# List of University of Oxford people in religion

This is a list of University of Oxford people in religion. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the university, and others held fellowships at a college.
This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.

## Christianity
### Saints

* John Boste (The Queen's)
* Alexander Briant (Hart Hall)
* Edmund Campion (St John's)
* Thomas of Hereford (Chancellor)
* Richard of Chichester (Chancellor)
* Richard Gwyn
* Cuthbert Mayne (St John's)
* Thomas More (Canterbury Hall)
* John Henry Newman (Trinity)
* Edmund of Abingdon (Grammar, Arts, Theology)
* John Roberts (St John's)
* Ralph Sherwin (Exeter)
* Simon Stock (college or hall not known)

### Blessed

* Thomas Abel (college or hall not known)
* Thomas Cottam (Brasenose)
* Thomas Ford (Trinity)
* John Forrest (c. 1500, BD, possibly DD)
* John Ingram (New College)
* Edward James (St John's)
* George Nichols (Brasenose)
* John Duns Scotus (college or hall not known)
* John Shert (Brasenose)
* John Story (Broadgates Hall)

### Antipope

* Antipope Alexander V antipope 1409-10

### Cardinals

Excluding Cardinals who were Archbishop of Canterbury or York
* William Allen (Oriel and St Mary Hall) Cardinal 1587
* Joseph Cordeiro Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan and Cardinal 1973-1994
* William Heard (Balliol) Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota 1958, Cardinal 1959
* Basil Hume (St Benet's Hall) archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal 1976–99
* Henry Manning (Balliol) archbishop of Westminster 1865-92 and Cardinal 1875-92
* John Henry Newman (Trinity) Cardinal 1879
* George Pell (Campion Hall) archbishop of Melbourne 1996–2001, archbishop of Sydney 2001–14, Cardinal 2003-23
* Timothy Radcliffe (St John's) Master of the Order of Preachers (i.e., head of the worldwide Dominican Order) 1992–2001, Cardinal from 2024
* Philip Repyngdon bishop of Lincoln 1404–19, Cardinal 1408-24

### Archbishops of Canterbury

* Edmund Rich 1233-40
* John Peckham 1279-92
* Robert Winchelsey 1294-1313
* John de Stratford 1333-48 (Merton)
* Thomas Bradwardine 1349-49 (Balliol)
* William Whittlesey 1368-74
* William Courtenay 1381-96 (Stapledon Hall)
* Thomas Arundel 1397–98, 1397-1414 (Oriel)
* Henry Chichele 1414-43 (New College and All Souls)
* John Kemp 1452-54 (Merton) Cardinal
* Thomas Bourchier 1454-86 Cardinal
* John Morton 1486-1500 (Balliol) Cardinal
* Thomas Langton 1501 (The Queen's)
* Henry Deane 1501-03 (Exeter)
* William Warham 1503-32 (New College)
* Reginald Pole 1557-58 (Magdalen and Corpus Christi) Cardinal
* George Abbot 1611-33 (Balliol and University)
* William Laud 1633-45 (St John's)
* William Juxon 1660-63 (St John's)
* Gilbert Sheldon 1663-77 (Trinity and All Souls)
* William Wake 1716-37 (Christ Church)
* John Potter 1737-47 (University, Lincoln, and Christ Church)
* Thomas Secker 1758-68 (Exeter)
* Charles Longley 1862-68 (Balliol)
* Archibald Tait 1868-82 (Balliol)
* Frederick Temple 1896-1902 (Balliol)
* Randall Davidson 1903-28 (Trinity)
* Cosmo Lang 1928-42 (Balliol)
* William Temple 1942-44 (Balliol)
* Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth) 1945-61 (Exeter)
* Robert Runcie (later Baron Runcie of Cuddesdon) 1980-91 (Brasenose)
* Rowan Williams (later Baron Williams of Oystermouth) 2002-12 (Christ Church and Wadham)

### Archbishops of York

* Walter de Gray 1216–55
* William Greenfield 1306–15
* Thomas Arundel 1388–96 (Oriel)
* Richard le Scrope 1398–1405
* John Kemp 1426–52 (Merton) Cardinal
* George Neville 1465–76 (Balliol)
* Thomas Rotherham 1480–1500 (Lincoln)
* Christopher Bainbridge 1508–14 (The Queen's)
* Thomas Wolsey 1514–30 (Magdalen) Cardinal
* Thomas Young 1561–68
* Tobias Matthew 1606–28 (University, Christ Church, and St John's)
* Accepted Frewen 1660–64 (Magdalen)
* John Dolben 1683–86 (Christ Church)
* Lancelot Blackburne 1724-43 (Christ Church)
* William Markham 1776–1807 (Christ Church)
* Charles Thomas Longley 1860–62 (Balliol)
* William Thomson 1862–90 (The Queen's)
* Cosmo Lang 1909–28 (Balliol)
* William Temple 1929–42 (Balliol)
* Cyril Garbett 1942-55 (Keble)
* Stuart Blanch (later Baron Blanch) 1975–83 (St Catherine's)
* David Hope (later Baron Hope of Thornes) 1995-2005 (Linacre)

