List of the Bishops of Worcester

The diocese was established by resolution of the Hatfield Synod in 680 . It emerged from the large diocese of Mercia, which was divided into five parts.

The following people were bishops of Worcester and belonged to the Roman Catholic Church until 1559 , then to the Church of England :

Bishops of Worcester
Name (life data)	Term of office	annotation	image
Bosel	680 to 691
Oftfor † after August 693	691 to 693
Ecgwine † December 30, 717	693 to 717	Venerated as a saint
Wilfrith I † between 743 and 745	718 to 743/745
Milred † 775	743/745 to 775
Waermund † 777	775 to 777
Tilhere † between 780 and 781	777 to 780/781
Heathured † between 798 and 800	781 to 798/800
Denebeorht † 822	798/800 to 822
Heahbeorht † between 845 and 848	822 to 845/848
Ealhhun † 872	845/848 to 872
Waerfrith † 915	873 to 915
Æthelhun † 922	915 to 922
Wilfreth † 929	922 to 929
Coenweald † 957	929 to 957
Dunstan of Canterbury † May 19, 988	957 to 959	then Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury
Oswald of York † February 29, 992	961 to 972	thereafter he was Archbishop of York until his death
Ealdwulf † 1002	992 to 995	then at the same time Archbishop of York
Wulfstan I.	1003	thereafter until 1016 at the same time Archbishop of York
Leofsige † August 19, 1033	1016 to 1033
Beorhtheah † December 20, 1038	1033 to 1038
Lyfing † March 23, 1046	1038 to 1040	he was deposed in 1040 and was also Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall
Ælfric Puttoc † January 22, 1051	1041 to 1041	he became 1041 and was also Archbishop of York
Lyfing	1041 to 1046	was reinstated and held until his death
Ealdred † September 11, 1069	1046 to 1062	from 1056 to 1060 also Bishop of Hereford and from 1061 Archbishop of York
Wulfstan † between 19./20. January 1095	1062 to 1095	He is venerated as a saint
Samson † May 5, 1112	1096 to 1112
Theulf † October 20, 1123	1113 to 1123
Simon † March 20, 1150	1125 to 1150
John de Pageham † March 31, 1157	1151 to 1157
Alfred † July 31, 1160	1158 to 1160
Roger † August 9, 1179	1163 to 1179
Baldwin † between 19./20. November 1190	1180 to 1185	then Archbishop of Canterbury
William of Northolt † May 3, 1190	1186 to 1190
Robert Fitzralph † June 27, 1193	1191 to 1193
Henry de Sully † between 24./25. October 1195	1193 to 1195
John de Coutances † September 24 or 25, 1198	1196 to 1198
Mauger † July 1, 1212	1199 to 1212
Walter de Gray † May 1, 1255	1214 to 1215	then Archbishop of York
New Year's Eve † July 16, 1218	1216 to 1218
William de Blois † August 17, 1236	1218 to 1236
Walter de Cantilupe † February 12, 1266	1237 to 1266
Nicholas of Ely † February 12, 1280	1266 to 1268	before that Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Exchequer , then Bishop of Winchester
Godfrey Giffard † January 26, 1302	1268 to 1302	before that Lord Chancellor
William Gainsborough † September 17, 1307	1302 to 1307
Walter Reynolds † November 16, 1327	1308 to 1313	during the period simultaneously Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Exchequer, then Archbishop of Canterbury
Walter Maidstone † March 28, 1317	1313 to 1317
Thomas Cobham † August 27, 1327	1317 to 1327
Adam Orleton † July 18, 1345	1327 to 1333	before that Bishop of Hereford and then Bishop of Winchester
Simon Montagu † June 20, 1345	1333 to 1337	then Bishop of Ely
Thomas Hemenhale † December 21, 1338	1337 to 1338
Wulstan Bransford † August 6, 1349	1338 to 1349
John of Thoresby † November 6, 1373	1349 to 1352	before that Bishop of St Davids and Lord Seal Keeper , meanwhile Lord Chancellor and then Archbishop of York
Reginald Brian † December 10, 1361	1352 to 1361	before that Bishop of St Davids
John Barnet † June 8, 1373	1362 to 1363	then Bishop of Bath and Wells and Ely, Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Whittlesey † June 5, 1374	1364 to 1368	before that Bishop of Rochester and then Archbishop of Canterbury
William Lenn † November 18, 1373	1368 to 1373	before that Bishop of Chichester
Henry Wakefield † March 11, 1395	1375 to 1395	meanwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer
Robert Tideman of Winchcombe † June 20, 1401	1395 to 1401	before that Bishop of Llandaff
Richard Clifford † August 20, 1421	1401 to 1407	previously Chancellor of the Exchequer and then Bishop of London
Thomas Peverell † March 1 or 2, 1419	1407 to 1419	before that Bishop of Llandaff
Philip Morgan † October 25, 1435	1419 to 1426	then Bishop of Ely
Thomas Polton † August 23, 1433	1426 to 1433	before that Bishop of Hereford and Chichester
Thomas Bourchier † March 30, 1486	1435 to 1443	then Bishop of Ely and Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor
John Carpenter † 1476	1443 to 1476	He gave up his office in June 1476 and died that same year
John Alcock † October 1, 1500	1476 to 1486	before that Bishop of Rochester and then Bishop of Ely, and twice Lord Chancellor
Robert Morton † May 1497	1486 to 1497
Giovanni Gigli † August 25, 1498	1497 to 1498
Silvestro Gigli † April 16, 1521	1498 to 1521
Giulio de Medici	1521 to 1522	Administrator , was elected Pope in 1523.
Girolamo Ghinucci	1522 to 1535	he lost his office in the course of the Reformation in England
Hugh Latimer † October 16, 1555	1535 to 1539	He resigned from office
John Bell † August 11, 1556	1539 to 1543	He retired
Nicholas Heath † 1579	1544 to 1551	before that, Bishop of Rochester, he was deposed.
