List of the Bishops of Lincoln
The following people were Bishops of Lincoln (Lincolnshire) :
Bishops of Lindine (Lindsey) based in Lincoln
- 678 to approx. 679 Eadhæd (Eadhed, Eadheath)
- c.680-692? Æthelwine (Ediluini)
- ? 693 or 701–716 or 731 Edgar (Eadgar, Eadgarus)
- 720 or 716 or 731–733 Cyneberht (Lindsey) (Cyniberctus, Cyniberct, Cynibertus)
- 733–750 Alwig (Alhuig, Alowioh, Aluuich, Aluuig, Alwius)
- 750 or 751–765 Ealdwulf (Aldulfus)
- 765 / 767–783 or 796 Ceolwulf (Ceolulfus and numerous name variants)
- 789 or 796–836 or 839 Eadwulf (Adulf, Eadulf, Eadulfus, Eaduulf)
- 836 or 839–862 or 866? Beorhtred (Berhtred, Berehtred, Berhtredus, Byrhtred) (last de facto bishop of Lindsey)
- 862 or 866–866 or 869 Eadbald (Eadbaldus) (nominal Bishop of Lindsey)
- 866 or 869–869? ? Burgheard (nominal Bishop of Lindsey) or
- 866 or 869–875? ? Eadberht (Nominal Bishop of Lindsey)
- 875? -886? ...
Bishops of Dorchester
- 886-953? ...
- 953? –971 or 975 Leofwine (nominal Bishop of Lindsey)
- ? 996–1004 Sigeferth (last nominal bishop of Lindsey)
- ? 1009-1011? ? Ælfstan (possible nominal bishop of Lindsey)
Bishops of Dorchester on the Thames
- 634–650 Saint Birinus
- 650-660 Agilbert
- 660? - ??? Ætla
Bishops of Leicester
- 692-703 Wilfrid
- 703? - between 716 and 727 Headda (also Bishop of Lichfield)
- between 716 and 727-727 Aldwine
- 737–764 Totta (Torhthelm)
- 764–786 Edbertus (Eadberht)
- 786-801 Unwona
- 801–814 Werinbertus (Wernberht)
- 814–861 Rothunus (Ræthhun)
- 861–873 Aldredus (Ealdred)
- December 840 or 844–869 or 888 Ceolred (moves the bishopric to Dorchester on the Thames in the 870s)
Bishops of Dorchester on the Thames
Bishopric of Lincoln (Sidnacester) and Leicester united circa 870
- 869 or 888–893 or 896 Harlardus (Alhheard)
- 893 or 900–903 or 909 Wigmund (Wilferth)
- 873-905 Ceolredus
- 905 or approx. 909–909 or 925 Ceolulfus (Cenwulf; Kenulphus)
- 909 or 925–934 or 945 Wynsige
- 934 or 945–949 or 950 Æthelwald
- 949 or 950–959 Osketel (afterwards Archbishop of York)
- ??? - ??? ? Wulfric
Bishops of Dorchester and Lincoln
- 949–960 Leofwine (Leofwynus) (also Bishop of Lindsey, unites the seats of Dorchester and Sidnacester)
- 960 or 971 or 975–967 or 975 or 979 Alnothus (Alfnoth)
- 967 or 975 or 979–994 or April 23, 1002 Ascwinus (Œswy; Æscwig)
- 994 or 1002–1004 or 1007 or 1009 Alfhelmus (Ælfhelm)
- 1004 or 1007 or 1009 by October 18, 1016 Eadnothus (Eadnoth) (also abbot of Ramsey; fallen at the Battle of Assandun)
- 1016 to December 8, 1034 Eadhericus (Æthelric; Brihtmær)
- 1034-18 / 19. September 1049 Eadnothus (Eadnoth) (Bishop of Dorchester, Leicester and Sidnacester)
- 1052 or 1049 until September 14, 1052 Ulfus Normanus (Ulf)
- 1053-1067 Wulfinus
- 1070–1071 Remigius de Fécamp (Remigius de Feschamp) (relocated the bishopric to Lincoln)
Bishops of Lincoln
- 1072-1092 Remigius de Fécamp
- 1092–1123 Robert Blouet (Robert Bluet) (also Lord Chancellor )
- 1123–1147 Alexander (also archdeacon of Salisbury)
- 1147–1166 Robert de Chesney (Robert de Cheney) alias Querceto
- 1166–1173 vacant
- 1173–1181 Geoffrey Plantagenet (afterwards Archbishop of York )