### Other archbishops, presiding bishops, and metropolitans

* Hugh Boulter (Christ Church and Magdalen) bishop of Bristol 1719–24, archbishop of Armagh 1724-42
* A. G. Edwards (Jesus) bishop of St Asaph 1889–1934, archbishop of Wales 1920-34
* Richard FitzRalph (Balliol) archbishop of Armagh 1346-60
* Francis Oliver Green-Wilkinson (Magdalen) bishop of Lusaka 1951–70, archbishop of Central Africa 1962–70
* Frank Tracy Griswold (Oriel) presiding bishop, Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1997-2006
* David Hand (Oriel) consecrated bishop 1950, archbishop of Papua New Guinea 1977-83
* Trevor Huddleston (Christ Church) archbishop of the Indian Ocean and bishop of Mauritius 1978-83
* Peter Jensen archbishop of Sydney and metropolitan of New South Wales 2001-
* Narcissus Marsh (Exeter and St Alban Hall) archbp of Cashel 1691–94, archbishop of Dublin 1694–1703, archbishop of Armagh 1703-13
* David Moxon (St Peter's) bishop of Waikato 1993-, Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses and co-presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and the Pacific 2006-
* Edward Francis Paget (Christ Church) bishop of Mashonaland 1925–57, archbishop of Central Africa 1955-57
* Paul Alfred Reeves (St Peter's) bishop of Waiapu 1971–79, bishop of Auckland 1979–85, archbishop and primate of New Zealand 1980-85
* Glyn Simon (Jesus) bishop of Llandaff 1957–71, archbishop of Wales 1968–71
* George Stone (Christ Church) archbishop of Armagh 1747-64
* Timothy Ware (Kallistos) (Magdalen and Pembroke) Orthodox bishop of Diokleia 1982-, Metropolitan 2007-
* Gwilym Owen Williams (Jesus) bishop of Bangor 1957–82, archbishop of Wales 1971-82
* Daniel Wilson (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Calcutta and metropolitan of India and Ceylon 1832-58
* John Charles Wright archbishop of Sydney 1909–33, primate of Australia 1910-33