John Hooper † February 9, 1555	1552 to 1554	before and at the same time Bishop of Gloucester
Nicholas Heath † 1579	1554 to 1555	Second term; then Archbishop of York
Richard Pate † October 5, 1565	1555 to 1559	last Catholic bishop , was deposed.
Edwin Sandys † July 10, 1588	1559 to 1570	then Bishop of London and Archbishop of York
Nicholas Bullingham † April 18, 1576	1571 to 1576	before that Bishop of Lincoln
John Whitgift † February 29, 1604	1577-1583	then Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund Freke † March 21, 1591	1584 to 1591	before that Bishop of Rochester and Norwich
Richard Fletcher † June 15, 1596	1593 to 1594	before that Bishop of Bristol and then Bishop of London
Thomas Bilson † June 18, 1616	1596 to 1597	then Bishop of Winchester
Gervase Babington † May 17, 1610	1597 to 1610	before that Bishop of Llandaff and Exeter
Henry Parry † December 12, 1616	1610 to 1616	before that Bishop of Gloucester
John Thornborough † July 9, 1641	1617 to 1641	before that Bishop of Bristol
John Prideaux † July 29, 1650	1641 to 1650
vacant	1650 to 1660	during the time of the Commonwealth of England the office was not occupied
George Morley † October 29, 1684	1660 to 1662	then Bishop of Winchester
John Gauden † September 20, 1662	1662	before that Bishop of Exeter
John Earle † November 17, 1665	1662 to 1663	then Bishop of Salisbury
Robert Skinner † June 14, 1670	1663 to 1670	before that Bishop of Bristol and Oxford
Walter Blandford † July 9 or 16, 1675	1671 to 1675	before that Bishop of Oxford
James Fleetwood † July 17, 1683	1675 to 1683
William Thomas † June 25, 1689	1683 to 1689	before that Bishop of St Davids
Edward Stillingfleet † March 27, 1699	1689 to 1699
William Lloyd † August 30, 1717	1699 to 1717	before that Bishop of St Asaph and Lichfield
John Hough † May 8, 1743	1717 to 1743	before that Bishop of Oxford and Lichfield
Isaac Maddox † September 27, 1759	1743 to 1759	before that Bishop of St Asaph
James Johnson † November 26, 1774	1759 to 1774	before that Bishop of Gloucester
Brownlow North † July 12, 1820	1774 to 1781	before that Bishop of Lichfield and then Bishop of Winchester
Richard Hurd † May 28, 1808	1781 to 1808	before that Bishop of Lichfield
Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall † September 5, 1831	1808 to 1831	before that Bishop of Bristol and Hereford
Robert James Carr † April 24, 1841	1831-1841	before that Bishop of Chichester
Henry Pepys † November 13, 1860	1841 to 1860	before that, Bishop of Sodor and Man
Henry Philpott † January 10, 1892	1860 to 1890
John James Stewart Perowne † November 6, 1904	1890 to 1901
Charles Gore † January 17, 1932	1902 to 1905	then Bishop of Birmingham and Oxford
Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs † April 14, 1922	1905 to 1918	then Bishop of Coventry
Ernest Harold Pearce † October 28, 1930	1919 to 1930
Arthur William Thomson Perowne † April 9, 1948	1931 to 1941	previously Bishop of Bradford
William Wilson Cash † July 19, 1955	1941 to 1955
Lewis Mervyn Charles-Edwards	1956 to 1970
Robert Wylmer Woods † October 20, 1997	1970 to 1982
Philip Harold Ernest Goodrich † January 22, 2001	1982 to 1997
Peter Stephen Maurice Selby	1997 to 2007
John Inge	2007 to

literature

• Diana E. Greenway: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Volume 2. Monastic cathedrals (northern and southern provinces). London 1971, pp. 99-102 ( British History Online ).
• Bridgett Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 4. Monastic cathedrals (southern province). London 1963, pp. 55-58 ( British History Online ).
• Joyce M. Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857. Volume 7. Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester dioceses. London 1992, pp. 105-109 ( British History Online ).

Web links

• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/bishops_of_worcester.htm (English)
• Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.

Remarks

1. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all information is from: Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pp. 260-263
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. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 210
4. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 263
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 264
6. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 258
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 211
8. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 223
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 265
10. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 240
11. ^ ^{A b} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 224
12. ^ Atis V. Antonovics:  Gigli, Giovanni. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 54. Rome 2000, pp. 674-676.
13. ↑ Stefano Tabacchi:  Gigli, Silvestro. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 54. Rome 2000.
14. ↑ Michele Di Sivo:  Ghinucci, Girolamo. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 53. Rome 1999.
15. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 212
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 259
17. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 252
18. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 245
19. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 218