Bishop of Bath and Wells
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The Bishop of Bath and Wells is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the County of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The see is in the City of Wells in Somerset where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew.
The Bishop's residence is The Palace, Wells.
Wells has been the seat of a bishop since 909 although the see has been located at Wells and Bath both individually and jointly (with Bath Abbey serving as co-cathedral). The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Bryan Price, the 77th Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, who signs Peter Bath & Wells.
List of the Bishops of Bath & Wells, England and its precursor offices
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| See at Wells | ||
| 905/909 to 915 | Athelm (Adelmus) | Abbot of Glastonbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 915 to 924 | Wolphelmus (Wulfelmus) | |
| 924 to 942 | Elphegus (Alphegus) | |
| 942 to 958 | Wolphelmus (Wulfelmus II) | |
| 958 to 973 | Brithelmus | Monk of Glastonbury |
| 973 to 985 | Kinewardus (Kinewaldus) | Abbor of Middleton |
| 985 to 997 | Sigarus | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| 997 to 1005 | Alwinus (Ealfwyn) | |
| 1005 to 1008 | Berwaldus (Burwold) | |
| 1008 to 1013 | Leovingus (Livingus; Elstan) | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1013 to 1021 | Ethelwyn | Expelled |
| 1021 to 1023 | Brithwyn | Expelled |
| 1023 to 1024 | Ethelwyn | Restored |
| 1024 to 1025 | Brithwyn | Restored |
| 1025 to 1031 | Merewith | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| 1031 to 1059 | Dudoco (Bodeca) | |
| 1059/1061 to 1088 | Gisa (Giso) | |
| 1088 to 1090 | John de Villula, Bishop of Wells | Becoming Bishop of Bath |
| See at Bath | ||
| 1090 to 1122 | John de Villula, Bishop of Bath | |
| 1123 to 1135 | Godfrey (Godefridus) | Chancellor to the Queen |
| 1136 to 1165/6 | Robert | Monk of Lewes; died in office |
| 1165/6 to 1173/4 | vacant | |
| 1173 to 1191 | Reginald FitzJocelin (Reginald FitzJoceline) | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1191 to 1192 | Savaric FitzGeldewin | Archdeacon of Northampton and abbot of Glastonbury; removed the bishopric |
| Diocese of Bath & Glastonbury | ||
| 1192 to 1205 | Savaric FitzGeldewin | |
| 1205/6 to 1218 | Jocelin of Wells | |
| Diocese of Bath & Wells | ||
| 1218 to 1242 | Jocelin of Wells (Joceline) | Canon of Wells; died in office |
| 1242 to 1244 | vacant | |
| 1244 to 1245 | Roger of Salisbury | Chanter of Salisbury; becoming Bishop of Bath & Wells |
| Diocese of Bath and Wells | ||
| 1245 to 1247 | Roger of Salisbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells | Hitherto Bishop of Bath |
| 1248 to 1264 | William of Bitton I (William Bitton; William Button) | Archdeacon of Wells |
| 1265 to 1266 | Walter Giffard | Canon of Wells, Lord Chancellor; translated to York |
| 1267 to 1274 | William of Bitton II (William Button) | Archdeacon of Wells |
| 1275 to 25 October 1292 | Robert Burnell (Robert Burnel) | Archdeacon of York, Lord Chancellor and Lord Treasurer; died in office |
| 1293 to 1302 | William of March (William de Marchia) | Dean of St. Martin's, Lord Treasurer |
| 1302 to 1308 | Walter Haselshaw | Dean of Wells |
| 1309/1310 to 1329 | John Droxford (John Drokensford) | Keeper of the wardrobe and deputy to the treasury |
| 1329 to 1363 | Ralph of Shrewsbury (Ralph de Shrewsbury) | |
| 1363 to 1366 | John Barnet | Translated from Worcester |
| 1367 to 1386 | John Harewell | Chancellor of Gascoigne, chaplain to the Black Prince |
| 1386 to 1388 | Walter Skirlaw (Walter Skirlow) | Translated from Lichfield & Coventry; translated toDurham |
| 1388 to 1400 | Ralph Erghum (Ralph Ergham) | Translated from Salisbury |
| 1401 to 1402 | Richard Clifford | Appointed but translated to Worcester before consecration |
