List of the bishops of Hereford

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The following people were bishops of Hereford , England :

Putta is considered the first bishop of Hereford. In some sources, Magonset is also given as the first bishop. His term of office is said to have been from 670 to 676. Basically, the figures up to around 1050 are only vague, as the sources from this time only provide very unclear information. From 1535 the first bishops turned to the Reformation. In 1559 the last bishop belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England :

Bishops of Hereford
Name (life data) Term of office annotation image
Putta
† around 688
676 to 688 he is not identical to the Bishop of Rochester
Tyrhtel
688 to 705/710
Torhthere
710 to 727/731
Weahlstod
727/731 to 731/736
Cuthbert
736 to 740 then Archbishop of Canterbury
Podda
741 to 747/758
Acca (Ecca)
747/758 to 758/770
Headda (Ceadda)
758/770 to 770/777
Ealdberht
777 to 781/787
Esne
781/787 to 787/788
Ceolmund
787/788 to 793/798
Utel
793/798 to 801
Wulfheard
801 to 822/824
Beonna
824 to 825/832
Eadwulf
825/832 to 836/839
Cuthwulf
836/839 to 857/866
Deorlaf
857/866 to 884/888
Cynemund
888 to 888/901
Eadgar
888/901 to 930/931
Tidhelm
930/931 to 937
Wulfhelm
937 to 937/940
Ælfric
937/940 to 951/955
Æthelwulf
951/955 to 1012
Athelstan
† February 10, 1056
1012 to 1056
Leofgar
1056
Ealdred
1056 to 1060 at the same time also Bishop of Worcester , then Archbishop of York
Walter of Lorraine
1061 to 1079 Blason Lorraine.svg
Robert de Losinga
† June 26, 1095
1079 to 1095
Gerard of Roðem
1096 to 1100 then Archbishop of York FitzGerald arms.svg
Vacant 1101 to 1107
Reynelm de Bec
† 27./28. October 1115
1107 to 1115 Blason Antoine de Beck, Evêque de Durham, svg
Geoffrey de Clive
† February 2, 1119
1115 to 1119 Armorial Bearings of the CLIVE (Clyve) family of Wormbridge and St. Devereux, Herefordshire.png
Vacant 1119 to 1121
Richard de Capella
† August 15, 1127
1121 to 1127
Vacant 1127 to 1131
Robert de Bethune
† April 16, 1148
1131 to 1148 Blason Maison de Béthune.svg
Gilbert Foliot
† February 18, 1187
1148 to 1163 then Bishop of London Armorial Bearings of the FOLIOT family represented by Hugh Foliot, Bishop of Hereford in 1219.png
Robert de Melun
† February 27, 1167
1163 to 1167 The greue van Meleun.svg
Vacant 1167 to 1174
Robert Foliot
† May 9, 1186
1174 to 1186 Armorial Bearings of the FOLIOT family represented by Hugh Foliot, Bishop of Hereford in 1219.png
William de Vere
† December 24, 1198
1186 to 1198 Blason famille de Vere.svg
Giles de Braose
† after November 18, 1215
1200 to 1215 the Braose house Armorial Bearings of the BRAOSE family of Hereford.png
Hugh de Mapenore
† April 16, 1219
1216 to 1219
Hugh Foliot
† August 7, 1234
1219 to 1234 Armorial Bearings of the FOLIOT family represented by Hugh Foliot, Bishop of Hereford in 1219.png
Ralph de Maidstone
† January 27, 1245
1234 to 1239 gave up the office on December 17, 1239.
Blason (English) : Sable a Chevron between three Cups covered Argent crowned Or
Peter d'Aigueblanche
† November 27, 1268
1240 to 1268
Sceau de pierre d'Aigueblanche évêque d'Hereford.jpg
John le Breton
† before May 12, 1275
1269 to 1275
Thomas de Cantilupe
† August 25, 1282
1275 to 1282 previously Lord Chancellor Diocese of Hereford arms.svg
Richard Swinfield
† March 15, 1317
1283 to 1317
Adam Orleton
† July 18, 1345
1317 to 1327 then Bishop of Worcester and Winchester
Thomas Charleton
† January 11, 1344
1327 to 1344 Armorial Bearings of the CHARLTON family of Ludford, Herefordshire.png
John Trilleck
† November 30, 1360
1344 to 1360 Trilleck.jpg
Louis Charleton
† May 23, 1369
