List of the Bishops of London
The following people were bishops of London , until 1559 they belonged to the Roman Catholic Church , then to the Church of England :
| bishop | from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theanus | ??? | ??? | |
| Eluanus | ??? | ??? | |
| Cadar | ??? | ??? | |
| Obinus | ??? | ??? | |
| Conanus | ??? | ??? | |
| Palladius | ??? | ??? | |
| Stephen | ??? | ??? | |
| Iltutus | ??? | ??? | |
| Theodwinus | ??? | ??? | |
| Theodredus | ??? | ??? | |
| Hilary | ??? | ??? | |
| Restitutus | bl. 314 | attended the Council of Arles (314) part | |
| Guitelinus | ??? | ??? | |
| Fastidius | ??? | ??? | |
| Wodinus (Vodinus) | ??? | ??? | |
| Theonus | ??? | ??? | |
| In the middle of the 450s the diocese of London was dissolved and rebuilt in 604. | |||
| Holy Mellitus | 604 | approx. 617 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| vacant | approx. 617 | 653 | |
| Holy Cedd | approx. 653 | 664 | |
| vacant | 664 | 666 | |
| Wine (Wini) | 666 | before 675 | previously Bishop of Winchester |
| vacant | approx. 672 | 675 | |
| Heiliger Erkenwald (Earconwald, Eorcenwald) | approx. 675 | 693 | |
| Waldhere (Wealdheri) | 693 | at 705/716 | |
| Ingwald (Ingweald) | at 705/716 | 745 | |
| Ecgwulf (Eggwulf) | 745 | at 766/772 | |
| Wigheah (Sighaeh) | at 766/772 | at 772/781 | |
| Eadberht (Eadbert, Eadbeorht) | at 772/782 | at 787/789 | |
| Eadgar (Edgar) | at 787/789 | at 789/793 | |
| Coenwealh (Cenwealh) | at 789/793 | at 793/796 | |
| Eadbald (Eadbeald) | at 793/796 | at 796/798 | |
| Heathoberht (Heathubeorht) | at 796/798 | 801 | |
| Osmund (Oswynus) | around 801/803 | around 805/811 | |
| Æthelnoth (Æthilnoth) | around 805/811 | around 816/824 | |
| Ceolberht (Coelbeorht) | around 816/824 | around 845/860 | |
| Deorwulf | around 845/860 | around 867/896 | |
| Swithwulf | around 867/896 | around 867/896 | |
| Heahstan (Eadstanus) | around 867/896 | 897 | |
| Wulfsige | around 897/900 | around 909/926 | |
| Æthelweard | around 909/926 | around 909/926 | |
| Leofstan (Ealhstan, Elstanus) | around 909/926 | around 909/926 | |
| Theodred | around 909/926 | around 951/953 | |
| Brihthelm (Beorhthelm) | around 951/953 | around 957/959 | |
| Holy Dunstan | around 957/959 | 959 | previously Bishop of Worcester , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Ælfstan | around 959/964 | 995 or 996 | |
| Wulfstan | 996 | 1002 | then Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester |
| Ælfhun | around 1002/1004 | at 1015/1018 | |
| Ælfwig | 1014 | circa 1035 | |
| Ælfweard | 1035 | 1044 | |
| Robert von Jumièges (Robert Champart, Robert Gemiticensis) | 1044 | 1051 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William the Norman | 1051 | 1075 | |
| Hugh d'Orevalle | 1075 | 1085 | |
| Maurice | 1085 | 1107 | previously Archdeacon of Maine and Lord Chancellor |
| Richard de Beaumis (Belmis, Rufus) | 1108 | 1127 | |
| Gilbert Universalis | 1127 | 1134 | |
| vacant | 1134 | 1136 | |
| (Anselm of San Saba) | 1136 | 1138 | Bishop Select |
| vacant | 1138 | 1141 | |
| Robert de Sigillo | 1141 | 1150 | |
| vacant | 1150 | 1152 | |
| Richard de Beaumis (Belmis II) | 1152 | 1162 | previously Archdeacon of Middlesex |
| Gilbert Foliot | 1163 | 1187 | previously Bishop of Hereford |
| vacant | 1187 | 1189 | |
| Richard fitz Nigel (Richard of Ely) | 1189 | 1198 | from approx. 1159 Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| William de Ste Mère-Église | 1198 | 1221 | |
| Eustace de Fauconberg | 1221 | 1228 | |
| Roger Niger | 1228 | 1241 | |
| Fulk basset | 1241 | 1259 | |
| Henry of Wingham | 1259 | 1262 | previously Lord Chancellor |
| Henry of Sandwich | 1262 | 1272 | |
| John of Chishall | 1273 | 1280 | previously Lord Chancellor |
| Richard of Gravesend | 1280 | 1303 | |
| Ralph Baldock | 1304 | 1313 | |
| Gilbert Seagrave | 1313 | 1316 | |
| Richard Newport | 1317 | 1318 | |
| Stephen Gravesend | 1318 | 1338 | |
| Richard de Wentworth | 1338 | 1339 | also Lord Chancellor |
| Ralph Stratford | 1340 | 1354 | |
| Michael Northburgh | 1354 | 1361 | |
| Simon Sudbury | 1361 | 1375 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William Courtenay | 1375 | 1381 | previously Bishop of Hereford, also Lord Chancellor, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Robert Braybrooke | 1381 | 1404 | also Lord Chancellor |
| Roger Walden | 1404 | 1406 | previously Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Nicholas Bubwith | 1406 | 1407 | then Bishop of Salisbury |
| Richard Clifford | 1407 | 1421 | previously Bishop of Worcester |
| John Kemp | 1421 | 1425 | previously Bishop of Chichester , then Archbishop of York |
| William Gray | 1425 | 1431 | then Bishop of Lincoln |
| Robert FitzHugh | 1431 | 1436 | |
| Robert Gilbert | 1436 | 1448 | |
| Thomas Kempe | 1448 | 1489 | |
| Richard Hill | 1489 | 1496 | |
| Thomas Savage | 1496 | 1501 | previously Bishop of Rochester , then Archbishop of York |
