List of the Bishops of London
The following people were bishops of London , until 1559 they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England :
bishop | from | to | Remarks |
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Theanus | ??? | ??? | |
Eluanus | ??? | ??? | |
Cadar | ??? | ??? | |
Obinus | ??? | ??? | |
Conanus | ??? | ??? | |
Palladius | ??? | ??? | |
Stephen | ??? | ??? | |
Iltutus | ??? | ??? | |
Theodwinus | ??? | ??? | |
Theodredus | ??? | ??? | |
Hilary | ??? | ??? | |
Restitutus | bl. 314 | attended the Council of Arles (314) part | |
Guitelinus | ??? | ??? | |
Fastidius | ??? | ??? | |
Wodinus (Vodinus) | ??? | ??? | |
Theonus | ??? | ??? | |
In the middle of the 450s the diocese of London was dissolved and rebuilt in 604. | |||
Holy Mellitus | 604 | approx. 617 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
vacant | approx. 617 | 653 | |
Holy Cedd | approx. 653 | 664 | |
vacant | 664 | 666 | |
Wine (Wini) | 666 | before 675 | previously Bishop of Winchester |
vacant | approx. 672 | 675 | |
Heiliger Erkenwald (Earconwald, Eorcenwald) | approx. 675 | 693 | |
Waldhere (Wealdheri) | 693 | at 705/716 | |
Ingwald (Ingweald) | at 705/716 | 745 | |
Ecgwulf (Eggwulf) | 745 | at 766/772 | |
Wigheah (Sighaeh) | at 766/772 | at 772/781 | |
Eadberht (Eadbert, Eadbeorht) | at 772/782 | at 787/789 | |
Eadgar (Edgar) | at 787/789 | at 789/793 | |
Coenwealh (Cenwealh) | at 789/793 | at 793/796 | |
Eadbald (Eadbeald) | at 793/796 | at 796/798 | |
Heathoberht (Heathubeorht) | at 796/798 | 801 | |
Osmund (Oswynus) | around 801/803 | around 805/811 | |
Æthelnoth (Æthilnoth) | around 805/811 | around 816/824 | |
Ceolberht (Coelbeorht) | around 816/824 | around 845/860 | |
Deorwulf | around 845/860 | around 867/896 | |
Swithwulf | around 867/896 | around 867/896 | |
Heahstan (Eadstanus) | around 867/896 | 897 | |
Wulfsige | around 897/900 | around 909/926 | |
Æthelweard | around 909/926 | around 909/926 | |
Leofstan (Ealhstan, Elstanus) | around 909/926 | around 909/926 | |
Theodred | around 909/926 | around 951/953 | |
Brihthelm (Beorhthelm) | around 951/953 | around 957/959 | |
Holy Dunstan | around 957/959 | 959 | previously Bishop of Worcester , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Ælfstan | around 959/964 | 995 or 996 | |
Wulfstan | 996 | 1002 | then Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester |
Ælfhun | around 1002/1004 | at 1015/1018 | |
Ælfwig | 1014 | circa 1035 | |
Ælfweard | 1035 | 1044 | |
Robert von Jumièges (Robert Champart, Robert Gemiticensis) | 1044 | 1051 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
William the Norman | 1051 | 1075 | |
Hugh d'Orevalle | 1075 | 1085 | |
Maurice | 1085 | 1107 | previously Archdeacon of Maine and Lord Chancellor |
Richard de Beaumis (Belmis, Rufus) | 1108 | 1127 | |
Gilbert Universalis | 1127 | 1134 | |
vacant | 1134 | 1136 | |
(Anselm of San Saba) | 1136 | 1138 | Bishop Select |
vacant | 1138 | 1141 | |
Robert de Sigillo | 1141 | 1150 | |
vacant | 1150 | 1152 | |
Richard de Beaumis (Belmis II) | 1152 | 1162 | previously Archdeacon of Middlesex |
Gilbert Foliot | 1163 | 1187 | previously Bishop of Hereford |
vacant | 1187 | 1189 | |
Richard fitz Nigel (Richard of Ely) | 1189 | 1198 | from approx. 1159 Chancellor of the Exchequer |
William de Ste Mère-Église | 1198 | 1221 | |
Eustace de Fauconberg | 1221 | 1228 | |
Roger Niger | 1228 | 1241 | |
Fulk basset | 1241 | 1259 | |
Henry of Wingham | 1259 | 1262 | previously Lord Chancellor |
Henry of Sandwich | 1262 | 1272 | |
John of Chishall | 1273 | 1280 | previously Lord Chancellor |
Richard of Gravesend | 1280 | 1303 | |
Ralph Baldock | 1304 | 1313 | |
Gilbert Seagrave | 1313 | 1316 | |
Richard Newport | 1317 | 1318 | |
Stephen Gravesend | 1318 | 1338 | |
Richard de Wentworth | 1338 | 1339 | also Lord Chancellor |
Ralph Stratford | 1340 | 1354 | |
Michael Northburgh | 1354 | 1361 | |
Simon Sudbury | 1361 | 1375 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
William Courtenay | 1375 | 1381 | previously Bishop of Hereford, also Lord Chancellor, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Robert Braybrooke | 1381 | 1404 | also Lord Chancellor |
Roger Walden | 1404 | 1406 | previously Archbishop of Canterbury |
Nicholas Bubwith | 1406 | 1407 | then Bishop of Salisbury |
Richard Clifford | 1407 | 1421 | previously Bishop of Worcester |
John Kemp | 1421 | 1425 | previously Bishop of Chichester , then Archbishop of York |
William Gray | 1425 | 1431 | then Bishop of Lincoln |
Robert FitzHugh | 1431 | 1436 | |
Robert Gilbert | 1436 | 1448 | |
Thomas Kempe | 1448 | 1489 | |
Richard Hill | 1489 | 1496 | |
Thomas Savage | 1496 | 1501 | previously Bishop of Rochester , then Archbishop of York |
William Warham | 1501 | 1503 | then Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury |
William Barons | 1504 | 1505 | |
Richard FitzJames | 1506 | 1522 | previously Bishop of Chichester |
Cuthbert Tunstall | 1522 | 1530 | thereafter Bishop of Durham |
John Stokesley | 1530 | 1539 | |
Edmund Bonner | 1539 | 1549 | previously Bishop of Hereford |
Nicholas Ridley | 1550 | 1553 | previously Bishop of Rochester |
Edmund Bonner | 1553 | 1559 | last Roman Catholic bishop |
Edmund Grindal | 1559 | 1570 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Edwin Sandys | 1570 | 1577 | previously Bishop of Worcester, then Archbishop of York |
John Aylmer | 1577 | 1594 | |
Richard Fletcher | 1594 | 1596 | previously Bishop of Worcester |
Richard Bancroft | 1597 | 1604 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Richard Vaughan | 1604 | 1607 | previously Bishop of Chester |
Thomas Ravis | 1607 | 1609 | previously Bishop of Gloucester |
George Abbot | 1610 | 1611 | previously Bishop of Lichfield , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
John King | 1611 | 1621 | |
George Montaigne | 1621 | 1628 | previously Bishop of Lincoln, then Bishop of Durham |
William Laud | 1628 | 1633 | previously Bishop of Bath and Wells , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
William Juxon | 1633 | 1646 | previously Bishop of Hereford, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
vacant | 1646 | 1660 | |
Gilbert Sheldon | 1660 | 1663 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Humphrey Henchman | 1663 | 1675 | previously Bishop of Salisbury |
Henry Compton | 1675 | 1713 | previously Bishop of Oxford |
John Robinson | 1713 | 1723 | previously Bishop of Bristol |
Edmund Gibson | 1723 | 1748 | previously Bishop of Lincoln |
Thomas Sherlock | 1748 | 1761 | previously Bishop of Salisbury |
Thomas Hayter | 1761 | 1762 | previously Bishop of Norwich |
Richard Osbaldeston | 1762 | 1764 | previously Bishop of Carlisle |
Richard Terrick | 1764 | 1777 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
Robert Lowth | 1777 | 1787 | previously Bishop of Oxford |
Beilby Porteus | 1787 | 1809 | previously Bishop of Chester |
John Randolph | 1809 | 1813 | previously Bishop of Bangor |
William Howley | 1813 | 1828 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Charles Blomfield | 1828 | 1856 | previously Bishop of Chester |
Archibald Campbell Tait | 1856 | 1868 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
John Jackson | 1869 | 1885 | previously Bishop of Lincoln |
Frederick Temple | 1885 | 1896 | previously Bishop of Exeter , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
Almond Creighton | 1897 | 1901 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
Arthur Winnington-Ingram | 1901 | 1939 | previously suffragan bishop of Stepney |
Geoffrey Fisher | 1939 | 1945 | previously Bishop of Chester, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
William Wall | 1945 | 1955 | previously Bishop of Bath and Wells |
Henry Campbell | 1956 | 1961 | previously Bishop of Guildford |
Robert Stopford | 1961 | 1973 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
Gerald Ellison | 1973 | 1981 | previously Bishop of Chester |
Graham Douglas Leonard | 1981 | 1991 | previously Bishop of Truro |
David Michael Hope | 1991 | 1995 | previously Bishop of Wakefield , then Archbishop of York |
Richard John Carew Chartres | 1995 | 2017 | previously suffragan bishop of Stepney |
Sarah Mullally | 2018 | now | previously suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Exeter |
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 99
literature
- London . In: Charles Herbermann (Ed.): Catholic Encyclopedia . Robert Appleton Company, 1913, p. 899-900 (English, online [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- Crockford's Clerical Directory . 100th edition. Church House Publishing, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 (English).
- EB Fryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy (Eds.): Handbook of British Chronology . 3. Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 219-220 and 258-260 (English).
- John Noorthouck: A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark . 1773, A list of the Bishops of London, pp. 899-900 (English, british-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- DE Greenway: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300 . tape 1 : St Paul's, London . British History Online, 1968, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- JM Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 . tape 5 : St Paul's, London . British History Online, 1963, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- JM Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857 . tape 1 : St. Paul's, London . British History Online, 1969, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).