### Other bishops

Post-Reformation bishops are Anglican unless described otherwise
| Name | College | Years at Oxford | Notes |
| William Aubrey Aitken | Trinity | | bishop of Lynn, 1972–86 |
| Gerald Burton Allen | Wadham (scholar and chaplain), Pembroke (fellow), St Edmund Hall (principal), Christ Church (canon) | | bishop of Sherborne, 1928–36, archdeacon of Oxford and canon of Christ Church 1936–52, assistant bishop of Oxford 1936–39, bishop of Dorchester 1939–52 |
| Lancelot Andrewes | Jesus and Pembroke | | bishop of Chichester 1605–09, bishop of Ely 1609–18, bishop of Winchester 1618–26 |
| John Armstrong | Lincoln | | bishop of Grahamstown 1853–56 |
| Mervyn Armstrong | Balliol | | bishop of Jarrow 1958-65 |
| Francis Atterbury | Christ Church | | bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster 1713–23 |
| Richard Aungerville (Richard de Bury) | | | bishop of Durham 1333–45, lord high treasurer 1334–35, lord high chancellor 1335–36 |
| William Awdry | Balliol and The Queen's | | bishop of Southampton, 1895–96, bishop of Osaka 1896–98, bishop of South Tokyo 1898–1908 |
| Walter Hubert Baddeley | Keble | | bishop of Melanesia 1932–47, bishop of Whitby 1947–54, bishop of Blackburn 1954–60 |
| Paul Everard Barber | St John's | | bishop of Brixworth 1989–2001 |
| Cuthbert Bardsley | New College | | bishop of Croydon 1947–56, bishop of Coventry 1956–76 |
| Thomas Barlow | The Queen's | | bishop of Lincoln 1675–91 |
| Richard Barnes | Brasenose | | bishop of Nottingham 1567–70, bishop of Carlisle 1570–77, bishop of Durham 1577-87 |
| Shute Barrington | Merton | | bishop of Llandaff 1769–82, bishop of Salisbury 1782–91, bishop of Durham 1791–1826 |
| Timothy John Bavin | Worcester | | bishop of Johannesburg 1974–84, bishop of Portsmouth 1984-95 |
| Thomas Beckington | New College | | bishop of Bath and Wells 1434–65, Lord Privy Seal 1443-44 |
| James Harold Bell | St Peter's, Wycliffe Hall, Brasenose | Undergraduate 1972–74, Academic 1976-82 | bishop of Knaresborough 2003- |
| John Bell | Balliol | | bishop of Worcester 1539–43 |
| Colin Bennetts | Jesus | | bishop of Buckingham 1994–98, bishop of Coventry 1998– |
| Harold Ernest Bilbrough | New College | | bishop of Dover 1916–27, bishop of Newcastle 1927–41 |
| Edmund Bonner | Pembroke | | bishop of London 1539–49, 1553–59 |
| Cecil Henry Boutflower | Christ Church | | bishop of Dorking 1905–09, bishop of South Tokyo 1909–21, bishop of Southampton 1921–33 |
| Ian James Brackley | Keble | | bishop of Dorking 1996- |
| James Brooks | Corpus Christi and Balliol | | bishop of Gloucester 1554–58 |
| Thomas Brunce | New College | | bishop of Rochester 1435–37, bishop of Norwich 1437–45 |
| Colin Ogilvie Buchanan | Lincoln | | bishop of Aston 1985–89, bishop of Woolwich 1996–2004 |
| John Buckeridge | St John's | | bishop of Rochester 1611–28, bishop of Ely in 1628–31 |
| Thomas Burgess | Corpus Christi | | bishop of St Davids 1803–25, bishop of Salisbury 1825–37 |
| Andrew Burnham | New College and St Stephen's House | | bishop of Ebbsfleet 2000-10 |
| Leonard Hedley Burrows | New College | | bishop of Lewes 1909–14, bishop of Sheffield 1914-39 |
| Joseph Butler | Oriel | | bishop of Bristol 1738–50, bishop of Durham 1750–52 |
| Henry Montgomery Campbell | Brasenose | | bishop of Willesden 1940–42, bishop of Kensington 1942–49, bishop of Guildford 1949–56, bishop of London 1956–61 |
| Harry James Carpenter | Keble | | bishop of Oxford 1955-70 |
| Graham Charles Chadwick | Keble | | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1976-82 |
| William Frank Percival Chadwick | Wadham, Wycliffe Hall | | bishop of Barking 1959–75 |
| Christopher Maude Chavasse | Trinity and St Peter's | | bishop of Rochester 1940–60 |
| Richard Ian Cheetham | Corpus Christi | | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 2002- |
| Alan Chesters | St Catherine's and St Stephen's House | | bishop of Blackburn 1989–2003 |
| David Chillingworth | Oriel | | bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane 2005– |
| George William Clarkson | New College | | bishop of Pontefract 1949–54, dean of Guildford 1954–65 |
| Thomas Legh Claughton | Trinity | | bishop of Rochester 1867–77, bishop of St Albans 1877-90 |
| Henry Compton | The Queen's | | bishop of Oxford 1674, bishop of London 1675–1713 |
| David Conner | Exeter and St Stephen's | | bishop of Lynn, 1994–98, dean of Windsor 1998–, bishop to the Forces 2001– |
