List of papal legates to England

This is a list of papal legates sent by the Holy See to England. The legature was suppressed under Henry VIII in 1536, and restored shortly under his daughter Mary I (reigned from 1553 to 1558) and King James II of England (from 1686 to 1688).

Legates, 1066–1558

• 1070 - Hubert, signatory of the Accord of Winchester
• 1095 - Walter of Albano^[1]
• 1101- Guy, Archbishop of Vienna (Later Pope Callixtus II)^[2]
• 1115–1120? - Anselm of St Saba^[3]
• 1125 - John of Crema^[4]
• 1126–1130 - William de Corbeil^[5]
• 1132–1136 - William of Corbeil^[5]
• 1138–1139 - Alberic of Ostia
• 1139–1143 - Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester
• 1149-1159 - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1166- ? - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury^[6]
• 1190 - William Longchamp
• 1213 - Niccolò de Romanis, Bishop of Tusculum
• 1213–1216 - Pandulf Verraccio, later Bishop of Norwich (as legatus missus/nuncio)
• 1216–1218 - Guala Bicchieri
• 1218–1221 - Pandulf Verraccio, later Bishop of Norwich
• 1237/1240 - Otto of Tonengo
• 1265–1268 - Ottobuono Fieschi, later Pope Adrian V
• ...
• 1518–1530 - Thomas Wolsey
• 1536–1553 : no relations
• 1553–1557 - Reginald Pole
• 1557–1558 - William Petow
• 1570–1686 : no relations
• 1686–1688 : Ferdinando d'Adda
• 1688–1914 : no relations

See also

• Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain