Bishop of the Mercians |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
? |
aft 655 |
Diuma |
Dwyna; Duma. |
dates unclear |
Ceollach |
Cellach, a Scot; resigned and returned to Scotland. |
c658 |
c 662 |
Trumhere |
Trumhere, Abbot of Ingethling. |
c 662 |
c 667 |
Jaruman |
|
Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey people (based at Lichfield) |
669 |
672 |
Chad |
Saint Chad; Ceadda. Translated from York. After his consecration was first declared invalid and then restored; died in office. |
Bishops of Lichfield |
672 |
c674 |
Winfrith |
Winfride; Winfrid. Deprived by Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury. |
c 676 |
bef 692 |
Seaxwulf |
Saxulf; Sexulf. Abbot of Medeshamstede (Peterborough); Saint Sexwulf. |
691 |
bet 716–727 |
Headda |
Headdi; Eatheadus of Sidnacester. |
bef 731 |
737 |
Aldwine |
Aldwyn; Aldwini. |
737 |
bet 749–767 |
Witta |
Huitta. |
bef 757 |
765 |
Hemele |
Hemel. |
c 765 |
c 769 |
Cuthfrith |
Cuthred; died in office. |
c 769 |
bet 777–779 |
Berhthun |
Died in office. |
779 |
787 |
Hygeberht |
Higbert; created Archbishop by King Offa in 787. |
Archbishop of Lichfield |
787 |
799 |
Hygeberht |
Higbert; Bishop until 787. |
Bishops of Lichfield |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
bet 799–801 |
bet 814–816 |
Ealdwulf |
Adulphus; title of Archbishop laid aside. |
bet 814–816 |
bet 817–818 |
Herewine |
|
818 |
830 |
Æthelwold |
|
830 |
bet 830–836 |
Hunberght |
Humbert II. |
bet 830–836 |
bet 841–845 |
Cynefrith |
Cumbert; Cineferth; Saint Cumbert. |
bet 843–845 |
bet 857–862 |
Tunberht |
Tunbright; Tunfrith; Tumfriht. |
bet 857–862 |
bet 866–869 |
Wulfsige |
|
bet 866–869 |
bet 875–883 |
Eadberht |
or perhaps Burgheard |
bet 875–883 |
bet 889–900 |
Wulfred |
|
bet 889–900 |
bet 909–915 |
Wilferth |
or Wigmund; omitted from Haydn's. |
bet 903–915 |
bet 935–941 |
Ælfwine |
|
bet 935–941 |
bet 946–949 |
Wulfgar |
|
bet 946–949 |
bet 963–964 |
Cynesige |
Kinsey; Kynsy; Kinsius. |
bet 963–964 |
975 |
Wynsige |
Winsey; Winsius. |
975 |
bet 1002–1004 |
Elphege |
|
bet 1002–1004 |
after 1017 |
Godwin |
|
after 1017 |
bet 1026–1027 |
Leofgar |
Leosgar. |
c 1027 |
1039 |
Brihtmær |
Brithmar. |
1039 |
1053 |
Wulfsige |
Wulsy. |
1053 |
1067 |
Leofwin |
Abbot of Coventry. |
1067 |
1075 |
Peter |
In accordance with the decree of the Council of London (1075), removed see to Chester. |
Bishops of Chester |
1075 |
1085 |
Peter |
|
1086 |
1102 |
Robert de Limesey |
Prebendary of St Paul's; removed see to Coventry. |
Bishops of Coventry |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
1102 |
1117 |
Robert de Limesey |
As above, title change only; died in office. |
1117 |
1121 |
Vacant for 4 years |
1121 |
1126 |
Robert Peche |
Robert Pecham. Chaplain to Henry I; died in office. |
1126 |
1129 |
Vacant for 2 years |
1129 |
1148 |
Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry |
Also called Bishop of Lichfield & Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
1149 |
1159 |
Walter Durdent |
|
1161 |
1182 |
Richard Peche |
|
1183 |
1184 |
Gerard la Pucelle |
|
1184 |
1188 |
Vacant |
1188 |
1198 |
Hugh Nonant |
|
1198 |
1208 |
Geoffrey de Muschamp |
|
1208 |
1215 |
Vacant due to interdict by Pope Innocent III against King John's realms. |
1215 |
1223 |
William de Cornhill |
|
1224 |
1228 |
Alexander de Stavenby |
Became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. |
Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
1228 |
1238 |
Alexander de Stavenby |
Previously Bishop of Coventry. |
1239 |
William de Raley |
William Raleigh; elected by both the chapter of Coventry and that of Lichfield but being also elected Norwich he accepted that office. |
1239 |
Nicholas Farnham |
Elected by the Chapter of Coventry but did not take office, later Bishop of Durham. |
1239 |
William de Manchester |
Dean of Lichfield; elected by the Chapter of Lichfield but did not take office |
1239 |
December 1241 |
Hugh de Pateshull |
Lord Treasurer; accepted after much controversy between the two chapters and at Henry III's request; confirmed 25 December 1239; died in office. |
December 1241 |
8 December 1241 |
Richard le Gras |
Abbot of Evesham, elected but declined office or died before the disputed election was resolved. |
December 1241 |
1245 |
Vacant |
1243 |
Robert de Monte Pessulano |
Elected but refused the appointment, finding the election disagreeable to Henry III. |
1245 |
1256 |
Roger Weseham |
Dean of Lincoln; appointed by Pope Innocent IV. |
1258 |
1295 |
Roger de Meyland |
Roger Longespée; Roger de Molend. |
1296 |
1321 |
Walter Langton |
Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor. |
1322 |
1358 |
Roger Northburgh |
Roger de Northbrugh; Archdeacon of Richmond; Lord Keeper and Lord Treasurer. |
1360 |
1385 |
