List of the Bishops of Salisbury

Stained glass window of St Aldhelm, in Malmesbury Abbey

The Bishop of Salisbury is the head of the Diocese of Salisbury , in the Ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury , in the Church of England .

The diocese includes much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset . It is based in Salisbury Cathedral .

The origin of today's diocese was the Sherborne diocese, founded around 705 . Its seat was moved by a decision of the City Council from London to Sarum and in 1227 under King Henry III. Relocated to Neu Sarum and Salisburg.

The first bishop was Aldhelm von Sherborne . The 77th and final Bishop of Salisbury was David Stancliffe , ordained at Westminster Abbey in 1993 and enthroned in Salisbury Cathedral. He retired in 2010. The Chapter elected Nicholas Roderick Holtam , Vicar at St. Martin-in-the-Fields , Diocese of London, as its successor in 2011 .

Bishops of Sherborne

Bishops of Sherborne
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Aldhelm † 709	705 to 709	He is venerated as a saint.
Forthhere † 737	709 to 737
Herewald † between 766 and 778	737 to 766/778
Æthelmod † between 789 and 794	766/778 to 789/794
Denefrith † between 796 and 801	793 to 796/801
Wigberht † between 816 and 824	793/801 to 816/824
Eahlstan † 867	824 to 867
Heahmund † before April 23, 871	868 to 871	He is venerated as a saint
Æthelheah † between 881 and 889	871 to 881/889
Wulfsige I. † between 892 and 901	881/889 to 892/901
Asser Menevensis † 910	892/901 to 910
Æthelweard † between 910 and 918	910 to 910/918
Wærstan † between 910 and 918	910/918 to 910/918
Æthelbald † between 918 and 925	918 to 918/925
Sigehelm † 933	918/925 to 933
Alfred † 943	933 to 943
Wulfsige II. † 958	943 to 958
Ælfwald I. † 978	958 to 978
Æthelsige I. † between 990 and 992	978 to 990/992
Wulfsige III. † between 1001 and 1002	992 to 1001/1002
Æthelric † between 1009 and 1012	1001/1002 to 1009/1012
Æthelsige II. † between 1014 and 1017	1009/1012 to 1014/1017
Beorhtwine I. † between 1014 and 1017	1014/1017 to 1014/1017
Ælfmær † 1023	1017 to 1023
Beorhtwine II. † 1045	1023 to 1045
Ælfwald II. † 1058	1045 to 1058	He is venerated as a saint.
Hermann † 1078	1058 to 1078	also Bishop of Ramsbury . After his death, the bishopric was moved to Salisbury (Sarum).

Bishops of Old Sarum

Bishops of Old Sarum
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Osmund von Sées † December 3, 1099	1078 to 1099	previously Lord Chancellor ; he is venerated as a saint.
vacant	1099 to 1102
Roger † December 11, 1139	1102	previously Lord Chancellor
vacant	1139 to 1142	Philip de Harcourt was nominated by King Stephen , but he was refused the approval of the clergy, especially the Bishop of Winchester . The office therefore remained vacant until Philip's death.
Jocelin de Bohun † November 18, 1184	1142 to 1184	Resigned from office shortly before his death
vacant	1184 to 1189
Hubert Walter † July 13, 1205	1189 to 1193	then Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor
Herbert Poor † January 7, 1217	1194 to 1217
Richard Poore † April 15, 1237	1217 to 1228	before that Bishop of Chichester ; thereafter Bishop of Durham

Bishops of Salisbury

The Bishops of Salisbury belonged to the Roman Catholic Church until 1558/59 , then to the Church of England :

