826-1836
Bishops of Durham of the Church of England
- Edward Maltby 1836-1856
- Charles Longley 1856-1860
- Henry Villiers 1860-1861
- Charles Baring 1861–1879
- Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1879–1889
- Brooke Westcott 1890-1901
- Handley Moule 1901-1920
- Herbert Hensley Henson 1920-1939
- Alwyn Williams 1939-1952
- Arthur Michael Ramsey 1952-1956
- Maurice Harland 1956-1966
- Ian Ramsey 1966-1972
- John Stapylton Habgood 1973-1983
- David Edward Jenkins 1984-1994
- Michael Turnbull 1994-2003
- Nicholas Thomas Wright 2003-2010
- Justin Welby 2011–2013, then Archbishop of Canterbury
- Paul Butler 2014–
literature
- Diana E. Greenway: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Volume 2. Monastic cathedrals (northern and southern provinces). London 1971, pp. 29-32 ( British History Online ).
- B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 6. Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham). London 1963, pp. 107-109 ( British History Online ).
- Joyce M. Horn, David M. Smith, Patrick Mussett: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857. Volume 11. Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses. London 2004, pp. 73-77 ( British History Online ).