Bishop of St Asaph

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Bishop of St Asaph

The Bishop of Saint Asaph is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint Asaph.

The diocese covers the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire and the eastern parts of Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire. The see is in the town of St Asaph where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Asaph which was founded as a monastery around 560, becoming elevated to cathedral status in 583.

The office was created in 583 at the founding of the diocese. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Stewart Davies, the 75th Bishop of Saint Asaph, who was consecrated in October 1999 and who signs John St Asaph.

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Saint Asaph, Wales

Tenure Incumbent Notes
583 to ???Kentigern
(Mungo)
Bishop of Glasgow; Saint Kentigern / Saint Mungo
??? to ???
1143 to 1152Gilbertus
(Galfridus)
1152 to 1154Geoffrey of Monmouth
1154 to 1155RichardDied in office
1155 to 1175Godefridus
(Godfrey)
1175 to 1183AdamCanon of Paris
1183 to 1186Johannes
(John)
1186 to 1225Reinerus
(Reyner)
1225 to 1235Abraham
1235 to 1240Hugo
(Hugh)
1240 to c.1247Howel ap Ednevet
c.1247 to 1249vacant
1249 to 1267Enion
(Anian)
1267 to 1268John
1268 to 1293Enion
(Anian)
1293 to 1314Leoline de BromfeldCanon of St Asaph
1314 to 1352David
1352 to 1357John Trevaur
1357 to 1376Leoline ap MadocDean of St Asaph
1376 to 1382William de SprinlingtonDean of St Asaph
1382 to 1390Lawrence ChildPenitentiary to the pope
1390 to 1395Alexander Bache
1395 to 1402John TrevaurPrebendary of Hereford; deprived
1402 to 1411David
1411 to 1433Robert de Lancaster
1433 to 1444John LoweTranslated to Rochester
1444 to 1450Reginald PeacockTranslated to Chichester
1450 to 1461Thomas
1461 to 1472Thomas
1472 to 1495Richard RedmanTranslated to Exeter
1495 to 1499Michael Dyacon
1499 to 1503David
1503 to 1513DavidAbbot of Conway
1513 to 1518Edmund Birkhead
1518 to 1535Henry Standish
1535 to 1536William BarlowTranslated to St David's
1536 to 1554Robert Warton
(Robert Parfew; Robert Parfoy)
Abbot of Bermondsey; translated to Hereford
1554 to 1559Thomas GoldwellWent into voluntary exile
1559 to 1561Richard DaviesTranslated St David's
1561 to 1573Thomas Davies
1573 to 1601William MorganTranslated from Llandaff
1601 to 1603William MorganTranslated from Llandaff
1603 to 1622Richard ParryDean of Bangor
1622 to 1629John HamnerPrebendary of Worcester
1629 to 1651John OwenArchdeacon of St Asaph; died in office
1651 to 1660vacantFor 9 years
1660 to 1667George GriffithArchdeacon of St Asaph
1667 to 1669Henry GlenhamDean of Bristol
1669 to 1680Isaac BarrowTranslated from Sodor & Man
1680 to 1692William LloydDean of Bangor; translated from Lichfield & Coventry
1692 to 1703Edward JonesTranslated from Cloynes, Ireland
1703 to 1704George HooperDean of Canterbury; translated to Bath & Wells
1704 to 1708William BeveridgeArchdeacon of Colchester
1708 to 1714William FleetwoodCanon of Windsor; translated to Ely
1714 to 1727John WynnePrincipal of Jesus College, Oxford; translated to Bath & Wells
1727 to 1731Francis HareDean of Worcester and dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Chichester
1731 to 1736Thomas TannerCanon of Christ Church, Oxford
1736 to 1743Isaac MaddoxDean of Wells; translated to Worcester
1743 to 1743John ThomasDean of Peterborough; elected but translated to Lincoln before consecration
1743 to 1748Samuel LisleArchdeacon of Canterbury; translated to Norwich
1748 to 1761The Honourable Robert DrummondPrebendary of Westminster; translated to Salisbury
1761 to 1769Richard NewcombeTranslated from Llandaff
1769 to 1789John ShipleyTranslated from Llandaff
1789 to 1790Samuel HalifaxTranslated from Gloucester
1790 to 1802Lewis BagotTranslated from Norwich
29 July 1802 to 4 October 1806Samuel HorsleyTranslated from Rochester
15 October 1806 to 15 May 1815William CleaverTranslated from Bangor
23 May 1815 to 21 January 1830John LuxmoreTranslated from Hereford
23 February 1830 to 13 September 1846William CareyTranslated from Exeter
10 October 1846 to January 1870Thomas Vowler ShortTranslated from Sodor & Man; resigned
25 May 1870 to 1889Joshua HughesVicar of Llandovery
1889 to 19??Alfred G. Edwards
19?? to 1950
1950 to 1971David Daniel Bartlett, DD
1971 to 1982Harold John Charles, MA
1982 to 1999Alwyn R JonesAlso Archbishop of Wales
1999 to presentJohn Stewart Davies


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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 & Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
  • http://tejones.net/religion/Bishops

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