Bishops of Salisbury
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Robert of Bingham † November 3, 1246	1228 to 1246
William of York † January 31, 1256	1246 to 1256
Giles of Bridport † December 13, 1262	1256 to 1262
Walter de la Wyle † January 4, 1271	1263 to 1271
Robert of Wickhampton † April 24, 1284	1271 to 1284
Walter Scammel † September 20, 1286	1284 to 1286
Henry of Braunstone † February 11, 1288	1287 to 1288
vacant	1288	Lawrence de Awkeburne was only elected bishop but died before he could be ordained.
William de la Corner † October 10, 1291	1288 to 1291
Nicholas Longespée † May 18, 1297	1291 to 1297
Simon Ghent † April 2, 1315	1297 to 1315
Roger Martival † March 14, 1330	1315 to 1330
Robert Wyvil † September 1375	1330 to 1375
Ralph Erghum † April 10, 1400	1375 to 1388	then Bishop of Bath and Wells
John Waltham † September 17, 1395	1388 to 1395	simultaneously Lord Seal Keeper and Lord High Treasurer
Richard Mitford † between April 29 and May 9, 1407	1395 to 1407	previously Bishop of Chichester
Nicholas Bubwith † October 27, 1424	1407	previously Bishop of London ; then Bishop of Bath and Wells
Robert Hallam † September 4, 1417	1408 to 1417	He was promoted to cardinal in 1411 .
John Chaundler † July 16, 1426	1417 to 1426
Robert Neville † July 8, 1457	1427 to 1438	thereafter Bishop of Durham
William Ayscough † June 29, 1450	1438 to 1450
Richard Beauchamp † November 4, 1481	1450 to 1481	before that Bishop of Hereford
Lionel Woodville † after June 23, 1484	1482 to 1484
Thomas Langton † January 27, 1501	1485 to 1493	before that Bishop of St Davids ; then Winchester
John Blythe † August 23, 1499	1494 to 1499
Henry Deane † February 15, 1503	1500 to 1501	before that Bishop of Bangor ; then Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund Audley † August 23, 1524	1502 to 1524	before that Bishop of Rochester and Hereford
Lawrence Campejus † 1539	1524 to 1534
Nicholas Shaxton † between August 5 and 9, 1556	1534 to 1539
John Salcot † October 6, 1557	1539 to 1557	before that Bishop of Bangor
William Petow † April 1558	1557 to 1558
Francis Mallett † December 16, 1570	1558
John Jewel † September 23, 1571	1559 to 1571
Edmund Gheast † February 28, 1577	1571 to 1577	before that Bishop of Rochester
John Piers † September 28, 1584	1577 to 1589	before that Bishop of Rochester; then Archbishop of York
John Coldwell † October 14, 1596	1591 to 1596
Henry Cotton † May 7, 1615	1598 to 1615
Robert Abbot † March 2, 1618	1615 to 1618
Martin Fotherby † March 29, 1619	1618 to 1619
Robert Tounson † May 15, 1621	1620 to 1621
John Davenant † April 20, 1641	1621 to 1641
Brian Duppa † March 26, 1662	1641 to 1660	before that Bishop of Chichester; then Bishop of Winchester
Humphrey Henchman † October 7, 1675	1660 to 1663	then Bishop of London
John Earle (Bishop) † November 17, 1665	1663 to 1665	before that Bishop of Worcester
Alexander Hyde † August 22, 1667	1665 to 1667
Seth Ward † January 6, 1689	1667 to 1689	before that Bishop of Exeter
Gilbert Burnet † March 17, 1715	1689 to 1715
William Talbot † October 10, 1730	1715 to 1721	before that Bishop of Oxford ; thereafter Bishop of Durham
Richard Willis † August 10, 1734	1721 to 1723	before that Bishop of Gloucester ; then Bishop of Winchester
Benjamin Hoadley † April 17, 1761	1723 to 1734	before that Bishop of Bangor and Hereford, then Bishop of Winchester
Thomas Sherlock † July 18, 1761	1734 to 1748	before that Bishop of Bangor; then Bishop of London
John Gilbert † August 9, 1761	1748 to 1757	before that, Bishop of Llandaff ; then Archbishop of York
John Thomas † May 1, 1781	1757 to 1761	before that Bishop of Peterborough , then Bishop of Winchester
Robert Hay Drummond † December 10, 1776	1761	before that Bishop of St Asaph ; then Archbishop of York
John Thomas † July 19, 1766	1761 to 1766	before that Bishop of Lincoln
John Hume † June 26, 1782	1766 to 1782	before that Bishop of Bristol and Oxford
Shute Barrington † March 25, 1826	1782 to 1791	before that, Bishop of Llandaff; thereafter Bishop of Durham
John Douglas † May 18, 1807	1791 to 1807	before that Bishop of Carlisle
John Fisher † May 8, 1825	1807 to 1825	before that Bishop of Exeter
Thomas Burgess † February 19, 1837	1825 to 1837	before that Bishop of St Davids
Edward Denison † March 6, 1854	1837 to 1854
Walter Kerr Hamilton † August 1, 1869	1854 to 1869
George Moberly † July 6, 1885	1869 to 1885
John Wordsworth † August 16, 1911	1885 to 1911
Frederic Ridgeway † May 4, 1921	1911 to 1921
St. Clair George Alfred Donaldson † December 7, 1935	1921 to 1935	before that first Archbishop of Brisbane
Neville Lovett	1936 to 1946	he resigned from his office
George Lunt † December 17, 1948	1948 to 1948
William Louis Anderson	1949 to 1963	he resigned from his office
Joseph Fison	1963 to 1973
George Reindorp	1973 to 1982
John Austin Baker	1982 to 1993
David Staffurth Stancliffe	1993 to 2010
Nicholas Roderick Holtam	2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.salisbury.anglican.org
2. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 254
3. ↑ The dates given here are the probable dates of death. The sources at this early period (up to around 1100) are very thin.
4. ↑ is only mentioned in the Third Edition by Powicke & Fryde. Link to personal data www.pase.ac.uk (English)
5. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 251
6. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 210
7. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 220
8. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pp. 251-253.
9. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 206
10. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 221
11. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 258
12. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 211
13. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 265
14. ↑ ^{a b c d} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
15. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 241
16. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 266
17. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 222
18. ↑ London Gazette May 16, 2011