Bishop of Worcester
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Arms of the Bishop of Worcester
The Bishop of Worcester controls the see of Worcester and has his seat in Worcester Cathedral. The diocese covers the county of Worcestershire.
The Bishops of Worcester reside in Hartlebury Castle in Worcestershire. The first bishop was appointed in 680.
- Bosel 680
- Oftfor 691
- St. Eegwine 693
- Wilfrith I 718
- Mildred about 743
- Waermund 775
- Tilhere 777
- Heathured (AEthelred) 781
- Denebeorht 798
- Heahbeorht (Eadbert) 822
- Ealhhun (Alwin) about 845
- Waerfrith 873
- AEthelhun 915
- Wilfrith II 922
- Coenweld 929
- St. Dunstan 957
- St. Oswald 961
- Ealdwulf 992
- Wulfstan 1003
- Leofsige 1016
- Beorhtheah 1033
- Lyfing 1038
- AElfric Puttoc 1040
- Lyfing (restored) 1041
- Ealdred 1046
- St. Wulfstan II 1062
- Samson 1096
- Theulf 1113
- Simon 1125
- John de Pageham 1151
- Alured 1158
- Roger 1163
- Baldwin 1180
- William de Narhale 1185
- Robert Fitz-Ralph 1191
- Henry de Soilli 1193
- John de Constantiis 1195
- Mauger 1198
- Walter de Grey 1214
- Silvester de Evesham 1216
- William de Blois 1218
- Walter de Cantelupe 1237
- Nicholas of Ely 1266
- Godfrey de Giffard 1268
- William de Gainsborough 1301
- Walter Reynold 1307
- Walter de Maydenston 1313
- Thomas Cobham 1317
- Adam de Orlton 1327
- Simon de Montecute 1333
- Thomas Hemenhale 1337
- Wolstan de Braunsford 1339
- John de Thoresby 1349
- Reginald Brian 1352
- John Barnet 1362
- William Wittlesey 1363
- William Lynn 1368
- Henry Wakefield 1375
- Tideman de Winchcomb 1394
- Richard Clifford 1401
- Thomas Peverell 1407
- Philip Morgan 1419
- Thomas Poulton 1425
- Thomas Bourchier 1434
- John Carpenter 1443
- John Alcock 1476-1486
- Robert Morton 1486-1497
- Giovanni De Gigli 1497-1498
- Silvestro De Gigli 1498-1521
- Geronimo De Ghinucci 1523-1533
- Hugh Latimer resigned title 1535-1539
- John Bell 1539-1543
- Nicholas Heath 1543-1551
- John Hooper deprived of title 1552-1554
- Nicholas Heath restored to title 1554-1555
- Richard Pates deprived of title 1555-1559
- Edwin Sandys 1559-1571
- Nicholas Bullingham, 1571-1576
- John Whitgift, 1577-1583
- Edmund Freke, 1584-1591
- Richard Fletcher, 1593-1595
- Thomas Bilson, 1596-1597
- Gervase Babington, 1597-1610