| William Warham | 1501 | 1503 | then Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William Barons | 1504 | 1505 | |
| Richard FitzJames | 1506 | 1522 | previously Bishop of Chichester |
| Cuthbert Tunstall | 1522 | 1530 | thereafter Bishop of Durham |
| John Stokesley | 1530 | 1539 | |
| Edmund Bonner | 1539 | 1549 | previously Bishop of Hereford |
| Nicholas Ridley | 1550 | 1553 | previously Bishop of Rochester |
| Edmund Bonner | 1553 | 1559 | last Roman Catholic bishop |
| Edmund Grindal | 1559 | 1570 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Edwin Sandys | 1570 | 1577 | previously Bishop of Worcester, then Archbishop of York |
| John Aylmer | 1577 | 1594 | |
| Richard Fletcher | 1594 | 1596 | previously Bishop of Worcester |
| Richard Bancroft | 1597 | 1604 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Richard Vaughan | 1604 | 1607 | previously Bishop of Chester |
| Thomas Ravis | 1607 | 1609 | previously Bishop of Gloucester |
| George Abbot | 1610 | 1611 | previously Bishop of Lichfield , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| John King | 1611 | 1621 | |
| George Montaigne | 1621 | 1628 | previously Bishop of Lincoln, then Bishop of Durham |
| William Laud | 1628 | 1633 | previously Bishop of Bath and Wells , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William Juxon | 1633 | 1646 | previously Bishop of Hereford, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| vacant | 1646 | 1660 | |
| Gilbert Sheldon | 1660 | 1663 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Humphrey Henchman | 1663 | 1675 | previously Bishop of Salisbury |
| Henry Compton | 1675 | 1713 | previously Bishop of Oxford |
| John Robinson | 1713 | 1723 | previously Bishop of Bristol |
| Edmund Gibson | 1723 | 1748 | previously Bishop of Lincoln |
| Thomas Sherlock | 1748 | 1761 | previously Bishop of Salisbury |
| Thomas Hayter | 1761 | 1762 | previously Bishop of Norwich |
| Richard Osbaldeston | 1762 | 1764 | previously Bishop of Carlisle |
| Richard Terrick | 1764 | 1777 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
| Robert Lowth | 1777 | 1787 | previously Bishop of Oxford |
| Beilby Porteus | 1787 | 1809 | previously Bishop of Chester |
| John Randolph | 1809 | 1813 | previously Bishop of Bangor |
| William Howley | 1813 | 1828 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Charles Blomfield | 1828 | 1856 | previously Bishop of Chester |
| Archibald Campbell Tait | 1856 | 1868 | then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| John Jackson | 1869 | 1885 | previously Bishop of Lincoln |
| Frederick Temple | 1885 | 1896 | previously Bishop of Exeter , then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Almond Creighton | 1897 | 1901 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
| Arthur Winnington-Ingram | 1901 | 1939 | previously suffragan bishop of Stepney |
| Geoffrey Fisher | 1939 | 1945 | previously Bishop of Chester, then Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William Wall | 1945 | 1955 | previously Bishop of Bath and Wells |
| Henry Campbell | 1956 | 1961 | previously Bishop of Guildford |
| Robert Stopford | 1961 | 1973 | previously Bishop of Peterborough |
| Gerald Ellison | 1973 | 1981 | previously Bishop of Chester |
| Graham Douglas Leonard | 1981 | 1991 | previously Bishop of Truro |
| David Michael Hope | 1991 | 1995 | previously Bishop of Wakefield , then Archbishop of York |
| Richard John Carew Chartres | 1995 | 2017 | previously suffragan bishop of Stepney |
| Sarah Mullally | 2018 | now | previously suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Exeter |
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 99
literature
- London . In: Charles Herbermann (Ed.): Catholic Encyclopedia . Robert Appleton Company, 1913, p. 899-900 (English, online [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- Crockford's Clerical Directory . 100th edition. Church House Publishing, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 (English).
- EB Fryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy (Eds.): Handbook of British Chronology . 3. Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 219-220 and 258-260 (English).
- John Noorthouck: A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark . 1773, A list of the Bishops of London, pp. 899-900 (English, british-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- DE Greenway: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300 . tape 1 : St Paul's, London . British History Online, 1968, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- JM Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 . tape 5 : St Paul's, London . British History Online, 1963, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).
- JM Horn: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857 . tape 1 : St. Paul's, London . British History Online, 1969, Bishops of London, pp. 1–4 ( British-history.ac.uk [accessed December 1, 2011]).