List of the Bishops of Rochester
The diocese was founded in 604 by the King of Kent Æthelberht . Augustine sat Justus in the same year as the first bishop.
The following people were bishops of Rochester , they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church until 1535 , then to the Church of England :
Bishops of Rochester | |||
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Name (life data) | Term of office | annotation | image |
Justus († November 10, 627) |
604 to 624 | then Bishop of Canterbury | |
Romanus († around 625) |
624 to 625 | ||
Paulinus († October 10, 644) |
625 to 644 | previously Bishop of York | |
Ithamar († between 655 and 664) |
644 to 655/664 | ||
Damianus († around 664) |
655/664 to 664 | ||
Putta († between 676 and 688) |
669 to 676 | then Bishop of Hereford | |
Cwichelm |
676 to 678 | He was removed from office | |
Gebmund († 693) |
678 to 693 | ||
Tobias († 726) |
693/706 to 726 | ||
Ealdwulf († 739) |
727 to 739 | ||
Dunn († 747) |
741 to 747 | ||
Eardwulf († between 765 and 722) |
757 to 765/772 | ||
Diora († between 781 and 785) |
765/772 to 781/785 | ||
Waermund I. († between October 803 and 805) |
781/785 to 803/805 | ||
Beornmod († between 842 and 844) |
803/805 to 842/844 | ||
Tatnoth († between 845 and 862) |
844 to 845/862 | ||
Badenoth |
He is on the list, but no dates are given for him. | ||
Waermund II. († between 860 and 868) |
845/862 to 860/868 | ||
Cuthwulf († between 868 and 880) |
860/868 to 868/880 | ||
Swithwulf († between 894 and 897) |
868/880 to 894/897 | ||
Ceolmund († between 909 and 926) |
897/904 to 909/926 | ||
Cyneferth († between 923 and 934) |
909/926 to 923/934 | ||
Burhric († between 946 and 964) |
933/934 to 946/964 | ||
Authorized († around 955) |
946/949 to 955 | ||
(Daniel) | 951/955 | This bishop cannot be clearly assigned, he could also have been Bishop of Selby , or have served both dioceses as bishop at the same time. | |
Ælfstan († 995) |
946/964 to 995 | ||
Godwine I. († between 995 and 1046) |
995 to 995/1046 | ||
Godwine II († between 1046 and 1058) |
995/1046 to 1046/1058 | ||
Siward (uncertain: † October 30, 1075) |
1058 to 1075 | ||
Arnost († uncertain: July 15, 1076) |
1076 | ||
Gundulf († March 7, 1108) |
1077 to 1108 | ||
Ralph d'Escures († October 20, 1122) |
1108 to 1114 | then Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Ernulf († March 15, 1124) |
1114 to 1124 | ||
Johann I († June 20, 1137) |
1125 to 1137 | ||
Johann II. († 1142) |
1137 to 1142 | ||
Ascelin († January 24, 1148) |
114 to 1148 | ||
Walter († July 26, 1182) |
1148 to 1182 | ||
Waleran († August 29, 1184) |
1182 to 1184 | ||
Gilbert de Glanville († June 24, 1214) |
1185 to 1214 | ||
Benedict of Sawston († December 18, 1226) |
1214 to 1226 | ||
Henry of Sandford († February 24 or 25, 1235) |
1226 to 1235 | ||
Richard Wendene († October 12, 1250) |
1235 to 1250 | ||
Lawrence of St. Martin († June 3, 1274) |
1250 to 1274 | ||
Walter of Merton († October 27, 1277) |
1274 to 1277 | Was also Lord Chancellor | |
John Bradfield († April 23, 1283) |
1277 to 1283 | ||
Thomas Ingoldsthorpe († May 11, 1291) |
1283 to 1291 | ||
Thomas Wouldham († February 28, 1317) |
1291 to 1317 | ||
Hamo Hythe († after May 1357) |
1317 to 1352 | He resigned in 1352 | |
John Sheppey († October 19, 1360) |
1352 to 1360 | ||
William of Whittlesey († June 5, 1374) |
1360 to 1364 | Then Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Thomas Trilleck († between December 11th and 27th, 1372) |
1364 to 1372 | ||
Thomas Brinton († May 4, 1389) |
1373 to 1389 | ||
William Bottlesham (Bottisham) († February 1400) |
1389 to 1400 | previously Bishop of Llandaff | |
John Bottlesham († April 17, 1404) |
1400 to 1404 | ||
Richard Young († October 17-28, 1418) |
1404 to 1418 | previously Bishop of Bangor | |
John Kemp († March 22, 1454) |
1419 to 1421 | then Bishop of Chichester , London , as well as Archbishop of York and Canterbury and Lord Chancellor | |
John Langdon († September 30, 1434) |
1421 to 1434 | ||
Thomas Brouns († December 6, 1445) |
1435 to 1436 | then Bishop of Norwich | |
William Wells († February 7-26, 1444) |
1437 to 1444 | ||
John Low († after November 21, 1467) |
1444 to 1467 | previously Bishop of St Asaph | |
Thomas Rotherham († May 29, 1500) |
1467 to 1500 | then Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York | |
John Alcock († October 1, 1500) |
1472 to 1476 | then Bishop of Worchester and Ely , and Lord Chancellor | |
John Russell († December 30, 1494) |
1476 to 1480 | then Bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor | |
Edmund Audley († August 23, 1524) |
1480 to 1492 | then Bishop of Hereford and Salisbury | |
Thomas Savage († September 3, 1507) |
1493 to 1496 | then Bishop of London and Archbishop of York | |
