List of the bishops of Winchester
The following people were bishops of Winchester , until 1559 they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England . Most of them are buried in Winchester Cathedral.
List of bishops
Name (life data) | Term of office | Remarks | presentation |
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Wine | 660-663 | ||
Leuthere | 670-676 | ||
Haedde | 676-? 705 | ||
Daniel from Winchester | approx. 705-744 | ||
Hunfrith | 744 - (between 749 and 756) | ||
Cyneheard | 756 - (between 759 and 778) | ||
Æthelheard | (between 759 and 778) - (between 759 and 778) | ||
Ecgbald | (between 759 and 778) - (between 781 and 785) | ||
Dudd | (between 781 and 785) - (between 781 and 785) | ||
Cyneberht | (between 781 and 785) - (between 801 and 803) | ||
Ealhmund | (between 801 and 803) - (between 805 and 814) | ||
Wigthegn | (between 805 and 814) - 836 | ||
Herefrith | before 825 - 836 | ||
Eadhun | (between 833 and 838) - 838 | ||
Helmstan | (838 or 839) - (between 844 and 853) | ||
Swithin | (852 or 853) - (between 862 and 865) | ||
Ealhferth | (between 862 and 867) - (between 871 and 877) | ||
Tunberht | (between 871 and 877) - (878 or 879) | ||
Denewulf | 878 or 879-908 | ||
Frithestan | 909-932 or 933 | ||
Byrnstan | 931-934 | ||
Ælfheah I. | 934 or 935-951 | ||
Obligatory I. | 951-959 | ||
Brihthelm | 960-963 | ||
Æthelwald I. | 963-984 | ||
Aelfheah II. | 984-1006 | ||
Cenwulf | 1006 | ||
Æthelwald II. | 1006-1012 | ||
Aelfsige II. | 1012-1032 | ||
Ælfwine | 1032-1047 | ||
Stigand | 1047-1070 | ||
Walkelin | 1070-1098 | ||
William Giffard | 1100-1129 | ||
Henry of Blois | 1129-1171 | ||
Richard of Ilchester | 1173-1188 | ||
Godfrey de Lucy | 1189-1204 | ||
Peter des Roches | 1205-1238 | ||
William Raleigh | 1240-1250 | ||
Aymer de Lusignan | 1250-1260 | ||
John Gervase | 1262-1268 | ||
Nicholas of Ely | 1268-1280 | ||
John de Pontoise | 1282-1304 | ||
Henry Woodlock | 1304 / 5-1316 | ||
John sandal | 1316-1319 | ||
Rigaud de Asserio | 1319-1323 | ||
John Stratford | 1323-1333 | ||
Adam Orleton | 1333-1345 | ||
William Edendon | 1345-1366 | ||
William of Wykeham * 1324 in Wickham, Hampshire † September 27, 1404 in Winchester |
1366-1404 | ||
Henry Beaufort | 1404-1447 | also Bishop of Lincoln | |
William Waynflete * around 1395 † 1486 |
1447-1486 | ||
Peter Courtenay | 1487-1492 | ||
Thomas Langton | 1493-1501 | ||
Richard Fox * 1446/48 near Grantham, Lincolnshire † October 5, 1528 in Winchester |
1501-1528 | ||
Thomas Wolsey * 1475? in Ipswich † November 28, 1530 in Leicester |
1529-1530 | ||
Stephen Gardiner * around 1497? Bury St Edmunds † November 12, 1555 in Whitehall Palace, London |
1531-1551 | ||
John Ponet * 1514 † August 1556 |
1551-1553 | ||
Stephen Gardiner * around 1497? Bury St Edmunds † November 12, 1555 in Whitehall Palace, London |
1553-1555 | ||
John White | 1556-1559 | last Roman Catholic bishop | |
Robert Horne | 1560-1580 | ||
John Watson | 1580-1584 | ||
Thomas Cooper | 1584-1594 | ||
William Wickham | 1594-1595 | ||
William Day | 1595-1596 | ||
Thomas Bilson | 1597-1616 | ||
James Montague | 1616-1618 | ||
Lancelot Andrewes | 1618-1626 | ||
Richard Neile | 1627-1632 | ||
Walter Curle | 1632-1647 | ||
Brian Duppa | 1660-1662 | ||
George Morley | 1662-1684 | ||
Peter Mews | 1684-1706 | ||
Jonathan Trelawny | 1707-1721 | ||
Charles Trimnell | 1721-1723 | ||
Richard Willis | 1723-1734 | ||
Benjamin Hoadly | 1734-1761 | ||
John Thomas | 1761-1781 | ||
Brownlow North | 1781-1820 | ||
George Pretyman-Tomline | 1820-1827 | ||
Charles Richard Sumner | 1827-1869 | ||
Samuel Wilberforce | 1869-1873 | ||
Edward Harold Browne | 1873-1891 | ||
Anthony Wilson Thorold | 1891-1895 | ||
Randall Thomas Davidson | 1895-1903 | ||
Herbert Edward Ryle | 1903-1911 | ||
Edward Stuart Talbot | 1911-1923 | ||
Frank Theodore Woods | 1923-1932 | ||
Cyril Forster Garbett | 1932-1942 | ||
Mervyn George Haigh | 1942-1952 | ||
Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams | 1952-1961 | ||
Sherard Falconer Allison | 1961-1974 | ||
John Vernon Taylor | 1974-1985 | ||
Colin Clement Walter James | 1985-1995 | ||
Michael Scott-Joynt | 1995-2011 | ||
Tim Dakin | since 2011 |
Web links
Commons : Bishops of Winchester - collection of images, videos and audio files
- British History Online Bishops of Winchester (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Winchester (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bishop of Winchester retires after 15 years. Retrieved July 29, 2011 .