Bishop of Hereford
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The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the County of Herefordshire, part of the counties of Worcestershire and Shropshire and parts of Powys and Monmouthshire. The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.
The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Hereford.
The office was created at the foundation of the diocese in 676. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Anthony Martin Priddis, MA, Dip.Theol., the 105th Lord Bishop of Hereford, who signs Anthony Hereford.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Hereford, England and its precursor offices
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Note: The chronology prior to 1012 is partly conjectural
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 676 to 693 or 688 | Putta, Bishop of Uuestor Elih | Deprived of Rochester; may not have actually held office of Bishop of Hereford but was considered to have been such by c.800 |
| 688 or 693 to 705 or 710 | Thyrtell (Tyrhtel; Tirhtullus) | |
| 710 to 727 or 731 | Torchtere (Torhthere;Tortherus) | |
| 727 or 731 to 731 or 736 | Walchstod (Walhstod; Walstodus; Wastoldus) | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| 736 to 740 | Cuthbert (Cuthbeorht) | Abbot of Lyminge; translated to Canterbury |
| 741 to 747 or c.758 | Podda | |
| 747 or c.758 to 758 or 770 | Acca (Ecca) | |
| 758 or 770 to 770 or 777 | Headda (Cedda) | |
| 777 or 778 to 781 or 786 | Aldberht (Aaldberht; Albertus; Alberus) | |
| 781 or 786 to 793 or 788 or 786 | Esne (Esna) | |
| 793 or 788 or 786 to 796 or 798 or 793 | Celmundus (Ceolmund; Celmund) | |
| 796 or 799 to c.798/9 or 801 | Edulf | |
| c.798 or 799 or 793 to 803 or 801 | Utel (Utellus) | |
| 803 or 801 or 799 to 824 or 822 | Wulfhard, Bishop of the church of Hereford (Wulfheard; Wulfehard) | |
| 824 or 825 to c.825 or 832 | Benna (Beonna) | |
| c.825 or 832 to 838 or 839 | Eadulf (Eadwulf; Edulph) | |
| 838 or 839 or 836 to c.857 or 866 | Cuthwulf (Cuthwolf) | |
| c.857 or 866 to 857 or 866 | Mucellus (Mucel) | |
| 866 or 857 to 868 or 888 or 884 | Deorlaf | |
| 868 to 888 or 890 | Æthelbert | |
| 888 to 895 or 888 or 890 | Cunemund (Cynemund; Ceynemundus) | |
| 895 to c.901 | Athelstan | |
| c.901 or 890? or 888 to c.930 or 931 | Eadgar (Edgar) | |
| c.930 or 931 to c.935 or 937, 940, 934 | Tidhelm | |
| c.935 934 or 937 or 940 to 941 934 or 937 or 940 | Wulfhelm (Wulfehelm) | |
| 941 or 934 or 937 or 940/968 to c.966 949 or 958 or 971 | Aifric (Ælfric) | |
| c.966 or 971 to 1012 or 1013 | Athulf (Æthelwulf) | monk of the Old Minster, Winchester |
| 968 to 971 | Wulfric | omitted in some lists |
| 1012 or 1013/1016 to 10 February 1056 | Athelstan II | |
| March 1056 to 16 June 1056 | Leofgar (Leovegard) | priest of Earl Harold; Saint Leovegard |
| 1056 to 1061/1 | Ealdred or vacant | Ealdred omitted in some lists; Bishop of Hereford and Worcester, resigned and translated to York 1060 |
| 1060/1 to 1079 | Walter of Lorraine (Walter of Lotharingia) | Chaplain to Queen Edith; consecrated 15 April 1061 |
| 1079 to 1095/6 | Robert de Losinga (Robert Losinga of Lorraine) | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London |
| 1096 to 1101 | Gerard | Chancellor to William the conqueror; translated to York |
| 1101 to 1107 | vacant | |
| 1107 to 1115 | Reynelm (Reinhelm; Reinelm) | Chancellor to the queen |
| 1115 to 1121 | Geoffrey de Clive (Geoffrey de Clyve) | Chaplain to the king |
| 1121 to 1127 | Richard de Capella | Clerk of the Seal |
| 1127 to 1131 | vacant | |
| 1131 to 1148 | Robert de Bethune (Robert de Betun) | Prior of Llanthony |
| 1148 to 1163 | Gilbert Foliot | Abbot of Gloucester; translated to London |
| 1163 to 1166-7 | Robert of Melun (Robert of Melun) | Theologian and scholastic. Prior of Llanthony; died in office. |
| 1166 to 1174 | vacant | |
| 1174 to 1186 | Robert Foliot | Archdeacon of Oxford |
| 1186 to 1198/1200 | William de Vere | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London |
| 1198 to 1214 | Robert Grosseteste | Archdeacon of Wilts |
| 1200 to 17 November 1215 | Giles de Braose (Giles de Bruse) | Died in office; buried in South aisle of Hereford |
| 1216 to 1219 | Hugh de Mapenor | Dean of Hereford |
| 1219 to 1234 | Hugh Foliot | Archdeacon of Salop |
| 1234 to December 1239 | Ralph de Maydenstune (Ralph de Maidstone) | Dean of Hereford; resigned |
| 1240 to 1268 | Peter de Egueblank (Peter de Egeblaunch; Peter of Savoy; Peter D'Aquablanca) | |
| 1268 to 1275 | John de Breton | |
| 1275 to 1282 | Thomas de Cantilupe (Thomas Cantilupe) | Archdeacon of Stafford; Lord Chancellor of England; Chancellor of Oxford; died in office; canonized in 1320: Saint Thomas de Cantilupe |
| 1283/1289 to 1316/1290 | Richard Swinefield (Richard de Swinfield) | |