| Stephen Conway | Keble | | bishop of Ramsbury 2006– |
| Thomas William Cook | Hertford | | bishop of Lewes 1926-28 |
| Thomas Cooper | Magdalen and Christ Church | | bishop of Lincoln 1571–84, bishop of Winchester 1584–94 |
| Edward Copleston | Oriel | | bishop of Llandaff 1827–49 |
| George Cotes | Balliol and Magdalen | | bishop of Chester 1554–55 |
| Peter Courtenay | Exeter | | bishop of Exeter 1478–87, bishop of Winchester 1487–92 |
| Richard Courtenay | Exeter | | bishop of Norwich 1413–15 |
| Richard Cox | Cardinal College | | dean of Westminster 1549–53, bishop of Ely 1559–80 |
| Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew | Lincoln | | bishop of Oxford 1671–74, bishop of Durham 1674–1721 |
| Francis Whitfield Daukes | Oriel and Wycliffe Hall | | bishop of Plymouth 1934–50 |
| Paul de Labilliere | Merton (undergraduate), Wadham (chaplain), Wycliffe Hall (lecturer) | | bishop of Knaresborough 1934–38, dean of Westminster 1938–46 |
| Robert Deakin | | | bishop of Tewkesbury 1973–85 |
| Ivor Colin Docker | St Catherine's Society and Wycliffe Hall | 1946-49 | bishop of Horsham 1975–91 |
| John Douglas | Balliol | | bishop of Carlisle in 1787–91, bishop of Salisbury 1791–1807 |
| David Colin Dunlop | New College | | provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh 1940–44, bishop of Jarrow 1944–49, dean of Lincoln 1949–64 |
| Alfred Earle | Hertford | | bishop of Marlborough 1888–00, dean of Exeter 1900–18 |
| John Earle | Christ Church and Merton | | bishop of Salisbury 1663-65 |
| Philip Herbert Eliot | Oriel | | bishop of Buckingham 1921-44 |
| Gordon Fallows | St Edmund Hall and Ripon Hall | | bishop of Pontefract 1968–71, bishop of Sheffield 1971–79 |
| John Thornley Finney | Hertford | | bishop of Pontefract 1993-98 |
| Anthony Fisher | Blackfriars | | RC auxiliary bishop archdiocese of Sydney since 2003 |
| George Carnac Fisher | Brasenose | | bishop of Southampton 1896–98, bishop of Ipswich 1899–1906 |
| Joseph Fison | The Queen's and Wycliffe Hall | 2nd in Greats, 1st in Theology, BA 1929, MA 1934, BD 1950 | bishop of Salisbury 1963-72 |
| Richard Fleming | University | | bishop of Lincoln 1420–31 |
| Peter Forster | Merton | | bishop of Chester since 1996 |
| Reginald Foskett | Keble | | provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh 1964–67, bishop of Penrith 1967–70 |
| Christopher Foster | Wadham | | bishop of Hertford 2001- |
| Edward Fowler | Corpus Christi | | bishop of Gloucester 1691–1714 |
| Richard Foxe | Magdalen and Corpus Christi | | bishop of Exeter (1487–92), Bath & Wells (1492–94), Durham (1494–1501), Winchester (1501–28) |
| Robert Frampton | Corpus Christi and Christ Church | | bishop of Gloucester 1681–91 |
| James Fraser | Lincoln and Oriel | | bishop of Manchester 1870–85 |
| Francis Fulford | Exeter | | bishop of Montreal 1850–68 |
| John Garton | Worcester | | bishop of Plymouth 1996–2005 |
| Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson | Trinity | | bishop of Gloucester 1905–24 |
| Theodore Sumner Gibson | Keble | | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1928–43, bishop of St John's 1943–51 |
| William Percy Gilpin | Keble | | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1952–70 |
| Francis Godwin | Christ Church | | bishop of Llandaff 1601–17, bishop of Hereford 1617–34 |
| Field Flowers Goe | Hertford | | bishop of Melbourne 1887-1901 |
| Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon | Balliol and Christ Church | BA 1950, MA 1952 | bishop Portsmouth 1975–84, bishop Lambeth 1984–91, bishop HM Forces 1985–90, Sub Dean Christ Church 1991-96 |
| Charles Gore | Balliol, Trinity and Pusey House | | bishop of Worcester 1902–05, bishop of Birmingham 1905–32 |
| Neville Vincent Gorton | Balliol | | bishop of Coventry 1943–52 |
| Arthur Greaves | Keble | | bishop of Grantham 1935–37, bishop of Grimsby 1937–58 |
| George Lanyon Hacker | Exeter | | bishop of Penrith 1979-94 |
| Mervyn George Haigh | New College | | bishop of Coventry 1931–42, bishop of Winchester 1942-52 |
| Robert Hallam | | | bishop of Salisbury 1408–17 |
| Walter Kerr Hamilton | Christ Church and Merton | | bishop of Salisbury 1854-69 |
| James Hannington | St Mary's Hall | | bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa 1884–85 and martyr |
| John Tyrrell Holmes Hare | Corpus Christi | | bishop of Bedford 1968–76 |
| Richard Hare | Trinity | | bishop of Pontefract 1971–92 |