- 1173–1184 Walter de Coutances (afterwards Archbishop of Rouen)
- 1186 to November 16, 1200 Saint Hugh of Avalon , OCart
- 1203-1206 William de Blois
- 1206-1209 vacant
- 1209-1235 Hugh of Wells
- 1235–1253 Robert Grosseteste (Robert Grosthead; Robert Grouthed)
- 1253-1258 Henry of Lexinton
- 1258-1279 Richard of Gravesend
- 1281-1300 Oliver Sutton
- 1300–1320 John de Dalderby (John Aldberry; John d'Aldreby)
- February 3, 1320 Antony Bek
- 1320–1340 Henry Burghersh (Treasurer and Lord Chancellor)
- 1341–1347 Thomas Bek (Thomas le Bec)
- 1347–1363 John Gynwell (Gyndell; Gyndwelle; Sinwell)
- 1363–1398 John Bokyngham (John Bokingham)
- 1398–1405 Henry Beaufort (also Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Winchester )
- 1405–1420 Philip Repyngdon (Philip de Repingdon) (also Abbot of Leicester)
- 1420–1431 Richard Fleming (Richard Fleyming)
- 1431–1436 William Gray (previously Bishop of London)
- 1436–1450 William of Alnwick (William Alnewick) (previously Bishop of Norwich)
- 1450-1451 Marmaduke Lumley
- 1451-1452 vacant
- 1452-1472 John Chadworth
- 1472-1480 Thomas Rotherham
- 1480-1494 John Russell
- 1496-1514 William Smyth
- February 6, 1514 to September 1515 Thomas Wolsey (afterwards Archbishop of York)
- 1514-1541 William Atwater
- 1541–1547 John Longland
- 1547–1552 Henry Holbeach (previously Bishop of Rochester)
- 1552-1554 John Taylor
- 1554-1557 John White
- 1557–1560 Thomas Watson (last Catholic bishop)
Bishops of Lincoln of the Church of England
- 1560–1571 Nicholas Bullingham
- 1571–1584 Thomas Cooper
- 1584–1595 William Wickham
- 1595-1608 William Chadderton
- 1608–1613 William Barlow (previously Bishop of Rochester)
- 1613–1617 Richard Neile
- 1617–1621 George Montaigne
- 1621–1641 John Williams (afterwards Archbishop of York)
- 1642–1654 Thomas Winniffe
- 1654-1660 vacant
- 1660-1663 Robert Sanderson
- 1663–1667 Benjamin Laney (also Bishop of Peterborough and Ely )
- 1667–1675 William Fuller (also Bishop of Limerick )
- 1675-1691 Thomas Barlow
- 1691–1694 Thomas Tenison (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury )
- 1694 / 5–1704 / 5 James Gardiner
- 1705–1716 William Wake (then Archbishop of Canterbury)
- 1716–1723 Edmond Gibson (afterwards Bishop of London)
- 1723–1743 / 4 Richard Reynolds (previously Bishop of Bangor)
- 1744–1761 John Thomas (then Bishop of Salisbury)
- 1761-1779 John Green
- 1779–1787 Thomas Thurlow
- 1787–1820 George Pretyman Tomline (later Bishop of Winchester)
- 1820–1827 George Pelham (previously Bishop of Bristol and Exeter )
- 1827-1853 John Kaye (previously Bishop of Bristol)
- 1853–1868 John Jackson (then Bishop of London)
- 1868-1885 Christopher Wordsworth
- 1885-1910 Edward King
- 1910-1920 Edward Lee Hicks
- 1920-1933 W. Shuckburgh Swayne
- 1933–1942 Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks
- 1942-1946 Henry Aylmer Skelton
- 1946–1947 Leslie Owen
- 1947-1956 Maurice Henry Harland
- 1956-1974 Kenneth Riches, DD
- 1974-1987 Simon Wilton Phipps, MC, MA
- 1987-2002 Robert Maynard Hardy
- 2002–2011 John Saxbee
- since 2011 Christopher Lowson