Bishop of Carlisle
List of bishops

Bishop of Carlisle

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Bishops of Carlisle

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

1133	1156	Æthelwold	Adelulf; Prior of St Oswald's, Nostell.

1156	1186	See vacant

1186	Paulinus of Leeds	Master of St. Leonard's hospital, York; elected at Richard I's wish, but declined.

1186	1203	See vacant

1203	1214	Bernard	Translated from Ragusa by Pope Innocent III; received royal assent 1204.

1214	1218	See vacant	Scottish occupation 1216 to 1217.

1218	1223	Hugh of Beaulieu	Abbot of Beaulieu Abbey.

1223	1246	Walter Mauclerk	Walter Mauclerc; also Lord Treasurer 1227–33; resigned 1246.

1246	1254	Silvester de Everdon	Previously Archdeacon of Chester and Keeper of the Great Seal.

1255	1256	Thomas Vipont	Thomas de Veteri Ponte; previously Rector of Greystoke.

1256	Robert de Sancta Agatha	Previously Archdeacon of Northumberland; elected but declined; later Archdeacon of Durham.

1258	1278	Robert de Chauncy	Robert de Chause; Previously Archdeacon of Bath; chaplain to the queen.

1278	William Langton	William de Langeton or William of Rotherfield; Dean of York; elected but refused.

1280	1292	Ralph of Irton	Ralph de Ireton or Ralph Ireton; Prior of Gisborough Priory.

1292	1324	John de Halton	John de Halghton; Canon of Carlisle.

1325	William Ayremyn	Canon of York; elected 7 Jan 1325, but quashed 13 Feb 1325.

1325	1332	John Ross	John de Rosse or John Ross; son of Lord de Ros. Canon of Hereford; appointed by Pope John XXII.

1332	1352	John Kirkby	John de Kirkeby; Canon of Carlisle.

1352	John Horncastle	John de Horncastle; elected but set aside by Pope Clement VI before consecration.

1353	1362	Gilbert Welton	Gilbert de Wilton.

1363	1395	Thomas Appleby	Thomas de Appleby; Canon of Carlisle.

1396	Robert Reed	Robert Reade; translated from Waterford and Lismore; translated to Chichester.

1397	1400	Thomas Merke	Thomas Merkes or Thomas Merks; deprived and imprisoned 10 January 1400, pardoned the following year, thereafter served as a deputy and acting bishop in Winchester.

1400	1419	William Strickland

1420	1423	Roger Whelpdale	Provost of Queens' College, Cambridge.

1423	1429	William Barrow	William Barrowe; translated from Bangor.

1429	1449	Marmaduke Lumley	Previously Archdeacon of Northumberland and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; also Lord Treasurer 1446–9; translated to Lincoln.

1450	1452	Nicholas Close	Previously Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry.

1452	1462	William Percy	Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1451–6.

1462	1463	John Kingscote	John Kingscotes; previously Archdeacon of Gloucester.

1464	1468	Richard Scroope	Richard Scrope; Rector of Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire.

1468	1478	Edward Story	Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1468–9; translated to Chichester.

1478	1495	Richard Bell	Previously Prior of Durham; resigned; died 1496.

1495	1502	William Senhouse	William Sever or William Seveyer; Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, York; translated to Durham.

1503	1508	Roger Leyburn	Richard Leyburn; Archdeacon of Durham.

1508	1520	John Penny	Translated from Bangor.

1521	1537	John Kite	Translated from Armagh; titular Archbishop of Thebes 1521–37.

1537	1556	Robert Aldrich	Provost of Eton and Canon of Windsor.

1557	1559	Owen Oglethorpe	Dean of Windsor; crowned Elizabeth I 15 January; deprived 26 June; died 31 December 1559.

1560	Bernard Gilpin BD	Declined the bishopric on the death of Oglethorpe.

1560	1570	John Best	Prebendary of Wells.

1570	1577	Richard Barnes	Previously suffragan Bishop of Nottingham 1567–70; later translated to Durham.

1577	1598	John May	Prebendary of Ely.

1598	1616	-	Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford.

1616	1621	-	Robert Snowden or Snowdon; Prebendary of Southwell.

1621	1624	-	Translated to St David's.

1624	1626	-	Dean of Gloucester.

1626	1629	-	Dean of Carlisle; translated to Norwich.

1629	1642	-	Provost of Queen's College, Oxford.

1642	1656	-	in commendam only; Archbishop of Armagh; died in office.

1656	1660	See vacant	Episcopacy abolished during the English Interregnum.

1660	1664	-	Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; translated to York.

1664	1684	-	Edward Rainbow; Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

1684	1702	-	Dean of Carlisle.

1702	1718	-	Archdeacon and Prebendary of Carlisle; translated to Derry.

1718	1723	-	Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester.

1723	1734	-	Dean of Gloucester.

1734	1747	-	Dean of Carlisle.

1747	1762	-	Dean of York; translated to London.

1762	1768	-	Dean of Exeter.

1769	1787	-	Archdeacon of Carlisle.

1787	1791	-	Canon-resident of St Paul's; translated to Salisbury.

1791	1808	-	Later Venables-Vernon-Harcourt; translated to York.

1808	1827	-	Died in office.

1827	1856	-	Translated from Rochester; died in office.

1856	1860	-	Canon of St Paul's; translated to Durham.

1860	1869	-	Canon of Salisbury; died in office.

1869	1891	-	Dean of Ely.

1892	1904	-	Translated from Sodor and Man.

1905	1920	-

1920	1946	-	Resigned 1946; died 1961.

1946	1966	-	Resigned 1966; died 1984.

1966	1972	-	Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith; resigned 1972; died 1989.

1972	1989	-	Previously suffragan Bishop of Tonbridge; died 2009.

1989	1999	-	Previously suffragan Bishop of Lancaster; died 2008.

2000	2009	-	Previously suffragan Bishop of Willesden.

2009	incumbent	-	Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith.

Sentence(s)

John de Halton was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 until 1324.

final_sentence: John de Halton was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 until 1324.