| Maurice Harland | Exeter | | bishop of Croydon 1942–47, bishop of Lincoln 1947–56, bishop of Durham, 1956–66 |
| Frederick Ochterloney Taylor Hawkes | Magdalen | | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1927–52 |
| Richard Stephen Hawkins | New College and St Stephen's House | | bishop of Plymouth 1988–96, bishop of Crediton 1996–2004 |
| Robert Milton Hay | St John's | | bishop of Buckingham 1944–60 |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam | All Souls, New College, Christ Church | | bishop of Gloucester 1923-45 |
| Reginald Heber | Brasenose and All Souls | | bishop of Calcutta 1823–26 |
| Herbert Hensley Henson | All Souls | | bishop of Hereford 1917–20, bishop of Durham 1920–39 |
| Augustine John Hodson | Christ Church and St Stephen's House | | Bishop of Tewkesbury 1938–55 |
| Crispian Hollis | Balliol | | RC bishop of Portsmouth since 1987 |
| Campbell Richard Hone | Wadham | | bishop of Pontefract 1931–38, bishop of Wakefield 1938–45 |
| Cecil Hook | Christ Church | | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1905-15 |
| John Hooper | | BA 1519 | bishop of Gloucester 1550–53, bishop of Worcester 1552–54, martyr |
| Hugh Maudslay Hordern | Christ Church | | bishop of Lewes 1929–46 |
| Hugh Leycester Hornby | Balliol | | bishop of Hulme 1945-53 |
| George Horne | University and Magdalen | | bishop of Norwich 1790–92 |
| William Walsham How | Wadham | | bishop of Bedford 1879–89, bishop of Wakefield 1889-97 |
| Harold Evelyn Hubbard | Christ Church | | bishop of Whitby 1939–46 |
| John Hunter | Keble | | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1943–51 |
| Alexander Hyde | New College | | bishop of Salisbury 1665–67 |
| John Inge | Keble | | bishop of Huntingdon 2003–07, bishop of Worcester 2007- |
| Edgar Jacob | New College | | bishop of Newcastle 1896–1903, bishop of St Albans 1903–19 |
| William Jacobson | Christ Church | | bishop of Chester 1865–84 |
| Francis Jayne | Wadham | | bishop of Chester 1889-19 |
| Francis Jeune | Pembroke | | bishop of Peterborough 1864–68 |
| David Jenkins | The Queen's | Fellow and Chaplain | bishop of Durham 1984–94 |
| John Jewel | Merton and Corpus Christi | | bishop of Salisbury 1560–71 |
| Roger Jupp | St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Popondota 2003–05 |
| Eric Waldram Kemp | Exeter, Christ Church and Pusey House | | bishop of Chichester 1974–2001 |
| Thomas Ken | Hart Hall and New College | | bishop of Bath and Wells 1685–91 |
| White Kennett | St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Peterborough 1718-28 |
| George Wyndham Kennion | Oriel | | bishop of Adelaide 1882–94, bishop of Bath and Wells 1894–1919 |
| Edward King | Oriel, Cuddesdon and Christ Church | | bishop of Lincoln 1885–1910 |
| Kenneth E. Kirk | St John's, Magdalen, Trinity and Christ Church | | bishop of Oxford 1937–54 |
| Edward Knapp-Fisher | Trinity | | bishop of Pretoria 1960–75, canon of Westminster 1975–87 |
| Carey Frederick Knyvett | Trinity | | bishop of Selby 1941–62 |
| Arthur Lake | New College | | bishop of Bath and Wells 1616–26 |
| James Henry Langstaff | St Catherine's | | bishop of Lynn 2004 |
| Graham Leonard | Balliol | | bishop of Truro 1973–81, bishop of London 1981–91, prelate of honour 2000– |
| Michael Lewis | Merton | | bishop of Middleton 1999–2007, bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf 2007- |
| Martin Linton Smith | Hertford | | bishop of Warrington 1918–20, Hereford 1920–30, Rochester 1930-40 |
| William Somers Llewellyn | Balliol | | bishop of Lynn 1963-72 |
| Tom Longworth | University | | bishop of Pontefract 1939–49, bishop of Hereford 1949–61 |
| Robert Lowth | New College | | bishop of St Davids 1766, Oxford 1766–1777, London 1777–87, declined Canterbury 1783 |
| Henry Mackenzie | Pembroke | | bishop of Nottingham 1870-77 |
| John Victor Macmillan | Magdalen | | bishop of Dover 1927–34, bishop of Guildford 1934–49 |
| David Rokeby Maddock | St Catherine's Society | | bishop of Dunwich 1967–76 |
| John Primatt Maud | Keble | | bishop of Kensington 1911–32 |
| Malcolm Menin | University | | bishop of Knaresborough 1986–97 |
| Peter Mews | St John's | | bishop of Bath and Wells 1672–84, bishop of Winchester 1684–1706 |
| George Moberly | Balliol | | bishop of Salisbury 1869-85 |
| Hugh Montefiore | St John's | | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1970–78, bishop of Birmingham 1977-87 |
