List of the Bishops of Rochester

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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
Name (life data) Term of office annotation image
Justus
(† November 10, 627)
604 to 624 then Bishop of Canterbury
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Romanus
(† around 625)
624 to 625
Paulinus
(† October 10, 644)
625 to 644 previously Bishop of York
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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
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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
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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
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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
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John Alcock
(† October 1, 1500)
1472 to 1476 then Bishop of Worchester and Ely , and Lord Chancellor
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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.
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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
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Henry Holbeach
(† August 6, 1551)
1544 to 1547 then Bishop of Lincoln
Nicholas Ridley
(† 1579)
1547 to 1550 then Bishop of London
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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
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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
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John Buckeridge
(† May 23, 1631)
1610 to 1628 then Bishop of Ely
Walter Curil
(† 1647)
1628 to 1629 then Bishop of Bath and Winchester
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John Bowle
(† October 9, 1637)
1629 to 1637
John Warner
(† October 4, 1666)
1637 to 1666
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John Dolben
(† April 11, 1686)
1666 to 1683 then Archbishop of York
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Francis Turner
1683 to 1684 then Bishop of Ely
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Thomas Sprat
(† May 20, 1713)
1684 to 1713
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Francis Atterbury
(† February 22, 1732)
1713 to 1723
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Samuel Bradford
(† May 17, 1731)
1723 to 1731 previously Bishop of Carlisle
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Joseph Wilcocks
(† February 28, 1756)
1731 to 1756 previously Bishop of Gloucester
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Zachary Pearce
(† June 29, 1774)
1756 to 1774 previously Bishop of Bangor
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John Thomas
(† August 22, 1793)
1774 to 1793
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Samuel Horsley
(† October 4, 1806)
1793 to 1802 before Bishop of St Davids and afterwards Bishop of St Asaph
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Thomas Dampier
(† May 13, 1812)
1802 to 1808 then Bishop of Ely
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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
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Joseph Cotton Wigram
(† April 6, 1867)
1860 to 1867
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Thomas Legh Claughton
(† July 25, 1892)
1867 to 1877 then Bishop of St Albans
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Anthony Wilson Thorold
(† July 25, 1895)
1877 to 1891 then Bishop of Winchester
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Randall Thomas Davidson
(† May 25, 1930)
1891 to 1895 then Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury
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Edward Stuart Talbot
(† January 30, 1934)
1895 to 1905 then Bishop of Southwark and Winchester
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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
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James Langstaff
2010 to

Individual evidence

  1. Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pp. 247-250.
  2. The dates given here are the probable dates of death. The sources at this early period (up to around 1100) are very thin.
  3. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 229
  4. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 210
  5. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 83
  6. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 211
  7. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 243
  8. a b c d e f Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 265
  9. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 225
  10. a b c Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 236
  11. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 252
  12. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 240
  13. a b c Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
  14. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 230
  15. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 262
  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. 258
  18. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 279
  19. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 214
  20. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 212

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