Robert de Stretton |
Canon of Lichfield. |
1386 |
1386 |
Walter Skirlaw |
Dean of St Martin's; translated to Bath & Wells. |
1386 |
1398 |
Richard le Scrope |
Translated to York. |
1398 |
1414 |
John Burghill |
Translated from Llandaff. |
1415 |
1419 |
John Catterick |
John Keterich; translated from St Davids; translated to Exeter. |
1419 |
1419 |
James Cary |
translated to Exeter but died before taking office thereof. |
20 November 1420 |
13 March 1447 |
William Heyworth |
|
1447 |
1452 |
William Booth |
Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to York. |
1452 |
Nicholas Close |
Translated from Carlisle; Chancellor of Cambridge. |
1453 |
1459 |
Reginald Boulers |
Translated from Hereford. |
1459 |
1490 |
John Hales |
John Halse. Prebendary of St Paul's, London. |
1493 |
1496 |
William Smyth |
Archdeacon of Surrey; translated to Lincoln. |
1496 |
1502 |
John Arundel |
Dean of Exeter; translated to Exeter. |
1503 |
1531 |
Geoffrey Blythe |
Geoffry Blyth. Dean of York. |
1534 |
1539 |
Rowland Lee |
Chancellor and Prebendary of Lichfield and Lord President of Wales. Title changed when Coventry Cathedral was dissolved. |
Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
1539 |
1543 |
Rowland Lee |
Previously Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. |
1543 |
1554 |
Richard Sampson |
Translated from Chichester; Lord President of Wales. |
1554 |
1559 |
Ralph Baines |
The last Roman Catholic Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; deprived and died soon after. |
1560 |
1579 |
Thomas Bentham |
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. |
1580 |
1609 |
William Overton |
Prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury. |
1609 |
1610 |
George Abbot |
Dean of Winchester; translated to London. |
1610 |
1614 |
Richard Neile |
Translated from Rochester; translated to Lincoln. |
1614 |
1618 |
John Overall |
Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Norwich. |
1619 |
1632 |
Thomas Morton |
Translated from Chester; translated to Durham. |
1632 |
1643 |
Robert Wright |
Translated from Bristol. |
1644 |
1646 |
Accepted Frewen |
Dean of Gloucester; deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646. |
1646 |
1660 |
The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[3][4] |
1660 |
1660 |
Accepted Frewen |
Restored; translated to York, 4 October 1660. |
1661 |
1670 |
John Hacket |
Canon-resident of St Paul's, London. |
1671 |
1692 |
Thomas Wood |
Dean of Lichfield. |
1692 |
1699 |
William Lloyd |
Translated from St Asaph; translated to Worcester. |
1699 |
1717 |
John Hough |
Translated from Oxford; translated to Worcester. |
1717 |
1730 |
Edward Chandler |
Prebendary of Worcester; translated to Durham. |
1731 |
1749 |
Richard Smalbroke |
Translated from St Davids. |
1750 |
1768 |
Frederick Cornwallis |
Canon of Windsor; Dean of St Paul's, London (1766); translated to Canterbury. |
1768 |
1771 |
John Egerton |
Translated from Bangor; translated to Durham. |
1771 |
1774 |
Brownlow North |
Dean of Canterbury; translated to Worcester. |
1775 |
1781 |
Richard Hurd |
Master of the Temple; translated to Worcester. |
1781 |
1824 |
James Cornwallis |
Earl Cornwallis after 1823. Dean of Canterbury; nephew of Frederick Cornwallis (above); died in office. |
10 March 1824 |
31 March 1836 |
Henry Ryder |
Translated from Gloucester; died in office. |
3 July 1836 |
24 January 1837 |
Samuel Butler |
Became Bishop of Lichfield when Coventry was transferred to Worcester diocese.[5] |
Bishops of Lichfield |
From |
Until |
Incumbent |
Notes |
24 January 1837 |
4 December 1839 |
Samuel Butler |
Previously Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; died in office. |
23 January 1840 |
11 October 1843 |
James Bowstead |
Translated from Sodor & Man. |
3 December 1843 |
19 October 1867 |
John Lonsdale |
Archdeacon of Middlesex and Principal of King's College, London; died in office. |
4 January 1868 |
11 April 1878 |
George Selwyn |
Translated from New Zealand; died in office. |
24 June 1878 |
28 July 1891 |
William Maclagan |
Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington; translated to York. |
29 September 1891 |
15 March 1913 |
Augustus Legge |
Confirmed 28 September 1891; died in office. |
13 June 1913 |
15 June 1937 |
John Kempthorne |
|
29 July 1937 |
11 January 1953 |
Edward Woods |
Died in office. |
29 September 1953 |
1 December 1974 |
Stretton Reeve |
|
2 January 1975 |
29 February 1984 |
Kenneth Skelton |
former Bishop of Matabeleland and Assistant Bishop of Durham; retired. |
12 October 1984 |
2003 |
Keith Sutton |
|
2003 |
30 September 2015 |
Jonathan Gledhill |
[6] |
30 September 2015 |
10 June 2016 |
Clive Gregory |
Bishop of Wolverhampton. Acting bishop.[7] |
10 June 2016 |
incumbent |
Michael Ipgrave |
|