ended appointed religion predecessor consecration successor death_date title article_title diocese name type
10 february 1056 between 1013 and 1016 catholic athulf between 1013 and 1016 leofgar 10 february 1056 bishop of hereford Æthelstan -lrb- bishop of hereford -rrb-
 diocese of hereford Æthelstan bishop
Æthelstan -lrb- bishop of hereford -rrb-

Æthelstan -lrb- or athelstan ; died 1056 -rrb- was a medieval bishop of hereford .
Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016 .
before his death , he had been blind for 13 years , and tremerig was appointed as a suffragan bishop to assist Æthelstan .
tremerig died shortly before Æthelstan did .
because of his blindness , the task of helping defend the border against the welsh fell to the bishops of worcester .
Æthelstan died on 10 february 1056 .
his death may have been from old age , or it may have been as a consequence of the burning of his cathedral by the welsh shortly before .
after his death , he was considered for sainthood .
