List of the bishops of Winchester

Winchester Cathedral, 2008

The following people were bishops of Winchester , until 1559 they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England . Most of them are buried in Winchester Cathedral.

List of bishops

Name (life data)	Term of office	Remarks
Wine	660-663
Leuthere	670-676
Haedde	676-? 705
Daniel from Winchester	approx. 705-744
Hunfrith	744 - (between 749 and 756)
Cyneheard	756 - (between 759 and 778)
Æthelheard	(between 759 and 778) - (between 759 and 778)
Ecgbald	(between 759 and 778) - (between 781 and 785)
Dudd	(between 781 and 785) - (between 781 and 785)
Cyneberht	(between 781 and 785) - (between 801 and 803)
Ealhmund	(between 801 and 803) - (between 805 and 814)
Wigthegn	(between 805 and 814) - 836
Herefrith	before 825 - 836
Eadhun	(between 833 and 838) - 838
Helmstan	(838 or 839) - (between 844 and 853)
Swithin	(852 or 853) - (between 862 and 865)
Ealhferth	(between 862 and 867) - (between 871 and 877)
Tunberht	(between 871 and 877) - (878 or 879)
Denewulf	878 or 879-908
Frithestan	909-932 or 933
Byrnstan	931-934
Ælfheah I.	934 or 935-951
Obligatory I.	951-959
Brihthelm	960-963
Æthelwald I.	963-984
Aelfheah II.	984-1006
Cenwulf	1006
Æthelwald II.	1006-1012
Aelfsige II.	1012-1032
Ælfwine	1032-1047
Stigand	1047-1070
Walkelin	1070-1098
William Giffard	1100-1129
Henry of Blois	1129-1171
Richard of Ilchester	1173-1188
Godfrey de Lucy	1189-1204
Peter des Roches	1205-1238
William Raleigh	1240-1250
Aymer de Lusignan	1250-1260
John Gervase	1262-1268
Nicholas of Ely	1268-1280
John de Pontoise	1282-1304
Henry Woodlock	1304 / 5-1316
John sandal	1316-1319
Rigaud de Asserio	1319-1323
John Stratford	1323-1333
Adam Orleton	1333-1345
William Edendon	1345-1366
William of Wykeham * 1324 in Wickham, Hampshire † September 27, 1404 in Winchester	1366-1404
Henry Beaufort	1404-1447	also Bishop of Lincoln
William Waynflete * around 1395 † 1486	1447-1486
Peter Courtenay	1487-1492
Thomas Langton	1493-1501
Richard Fox * 1446/48 near Grantham, Lincolnshire † October 5, 1528 in Winchester	1501-1528
Thomas Wolsey * 1475? in Ipswich † November 28, 1530 in Leicester	1529-1530
Stephen Gardiner * around 1497? Bury St Edmunds † November 12, 1555 in Whitehall Palace, London	1531-1551
John Ponet * 1514 † August 1556	1551-1553
Stephen Gardiner * around 1497? Bury St Edmunds † November 12, 1555 in Whitehall Palace, London	1553-1555
John White	1556-1559	last Roman Catholic bishop
Robert Horne	1560-1580
John Watson	1580-1584
Thomas Cooper	1584-1594
William Wickham	1594-1595
William Day	1595-1596
Thomas Bilson	1597-1616
James Montague	1616-1618
Lancelot Andrewes	1618-1626
Richard Neile	1627-1632
Walter Curle	1632-1647
Brian Duppa	1660-1662
George Morley	1662-1684
Peter Mews	1684-1706
Jonathan Trelawny	1707-1721
Charles Trimnell	1721-1723
Richard Willis	1723-1734
Benjamin Hoadly	1734-1761
John Thomas	1761-1781
Brownlow North	1781-1820
George Pretyman-Tomline	1820-1827
Charles Richard Sumner	1827-1869
Samuel Wilberforce	1869-1873
Edward Harold Browne	1873-1891
Anthony Wilson Thorold	1891-1895
Randall Thomas Davidson	1895-1903
Herbert Edward Ryle	1903-1911
Edward Stuart Talbot	1911-1923
Frank Theodore Woods	1923-1932
Cyril Forster Garbett	1932-1942
Mervyn George Haigh	1942-1952
Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams	1952-1961
Sherard Falconer Allison	1961-1974
John Vernon Taylor	1974-1985
Colin Clement Walter James	1985-1995
Michael Scott-Joynt	1995-2011
Tim Dakin	since 2011