| 1316 to 1327 | Adam Orleton (Adam de Orleton) | Lord Treasurer; translated to Worcester |
| 1316??/1327 to 11 January 1344 | Thomas Charleton (Thomas Charlton) | Privy seal to Edward II; Lord Treasurer 1328; Lord Chancellor of Ireland; died in office |
| 1344 to 1361 | John Trilleck | |
| 1361 to 1370 | Lewis de Charleton | Canon of Hereford; Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1370 to 1375 | William Courtenay | Prebendary of York; translated to London |
| 1375 to 1389 | John Gilbert | Translated from Bangor; translated to St David's |
| 1389 to 1404 | Thomas Trevenant (Thomas Treffnant) | Canon of St Asaph and Lincoln |
| 1404 to 1417 | Robert Mascall (Robert Maschal) | Confessor to the king |
| 1417 to 1420 | Edmund Lacy | Canon of Windsor; translated to Exeter |
| 1420 to 1421 | Thomas Polton | Dean of York; translated to Chichester |
| 1421 to 1448 | Thomas Spofford | Abbot of St Mary's, York; Bishop-elect of Rochester: removed to Hereford before consecration |
| 1448 to 1450 | Richard Beauchamp | Archdean of Suffolk; translated to Salisbury |
| 1450 to 1453 | Reginald Buller (Richard Botteler) | Abbot of Gloucester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 1453 to 1474 | John Stanberry (... Stanbury) | Translated from Bangor; died in office |
| 1474 to 1492 | Thomas Mylling (Thomas Milling) | Abbot of Westminster |
| 1492/3 to 1502 | Edmund Audley (Edmund Touchet) | Translated from Rochester |
| 1502/3 to 1504 | Adrian de Castello (Adriano of Castelli) | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1504 to 1516 | Richard Mayhew (Richard Mayeu; Richard Mayo) | President of Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1516 to 1535 | Charles Booth | Prebendiary of Lincoln |
| 1535 to 1538 | Edward Foxe (Edward Fox) | Protestant; Provost of King's College, Cambridge |
| 1538 to 1539 | Edmund Bonner | Protestant; Archdeacon of Leicester; translated to London before consecration |
| 1539 to 1552 | John Skypp (John Skip) | Protestant; Archdeacon of Dorset |
| 1553 to 1554 | John Harley | Protestant; Prebendiary of Worcester; deprived for being married |
| 1554 to 1557 | Robert Parfew (Robert Purfoy; Robert Wharton) | Catholic; translated from St Asaph |
| 1557 to 1558 | Thomas Reynolds | Nominated by Queen Mary but set aside by Queen Elizabeth and died a prisoner of the faith before consecration |
| 1559 to 1585 | John Scory | Catholic; deprived Bishop of Chichester |
| 1585 to 1602 | Herbert Westphaling | Canon of Windsor |
| 1602 to 1617 | Robert Bennet | Dean of Windsor |
| 1617 to 1634 | Francis Godwin | Translated from Llandaff |
| William Juxton | Dean of Worcester; elected but translated to London before consecration | |
| Godfrey Goodman | Bishop of Gloucester; elected but declined the office | |
| 1634 to 1634 | Augustin Lindsell | Translated from Peterborough; died in office |
| December 1635 to June 1636 | Theophilus Field | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| 1636 to 1646 | George Cook (George Coke) | Translated from Bristol; died in office |
| 1646 to 1660 | vacant | |
| 1660 to 1661 | Nicholas Monk | Provost of Eton |
| 1661 to 1692 | Herbert Croft | Dean of Hereford |
| 1691 to 1701 | Gilbert Ironside | Translated from Bristol |
| 1701 to 1712 | Humphrey Humphreys | Translated from Bangor |
| 1712 to 1721 | Philip Bisse | Translated from St David's |
| 1721 to 1723 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Bangor; translated to Salisbury |
| 1723 to 1746 | The Honourable Henry Egerton | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford |
| 1746 to 1787 | Lord James Beauclerc | Canon of Windsor; died in office |
| 1787 to 1788 | The Honourable John Harley | Dean of Windsor; died in office |
| 1788 to 1802 | John Butler | Translated from Oxford; died in office |
| 1802 to 1808 | Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall | Translated from Bristol; translated to Worcester |
| 16 July 1808 to 1815 | John Luxmore | Translated from Bristol; translated to St Asaph |
| 23 July 1815 to April 1832 | George Isaac Huntingford | Translated from Gloucester; died in office |
| 7 May 1832 to 24 June 1837 | The Honourable Edward Grey | Dean of Hereford; died in office |
| 7 August 1837 to 1847 | Thomas Musgrave | Translated to York |
| 11 December 1847 to 23 April 1868 | Renn Dickson Hampden | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; died in office |
| 13 May 1868 to ???? | James Atlay, DD | Vicar of Leeds |
| ???? to 1961 | ||
| 1961 to 1974 | Mark Allin Hodson, BA | |
| 1974 to 1990 | John Richard Gordon Eastaugh | |
| 1990 to 30 November 2003 | John Keith Oliver, MA | Retired |
| 2004 to present | Anthony Martin Priddis, MA, Dip.Theol. | Suffragan Bishop of Warwick; inaugurated 26 June 2004 |
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Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
See also