List of the bishops of Sodor and Man
The following people were bishops of Sodor & Man , until 1568 they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England :
Bishops of Sodor and Man
- Wymund 1113-1151
- Johann I. 1151-1154
- Gamaliel 1154 - ????
- Reginald of Norway
- Christian Orcadensis (Christian of Orkney)
- Michael († 1203)
- Nicholas de Meaux (also Abbot in Furness ) 1203 (or 1204) - 1217
- Reginald 1217-1226
- John II. 1226-1230
- Simon Orcadensis (Simon of Orkney; Simon Arkadiensis; Symon) 1230-1249
- Lawrence (Laurence) (drowned on the way from Norway to the diocese) 1249–1249
- 1249-1252 vacant
- Richard 1252-1274
- Mark of Galloway (Mauritius) 1275 (or 1280) - 1303
- 1303-1305 vacant
- Allen of Galloway (Onachus of Galloway; John of Galloway) (1305 - February 15, 1321)
- Gilbert McLelland (Gilbert of Galloway) (1321-1323)
- Bernard de Linton (1324-1333), also Abbot of Kilwinning
- Thomas von Dunkeld (1334 to September 20, 1348)
- William Russell (1348 to April 21, 1374), also Abbot of Rushen
- John Duncan (Donkan; Donkin; Dunkan) (1374 to May 1392)
- Robert Waldby (1392 - ????), also Bishop of Dublin
- Konrad 1429 - ????
- ???? - 1429 vacant
- John Burghersh 1429 - ????
- Richard Pully (Richard Payl) (Franciscan) 1429 (or 1410) - ????
- John Seyr 1435 - ????
- John Green (Robert Green; Robert Sprotton; John Sproton; John Grene; John Greene) OFM (October 1, 1441-1455)
- Thomas Burton OFM (September 25, 1455 to † February 28, 1458)
- Thomas by Kirkham O. Cist. (June 21, 1458 to 1472)
- Richard Oldham OSB (February 15, 1478 to † September 19, 1486) (also Abbot of Chester)
- Huan Blackleach (Hesketh; Hisketh) (April 4, 1487 to † 1509)
- George Hepburn (February 10, 1511 to † February 9, 1513)
- John Howden OP (May 18, 1523 to † 1529)
- Ferquhard McCachane OSA (17 Feb 1530 to?)
- Robert Farrer (Robert Ferrar) 1545–1548 (also Bishop of St Davids )
- Roderick Maclene (March 5, 1550 to?)
- Thomas Stanley (June 21, 1555 to † 1568) (last Roman Catholic bishop)
Anglican bishops
- 1571–1573 John Salisbury
- 1573–1576 James Stanley
- 1576–1599 John Merick (John Meyrick)
- 1599–1604 George Lloyd (also Bishop of Chester)
- 1604–1633 John Philips (John Phillips)
- 1634 (or 1633) - 1635 William Forster (William Foster)
- 1635-1643 Richard Parr
- 1643 (or 1644) - 1658 vacant
- 1658–1661 Thomas Kirkham
- 1661–1663 Samuel Rutter
- 1663–1671 Isaac Barrow (then Bishop of St. Asaph)
- 1671-1682 Henry Bridgman
- 1682–1684 John Lake (also Bishop of Bristol)
- 1684–1692 Baptist Levinge (Baptiste Levinge)
- 1693–1697 vacant
- 1697 (or 1698) - 1755 Thomas Wilson
- 1755–1773 Mark Hiddesley (Mark Hildesley)
- 1773-1780 Richard Richmond
- 1780–1783 George Mason
- 1784-1813 Claudius Crigan
- 1813–1814 vacant
- 1813 (or 1814) - 1827 George Murray (1827–1860 Bishop of Rochester)
- 1827-1838 William Ward
- 1838–1839 James Bowstead (also Bishop of Lichfield)
- 1839 (or 1840) - 1841 Henry Pepys (also Bishop of Worcester)
- 1841–1846 Thomas Vowler Short (then Bishop of St. Asaph)
- 1846–1847 Walter August Shirley
- 1847–1854 Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (also Bishop of Bath & Wells)
- 1854-1877 Horatio Powys
- 1877-1887 Rowley Hill, DD
- 1887-1892 John Wareing Bardsley (Bardesley)
- 1892-1907 Norman Dumenil K Straton
- 1907-1911 Thomas W Drury
- 1911-1925 James Denton Thompston
- 1925–1928 Charles Leonard Thornton-Duesbury
- 1928-1943 William Stanton Jones
- 1943–1954 John Ralph Strickland Taylor
- 1954–1966 Benjamin Pollard
- 1966–1974 George Eric Gordon
- 1974-1983 Vernon Sampson Nicholls
- 1983–1988 Arthur Henry Attwell
- 1989-2003 Noel Debroy Jones
- 2003-2007 Graeme Paul Knowles
- 2008-2016 Robert Paterson
- 2016– Peter Eagles
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of The Isles (Sodor) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 28, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ William of Newburgh, Historia rerum anglicarum , Book 1 Ch.24: The History of William of Newburgh ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fordham.edu