Richard Fitz-James († January 15, 1522) |
1497 to 1503 | Then Bishop of Chichester and London | |
John Fisher († June 22, 1535) |
1504 to 1535 | Last Catholic Bishop: He lost his office in January for refusing to take the Supreme Oath and was executed in June of the same year. | |
John Hilsey († August 4, 1539) |
1535 to 1539 | First (Anglican) bishop to take the Supreme Oath. | |
Nicholas Heath († 1579) |
1540 to 1544 | then Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of York, as well as Lord Chancellor | |
Henry Holbeach († August 6, 1551) |
1544 to 1547 | then Bishop of Lincoln | |
Nicholas Ridley († 1579) |
1547 to 1550 | then Bishop of London | |
John Ponet († August 11, 1556) |
1550 to 1551 | then Bishop of Winchester | |
John Scory († June 25, 1585) |
1551 to 1552 | then Bishop of Chichester and Hereford | |
Maurice Griffith († November 20, 1558) |
1554 to 1558 | ||
Edmund Gheast († February 28, 1577) |
1560 to 1571 | then Bishop of Salsbury | |
Edmund Freke († March 21, 1591) |
1572 to 1575 | then Bishop of Norwich and Worcester | |
John Piers († September 28, 1594) |
1576 to 1577 | then Bishop of Salisbury and Archbishop of York | |
John Young († April 10, 1605) |
1578 to 1605 | ||
William Barlow († September 7, 1613) |
1605 to 1608 | then Bishop of Lincoln | |
Richard Neile († October 31, 1640) |
1608 to 1610 | then Bishop of Lichfield, Lincoln, Durham , Winchester and Archbishop of York | |
John Buckeridge († May 23, 1631) |
1610 to 1628 | then Bishop of Ely | |
Walter Curil († 1647) |
1628 to 1629 | then Bishop of Bath and Winchester | |
John Bowle († October 9, 1637) |
1629 to 1637 | ||
John Warner († October 4, 1666) |
1637 to 1666 | ||
John Dolben († April 11, 1686) |
1666 to 1683 | then Archbishop of York | |
Francis Turner |
1683 to 1684 | then Bishop of Ely | |
Thomas Sprat († May 20, 1713) |
1684 to 1713 | ||
Francis Atterbury († February 22, 1732) |
1713 to 1723 | ||
Samuel Bradford († May 17, 1731) |
1723 to 1731 | previously Bishop of Carlisle | |
Joseph Wilcocks († February 28, 1756) |
1731 to 1756 | previously Bishop of Gloucester | |
Zachary Pearce († June 29, 1774) |
1756 to 1774 | previously Bishop of Bangor | |
John Thomas († August 22, 1793) |
1774 to 1793 | ||
Samuel Horsley († October 4, 1806) |
1793 to 1802 | before Bishop of St Davids and afterwards Bishop of St Asaph | |
Thomas Dampier († May 13, 1812) |
1802 to 1808 | then Bishop of Ely | |
Walker King († February 22, 1827) |
1808 to 1827 | ||
Hugh Percy († February 5, 1856) |
1827 | then Bishop of Carlisle | |
George Murray († February 16, 1860) |
1827 to 1860 | previously Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
Joseph Cotton Wigram († April 6, 1867) |
1860 to 1867 | ||
Thomas Legh Claughton († July 25, 1892) |
1867 to 1877 | then Bishop of St Albans | |
Anthony Wilson Thorold († July 25, 1895) |
1877 to 1891 | then Bishop of Winchester | |
Randall Thomas Davidson († May 25, 1930) |
1891 to 1895 | then Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Edward Stuart Talbot († January 30, 1934) |
1895 to 1905 | then Bishop of Southwark and Winchester | |
John Reginald Harmer († March 9, 1944) |
1905 to 1930 | previously Bishop of Adelaide | |
Martin Linton Smith († October 7, 1950) |
1930 to 1939 | previously Bishop of Hereford | |
Christopher Maude Chavasse († March 10, 1962) |
1940 to 1960 | ||
Richard David Say († September 15, 2006) |
1961 to 1988 | ||
Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull |
1988 to 1994 | thereafter Bishop of Durham | |
Michael James Nazir-Ali |
1994 to 2009 | ||
James Langstaff |
2010 to |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pp. 247-250.
- ↑ The dates given here are the probable dates of death. The sources at this early period (up to around 1100) are very thin.
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 229
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 210
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 83
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 211
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 243
- ↑ a b c d e f Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 265
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 225
- ↑ a b c Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 236
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 252
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 240
- ↑ a b c Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 230
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 262
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 224
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 258
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 279
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 214
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 212