Bishop of Lichfield
List of bishops

Bishop of Lichfield

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Bishops of Mercia (based at Repton)

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 David's; 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 Magdalene College, Oxford.

1580	1609	William Overton	Prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury.

1609	1610	-	Dean of Winchester; translated to London.

1610	1614	-	Translated from Rochester; translated to Lincoln.

1614	1618	-	Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Norwich.

1619	1632	-	Translated from Chester; translated to Durham.

1632	1643	-	Translated from Bristol.

1644	1660	-	Dean of Gloucester; translated to York.

1661	1670	-	Canon-resident of St Paul's, London.

1671	1692	-	Dean of Lichfield.

1692	1699	-	Translated from St Asaph; translated to Worcester.

1699	1717	-	Translated from Oxford; translated to Worcester.

1717	1730	-	Prebendary of Worcester; translated to Durham.

1731	1749	-	Translated from St David's.

1750	1768	-	Canon of Windsor; Dean of St Paul's, London (1766); translated to Canterbury.

1768	1771	-	Translated from Bangor; translated to Durham.

1771	1774	-	Dean of Canterbury; translated to Worcester.

1775	1781	-	Master of the Temple; translated to Worcester.

1781	1824	-	Earl Cornwallis after 1823. Dean of Canterbury; nephew of Frederick Cornwallis (above); died in office.

10 March 1824	31 March 1836	-	Translated from Gloucester; died in office.

3 July 1836	24 January 1837	-	Became Bishop of Lichfield when Coventry was transferred to Worcester diocese.

Bishops of Lichfield

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

24 January 1837	4 December 1839	-	Previously Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; died in office.

23 January 1840	11 October 1843	-	Translated from Sodor & Man.

3 December 1843	19 October 1867	-	Archdeacon of Middlesex and Principal of King's College, London; died in office.

4 January 1868	11 April 1878	-	Translated from New Zealand; died in office.

24 June 1878	28 July 1891	-	Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington; translated to York.

29 September 1891	15 March 1913	-	Died in office.

13 June 1913	15 June 1937	-

29 July 1937	11 January 1953	-	Died in office.

29 September 1953	1 December 1974	-

2 January 1975	29 February 1984	-	Bishop of Matabeleland; retired.

12 October 1984	2003	-

2003	30 September 2015	-

30 September 2015	10 June 2016	Clive Gregory Bishop of Wolverhampton	Acting bishop.

10 June 2016	incumbent	-

Sentence(s)

Bishop of Lichfield was an archbishop under Hygeberht from 787 to 799.

final_sentence: Bishop of Lichfield was an archbishop under Hygeberht from 787 to 799.