1361 to 1369 Armorial Bearings of the CHARLTON family of Ludford, Herefordshire.png
William Courtenay
† July 31, 1396
1370 to 1375 then Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor Blason Courtenay.svg
John Gilbert
† July 28, 1397
1375 to 1389 before that Bishop of Bangor ; then Bishop of St. Davids Armorial Bearings of the GILBERT family of Longtown, Herefs.png
John Trefnant
† between March 26 and April 23, 1404
1389 to 1404
Robert Maschal
† December 22, 1416
1404 to 1416
Edmund Lacy
† September 18, 1455
1417 to 1420 then Bishop of Exeter Armorial Bearings of the LACY family of Holme Lacy, Herefs.png
Thomas Polton
† August 23, 1433
1420 to 1421 then Bishop of Chichester and Worcester Poulton arms.gif
Thomas Spofford
1422 to 1448 Released office in December 1448
Richard Beauchamp
† November 4, 1481
1449 to 1450 then Bishop of Salisbury Beauchamp.svg
Reginald Boulers
† between March 24 and April 10, 1459
1451 to 1453 then Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
John Stanbury
† May 11, 1474
1453 to 1474 before that Bishop of Bangor
Thomas Milling
† after January 12, 1492
1474 to 1492
Edmund Audley
† August 23, 1524
1492 to 1502 before that Bishops of Rochester ; then Bishop of Salisbury Armorial Bearings of the AUDLEY family of Much Marcle, Herefordshire.png
Adriano de Castello
† 1521
1502 to 1504 then Bishop of Bath and Wells Blason ville for Bain-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine) .svg
Richard Mayo
† April 18, 1516
1504 to 1516 Armorial Bearings of the MAYO family of Much Marcle, Herefordshire.png
Charles Booth
† May 5, 1535
1516 to 1535 and Chancellor of the Welsh Marches COA of Booth.svg
Edward Foxe
† May 8, 1538
1535 to 1538 elected Anglican - Synod President Armorial Bearings of the FOX family of Cowarne, Herefordshire.png
Edmund Bonner
† September 5, 1569
1538 to 1539 He was elected but was not ordained as Bishop of Hereford. He then became Bishop of London.
EdmundBonner.jpg
John Skippe (or Skyppe)
† March 28, 1552
1539 to 1552 Armorial Bearings of the SKIPPE family of Ledbury, Herefordshire.png
John Harley
† 1557/58
1553 to 1554 he was deposed in March 1554. Armorial Bearings of the HARLEY family of Brampton Castle, Brampton Brian, Herefs.png
Robert Parfew (or Parfoye or Wharton)
† September 22, 1557
1554 to 1557 before that Bishop of St. Asaphs
Thomas Raynold
† November 24, 1559
1558 to 1559 he was the last Roman Catholic bishop, although he was never ordained
John Scory
† June 25, 1585
1559 to 1585 before that Bishop of Chichester Armorial Bearings of the SKORY family of Bilbury, Herefordshire.png
Herbert Westfaling
† March 1, 1602
1585 to 1602
HerbertWestphaling.jpg
Robert Bennett
† October 20, 1617
1603 to 1617
Francis Godwin
† after April 29, 1633
1617 to 1633 before that Bishop of Llandaff
FrancisGodwin.jpg
William Juxton
† June 4, 1663
October 1633 only elected, but then as Bishop to London and later Archbishop of Canterbury
William Juxon from NPG.jpg
Augustine Lindsell
† November 6, 1634
March 1634 to November 1634 before that Bishop of Peterborough
Matthew Wren
† April 24, 1667
March 1635 to December 1635 then Bishop of Norwich and Ely
MatthewWren.gif
Theophilus Field
† June 2, 1636
1635 to 1636 before that Bishop of St. Davids
George Coke
† December 10, 1646
1636 to 1646 before that Bishop of Bristol Coke Coat of Arms.svg
Vacant 1646 to 1660
Nicholas Monck
† December 17, 1661
1660 to 1661 Monck arms.svg
Herbert Croft
† May 18, 1691
1662 to 1691 Armorial Bearings of the CROFT family of Croft Castle, Herefordshire.png
Gilbert Ironside
† August 27, 1701
1691 to 1701 before that Bishop of Bristol
Humphrey Humphries
† November 20, 1712
1701 to 1712 before that Bishop of Bangor
Philip Bisse
† September 6, 1721
1713 to 1721 before that Bishop of St. Davids
PhilipBisse.jpg
Benjamin Hoadley
† April 7, 1761
1721 to 1723 before that Bishop of Bangor; then Bishop of Salisbury and Winchester
William Hogarth 052.jpg
Henry Egerton
† April 1, 1746
1724 to 1746 Egerton family COA (Dukes of Bridgewater, Dukes of Sutherland) .svg
James Beauclerk
† October 20, 1787
1746 to 1787 Blason Charles II Beauclerk (1696-1751) 2e duc de Saint-Albans.svg
John Harley
† January 9, 1788
1787 to 1788 Armorial Bearings of the HARLEY family of Brampton Castle, Brampton Brian, Herefs.png
John Butler
† December 10, 1802
1788 to 1802 before that Bishop of Oxford
Ffoliot Herbert Walker Cornewall
† September 5, 1831
1803 to 1808 before that Bishop of Bristol; then Bishop of Worcester Arms of Richard of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall.svg
John Luxmoore
† January 21, 1830
1808 to 1815 before that Bishop of Bristol; then Bishop of St. Asaphs
George Isaac Huntingford
† April 29, 1832
1815 to 1832 before that Bishop of Gloucester
Edward Gray
† June 24, 1837
1832 to 1837 Arms of Gray, Earl Gray, svg
Thomas Musgrave
May 4, 1860
1837 to 1847 then Archbishop of York Armorial Bearings of the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, DD, Bishop of Hereford (1837) .png
Renn Dickson Hampden
April 23, 1868
1848 to 1868 Renn Hampden, Kensal Green Cemetery.JPG
James Atlay
December 24, 1894
1868 to 1894
John Percival
December 3, 1918
1895 to 1917 He is on 31 October 1917 resigned
John Percival 1863.png
Herbert Hensley Henson
September 28, 1947
1918 to 1920 thereafter Bishop of Durham
Herbert Hensley Henson, Vanity Fair, 1912-04-24.jpg
(Martin) Linton Smith
March 9, 1944
1920 to 1930 before that, suffragan bishop of Warrington ; then Bishop of Rochester
Charles Lisle Carr
February 2, 1942
1930 to 1941 He is the thirtieth September 1941 resigned
Richard Godfrey Parsons
December 26, 1948
1941 to 1948 before that, Suffragan Bishop of Middleton and Bishop of Southwark
Tom Longworth
1949 to 1961 before that suffragan bishop of Pontefract
Mark Allin Hodson
1961 to 1974 before that, suffragan bishop of Taunton
John Richard Gordon Eastaugh
1974 to 1990
John Keith Oliver
1990 to 2003
Anthony Martin Priddis
2004 to 2013
Richard Frith
since 2014

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Individual evidence

  1. Unless otherwise noted, all information is from Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pages 229 to 231
  2. Patrick Sims-Williams, Putta (dc688) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , as viewed September 3, 2011
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  4. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 258
  5. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 211
  6. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 279
  7. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 226
  8. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 261
  9. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 252
  10. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 234
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  15. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 212
  16. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 224
  17. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
  18. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 263
  19. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 266
  20. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 222
  21. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 250