List of the bishops of Thetford

The List of Bishops of Thetford is named after the Minor town of Thetford , Norfolk , England .

Diocesan Bishops of Thetford

The establishment of the diocese began when Herfast came to Thetford from Elmham in 1075.

List of Diocesan Bishops of Thetford
From	To	Surname	Remarks
1075	1084	Herfast	previously Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Elmham
1085	1091	William de Beaufeu
1091	1094/95	Herbert de Losinga	then Bishop of Norwich
Passed to Norwich in 1094 or 1095.

The auxiliary bishop of Thetford represents the episcopal titleholders of the Church of England , the Diocese of Norwich, in the Province of Canterbury . The title was revived under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 .

List of Auxiliary Bishops of Thetford
From	To	Surname	Remarks
1536	1570	John Salisbury	then Bishop of Sodor and Man
1570	1894	Abeyance
1894	1903	Arthur Lloyd	then Bishop of Newcastle
1903	1926	John Bowers
1926	1945	not occupied
1945	1953	John Woodhouse
1953	1963	Martin Leonard
1963	1977	Eric Cordingly
1977	1981	Hugh Blackburne
1981	1992	Timothy Dudley-Smith
1992	2001	Hugo de Waal
2001	2009	David Atkinson
2009	present	Alan Winton

Church House Publishing (Ed.): Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/09 (= Crockford's Clerical Directory . No. 100 ). London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 , pp. 1145 (English).
Pryde, Greenway, Porter, and Roy: Handbook of British Chronology . (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks). No. 3 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5 , pp. 645 (English).