| George Morley | Christ Church | | bishop of Worcester 1660–62, bishop of Winchester 1662–84 |
| Peter Mumford | University | | bishop of Hertford 1974–81, bishop of Truro 1981–89 |
| Gordon Mursell | Brasenose | | bishop of Stafford 1999- |
| Michael Nazir-Ali | St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Raiwind 1984–86, bishop of Rochester 1994– |
| William Nicolson | The Queen's | | bishop of Carlisle 1702–18, of Derry 1718–27, appointed archbishop of Cashel and Emly before death |
| Owen Oglethorpe | Magdalen and Christ Church | | bishop of Carlisle 1557-59 |
| Hugh Oldham | Exeter | | bishop of Exeter 1504–19 |
| John Owen | Jesus | | bishop of St Davids 1827–1926 |
| John Richard Packer | Keble | | bishop of Warrington 1996–2000, bishop of Ripon and Leeds 2000– |
| Henry Luke Paget | Christ Church | | bishop of Ipswich 1906–09, bishop of Stepney 1909–19, bishop of Chester 1919–32 |
| Clement George St Michael Parker | Christ Church | | bishop of Aston 1954–61, bishop of Bradford 1961–71 |
| Samuel Parker | Wadham, Trinity and Magdalen | | bishop of Oxford 1686–87 |
| Edward Parry (Bishop) | Balliol | | bishop of Dover 1870–90 |
| Richard Godfrey Parsons | Magdalen and University | | bishop of Middleton 1927–32, bishop of Southwark 1932–41, bishop of Hereford 1942–48 |
| Reginald Pecock | Oriel | | bishop of St Asaph 1444–50, bishop of Chichester 1450–57 |
| Herbert Sidney Pelham | University | | bishop of Barrow-in-Furness 1926–1944 |
| John Penny | Lincoln | | bishop of Bangor 1504–08, bishop of Carlisle 1508-20 |
| George Christopher Cutts Pepys | Oriel | | bishop of Buckingham 1964–74 |
| William Michael Dermot Persson | Oriel | | bishop of Doncaster 1982–1992 |
| Henry Phillpotts | Corpus Christi and Magdalen | | bishop of Exeter 1831–69 |
| Barnaby Potter | The Queen's | | bishop of Carlisle 1629-42 |
| David Brownfield Porter | Hertford and Wycliffe | | bishop of Aston 1962–72 |
| Grandage Edwards Powell | University | | bishop of Penrith 1939-44 |
| John Lawrence Pritchard | St Peter's | | archdeacon of Canterbury 1996–2002, bishop of Jarrow 2002–06, bishop of Oxford 2007– |
| Edward Rainbowe | Corpus Christi | | bishop of Carlisle 1664-84 |
| Ronald Erskine Ramsay | St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Malmesbury 1927–46 |
| John Randolph | Christ Church | | bishop of Oxford 1799–1807, bishop of Bangor 1807–09, bishop of London 1809–13 |
| Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern | Christ Church | | bishop of Grantham 1997–2005, bishop of Derby 2005– |
| Clement Mallory Ricketts | Keble | | bishop of Dunwich 1945–55 |
| John Rider | Jesus | | bishop of Killaloe 1612–1632 |
| George Ridding | Balliol and Exeter | | headmaster of Winchester 1867–84, bishop of Southwell 1884–1904 |
| Henry Robinson | The Queen's College and St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Carlisle 1598-1616 |
| John Robinson | Brasenose and Oriel | | bishop of Bristol 1710–14, bishop of London 1714–23, Lord Privy Seal 1711-1713 |
| Patrick Campbell Rodger | Christ Church | | bishop of Manchester 1970–78, bishop of Oxford 1978-86 |
| Gordon Roe | Jesus | | bishop of Huntingdon 1980–97 |
| Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose | Worcester | | bishop of Dover 1935–56 |
| Geoffrey Rowell | Keble | | bishop of Basingstoke 1994–2001, bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 2001– |
| Anthony Russell | Trinity | | bishop of Dorchester 1988–2000, bishop of Ely 2000– |
| John Charles Ryle | Christ Church | | bishop of Liverpool 1880–1900 |
| Wilfrid Guy Sanderson | Merton | | bishop of Plymouth 1962-72 |
| Gordon David Savage | St Catherine's | | bishop of Buckingham 1960–64, bishop of Southwell 1964–70 |
| Peter Selby | St John's | | bp of Kingston upon Thames 1984–92, Wm Leech Professorial Fell in Applied Chr Th Univ of Durham 1992–97, bp of Worcester 1997–2007, bp to HM Prisons 2001- |
| William Senhouse | | | bishop of Carlisle 1495–1502, bishop of Durham 1502-05 |
| Edward Domett Shaw | Oriel | | bishop of Buckingham 1914–21 |
| John Sheppey | | | bishop of Rochester 1353–60, lord high treasurer 1356-60 |
| George Smalridge | Christ Church | | bishop of Bristol 1714–19 |
| George Smith | | | bishop of Victoria & warden of St Paul's College, Hong Kong 1849–65 |
| Lucius Smith | Balliol | | bishop of Knaresborough 1905–34 |
| Miles Smith | Corpus Christi and Brasenose | | bishop of Gloucester 1612–24, author of Preface to the Authorized Version |