| 1402 to 1407/8 | Henry Bowet | Canon of Wells; translated to York |
| 1407 to 1424 | Nicholas Bubwith (Nicholas Bubbewith) | Translated from Salisbury |
| 1424/5 to 1443 | John Stafford | Dean of Wells, Lord Treasurer; translated to Canterbury, Lord Chancellor |
| 1443 to 1465 | Thomas Beckington (Thomas Beckyngton) | Warden of New College, Oxford; keeper of the privy seal |
| 1465/6 to 1491 | Robert Stillington | Archdeacon of Taunton, Lord Chancellor |
| 1492 to 1494 | Richard Fox | Translated from Exeter; translated to Durham |
| 1495 to 1503 | Oliver King | Translated from Exeter |
| 1504 to 1518 | Cardinal Adriano de Castello (Adrian de Castello) | Translated from Hereford; deprived by Pope Leo X |
| 1518 to 1522 | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | Archbishop of York, Lord Chancellor; held Bath & Wells in commendam; resigned |
| 1523 to 1541 | John Clerk (John Clark) | Master of the Rolls, dean of Windsor |
| 1541 to 1547 | William Knight | Secretary of State, Prebendary of St Paul's |
| 1548 to 1553 | William Barlow | Translated from St David's; deprived by Queen Mary |
| 1554 to 1559 | Gilbert Bourne (Gilbert Bourn; Gilbert Bourde) | Prebendary of St Paul's, Lord President of Wales |
| 1560 to 1581 | Gilbert Berkeley | Died in office |
| 1581 to 1584 | vacant | |
| 1584 to 1590 | Thomas Godwin | Dean of Canterbury; died in office |
| 1590 to 1592 | vacant | |
| 1593 to 1608 | John Stil (John Still) | Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Prebendary of Westminster |
| 1608 to 1616 | James Montague | Dean of Worcester |
| 1616 to 1626 | Arthur Lake | Dean of Worcester, Master of St Cross |
| 1626 to 1628 | William Laud | Translated from St David's; translated to London |
| 1628 to 1629 | Leonard Mawe | Master of Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1629 to 1632 | Walter Curle | Translated from Rochester; translated to Winchester |
| 1632 to 1670 | William Peirs (William Piers; William Pierce) | Translated from Peterborough |
| 1670 to 1672 | Robert Creighton | Dean of Wells |
| 1673 to 1684 | Peter Mews (Richard Mew) | Dean of Rochester; translated to Winchester |
| 1685 to 1690 | Thomas Ken | Prebendary of Winchester; consecrated 25 January 1685; deprived for not taking oaths to the sovereigns |
| 1691 to 1703 | Richard Kidder | Dean of Peterborough; died in office |
| 1704 to 1727 | George Hooper | Translated from St Asaph |
| 1727 to 1743 | John Wynne | Translated from St Asaph |
| 1743 to 1773 | Edward Willes | |
| 1774 to 1802 | Charles Moss | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| 17 April 1802 to 21 April 1824 | Richard Beadon | Translated from Gloucester; died in office |
| 8 May 1824 to 22 September 1845 | George Henry Law | Translated from Chester |
| 14 October 1845 to 15 May 1854 | The Honourable Richard Bagot | Translated from Oxford; died in office |
| 2 June 1854 to 6 September 1869 | The Right Honourable Robert John Eden, the Lord Auckland, 3rd Baron Auckland | Translated from Sodor & Man; resigned |
| 11 November 1869 to 1894 | Arthur Charles Hervey | Archdeacon of Sudbury |
| 1894 to 1921 | George Wyndham Kennion | |
| 1921 to 1937 | St John Basil Wynne Wilson | |
| 1937 to 1943 | Francis Underhill | |
| 1943 to 1945 | John William Charles Wand | |
| 1946 to 1960 | Harold William Bradfield | |
| 1960 to 1975 | Edward Barry Henderson | |
| 1975 to 1988 | John Monier Bickersteth | |
| 1988 to 1991 | 'George Leonard Carey | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1991 to 2001 | James Lawton Thomson, MA, DLitt, FCA | Resigned |
| 2001 to present | Peter Bryan Price | |
Template:Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain
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
- http://www.bathwells.anglican.org
- http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2749.asp
See also