| Robin Jonathan Norman Smith | Worcester | | bishop of Hertford 1990-2001 |
| Thomas Smith | The Queen's | | bishop of Carlisle 1684-1702 |
| Alan Smithson | The Queen's | | bishop of Jarrow 1990-2001 |
| William Smyth | Oriel and/or Lincoln | | bishop of Coventry & Lichfield 1493–96, bishop of Lincoln 1496–1514 |
| Stuart Snell | St Peter's | | bishop of Croydon 1977–85, bishop to the Forces 1977–84 |
| George D'Oyly Snow | Oriel | | bishop of Whitby 1961–71 |
| Henry Kemble Southwell | Magdalen | | bishop of Lewes 1920–26 |
| Thomas Sprat | Wadham | | bishop of Rochester 1684–1713 |
| Thomas Stanage | Pembroke | | bishop of Johannesburg 1978–82, bishop of Bloemfontein 1982–97 |
| David Stancliffe | Trinity | | bishop of Salisbury 1993– |
| Robert Stopford | Hertford | | bishop of Fulham 1955–56, Peterborough 1956–61, London 1961–73, Bermuda 1976 |
| Neville Stuart Talbot | Christ Church and Balliol | | bishop of Pretoria 1920–33, vicar of Nottingham 1933–43, chaplain RAF 1943 |
| Thomas Tanner | The Queen's College, All Souls and Christ Church | | bishop of St Asaph 1732–35 |
| John Vernon Taylor | St Catherine's Society, Wycliffe Hall | | Bishop of Winchester 1974-84 |
| Frederick Stephen Temple | Balliol | | bishop of Malmesbury 1973–83 |
| David Thomson | Keble | | bishop of Huntingdon 2008- |
| Richard Thornden | Canterbury | | bishop of Dover 1545-57 |
| Edward Trollope | Christ Church | | bishop of Nottingham 1877-93 |
| Cuthbert Tunstall | | | bishop of London 1522–30, Lord Privy Seal 1523–30, bishop of Durham 1530-52 & 1553–58 |
| Michael Turnbull | Keble | | bishop of Rochester 1988–94, bishop of Durham 1994-2003 |
| Herbert Victor Turner | Merton | | bishop of Penrith 1944-58 |
| William Van Mildert | Christ Church | | bishop of Llandaff 1819–26, bishop of Durham 1826-36 |
| Stephen Venner | Linacre and St Stephen's House | | bishop of Middleton 1994–99, bishop of Dover 1999- |
| John Vesey | Magdalen | | bishop of Exeter 1519–51 |
| Michael Edwin Vickers | Worcester | | bishop of Colchester 1988–94 |
| Samuel Waldegrave | Balliol | | bishop of Carlisle 1860-69 |
| Eric Wall | Brasenose | | bishop of Huntingdon 1972–80 |
| William Walsh | Merton | | bishop of Mauritius 1891–97, bishop of Dover 1898–16 |
| Seth Ward | Trinity (Master) | | Savilian Professor, bishop of Exeter 1662–67, of Salisbury 1667–89 |
| Geoffrey Hodgson Warde | Keble | | dean of Gibraltar 1928–33, bishop of Lewes 1946–59 |
| Richard Charles Challinor Watson | New College | | bishop of Burnley 1970–88 |
| William Waynflete | New College (possibly), founder of Magdalen | | bishop of Winchester 1447–86, Lord Chancellor 1456-60 |
| John Stewart Went | Wycliffe Hall (Vice-Principal) | | bishop of Tewkesbury 1996–2005 |
| Herbert Westfaling | Christ Church | | bishop of Hereford 1586–1602 |
| Frank Weston | Trinity | | bishop of Zanzibar 1908–1924, Major commanding Zanzibar Carrier Corps 1916, mentioned in despatches 1917, OBE 1918 |
| Frank Valentine Weston | The Queen's and Christ Church | | bishop of Knaresborough 1997–2003 |
| Martin Wharton | Linacre | | bishop of Newcastle 1997– |
| Peter Wheatley | The Queen's | | bishop of Edmonton 1999– |
| Hubert Whitsey | St Edmund Hall | | bishop of Hertford 1971–74, bishop of Chester 1974–81 |
| Samuel Wilberforce | Oriel | | bishop of Oxford 1845–70, bishop of Winchester 1870-73 |
| David Peter Wilcox | St John's | | bishop of Dorking 1986–95 |
| John Wilkins | Magdalen and Wadham | | bishop of Chester 1668–72 |
| Alwyn Williams | Jesus, All Souls, Christ Church | Triple 1st in Mods 1908, Greats 1910, History 1911, Fellow All Souls 1911–18, Dean Christ Church 1934-39 | bishop of Durham 1939–52, bishop of Winchester 1952–61 |
| Trevor Willmott | St Peter's | | bishop of Basingstoke 2002- |
| Alan Wilson | Balliol and Wycliffe Hall | | bishop of Buckingham 2003- |
| John Leonard Wilson | The Queen's and Wycliffe Hall | | bishop of Birmingham 1953–69 |
| Colin Winter | Lincoln | | bishop of Damaraland 1968–81 |
| Kenneth John Woollcombe | St John's | | Bishop of Oxford 1971–78 |
| John Wordsworth | New College, Brasenose and Oriel | | bishop of Salisbury 1885–1911 |
| Robert Wright | Trinity and Wadham | | bishop of Bristol 1623–32, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1632–43 |
| Tom Wright | Exeter, Merton, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall | | bishop of Durham 2003– |

### Clergy and other ministers

The following are clergymen and other Christian ministers who are primarily known for their non-theological contributions to the Church, although some may also have been significant scholars
* Fitzherbert Adams (Lincoln) rector of Lincoln College and prebendary of Durham Cathedral 1685-1719
* Simon Bailey (Regent's Park) rector of Dinnington, writer, art collector
* Thomas Bastard (New College)
* Peter Beck dean of ChristChurch Cathedral (Christchurch, New Zealand) since 2002
* Derek Pattinson (The Queen's) Secretary-General of the General Synod of the Church of England 1972-90
* Richard Meux Benson (Christ Church) founder Society of St John the Evangelist
* Adam Blakeman (Christ Church) minister of Stratford, Connecticut 1639-65
* William Henry Bliss (Magdalen) sometime tutor to King Victor Emmanuel III
* Thomas Bradley (Exeter) chaplain who ministered to Charles I at his execution
* Thomas Bray (All Souls) missionary to Maryland 1699–1700, rector of St Botolph Aldgate 1706-30
* Edward Cadogan (Christ Church) Rector of Wicken 1872-1890
* Thomas Charles (Jesus) Anglican priest and Methodist
* Richard William Church (Wadham and Oriel) Dean of St Paul's 1871-90
* Thomas Coke (Jesus) father of Methodist missions and successor to John Wesley
* John Davenport after whom Davenport College, Yale is named; co-founder Colony of New Haven & Hopkins School
* Harold Davidson (Exeter) rector of Stiffkey 1906-32
* Percy Dearmer (Christ Church) liturgist, socialist, Professor of King's College London, Canon of Westminster
* Verrier Elwin (Merton and Wycliffe Hall)
* John Feckenham (Gloucester Hall) Dean of St Paul's 1554–56, Abbot of Westminster 1556-60
* Edward Drax Free (St John's)
* Bernard Green (St Benet's) Catholic priest and monk of Ampleforth
* Michael Green (Exeter and Wycliffe Hall) priest, professor, and evangelist
* Robin Griffith-Jones (New College and Lincoln) The Reverend and Valiant Master of the Temple 1999-
* Bede Griffiths (Magdalen)
* Nicky Gumbel (Wycliffe Hall) Asst Curate Holy Trinity Brompton 1986–2005, Vicar 2005-, head of Alpha 1990-
* William Ralph Inge (Hertford) Dean of St Paul's 1911-34
* Cyril Jackson (Christ Church) tutor to George IV; declined bpric of Oxford (1799) & archbpric of Armagh (1800)
* Hewlett Johnson (Wadham) "Red" Dean of Canterbury 1931-63
* R. T. Kendall (Regent's Park) Minister of Westminster Chapel 1977-2002
* Vicesimus Knox (St John's) essayist and sometime Head Master of Tonbridge School
* Christopher Lewis (Ripon Coll Cuddesdon & Christ Church) Dean of St Albans 1994–2003, of Christ Church 2003-
* Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (Wadham) Master of the Society of the Holy Cross 1863–75
* Malachi Martin (Not known) Author and exorcist
* John Mason (All Souls) Dean of Winchester 1549-54
* Edward Meyrick Goulburn (Balliol and Merton) Head Master of Rugby 1849–57, Dean of Norwich 1866-89
* Alexander Nowell (Brasenose) Dean of St Paul's 1560-1602
* Richard Pace Secretary of State 1516–26, Dean of St Paul's 1519-36
* A. P. Stanley (Balliol & University) Dean of Westminster 1863–81, Rector of St Andrews 1874-77
* Montague Summers (Trinity) poet and expert on Gothic literature, witchcraft, vampires, and werewolves
* Chad Varah (Keble) Rector of St Stephen Walbrook 1953–2003, founder of The Samaritans 1953
* Lawrence Washington (Brasenose) great-great-grandfather of George Washington
* Charles Wesley (Christ Church) hymn writer and brother of John Wesley
* John Wesley (Christ Church and Lincoln) founder of Methodism
* George Whitefield (Pembroke) founder of Methodism
* John Yonge (New College) Master of the Rolls 1508–16, Dean of York 1514-16

## Islam

* Rashid Khalidi (St Antony's) Edward Said Prof of Arab Studies & Head, Middle East Inst, Columbia Univ 2003-
* Ilse Lichtenstädter
* Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din) (Magdalen) Keeper of Oriental Printed Books & MSS, British Museum 1970-73
* David Samuel Margoliouth
* Ali Mazrui (Nuffield)
* Josef W. Meri (Wolfson)
* Farhan Nizami (Wadham, St Cross, and Magdalen)
* Fazlur Rahman
* Tariq Ramadan (St Antony's)

## Judaism

Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
* Sir Israel Brodie (Balliol) Chief Rabbi 1948-65
* The Rt Hon. The Lord (Jonathan) Sacks, knight (New College) Chief Rabbi 1991–2013
Other rabbis
* Lionel Blue 1930–2016 (Balliol)
* Moses Gaster (Lecturer in Slavonic Literature at Oxford 1886-91)
Scholars
* Professor Martin Goodman, FBA (Trinity and Wolfson)
* Jacob Neusner (Lincoln)

## Sikhism

* Jagraj Singh

## Bahá'í

* Shoghi Effendi 1919-1921 (Balliol) Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith 1921-57

## Hinduism

* Shaunaka Rishi Das