Bishop of Salisbury
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The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers much of the Counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Diocese of Sherborne, created in 705 was the origin of the present diocese. The see was removed successively to Salisbury (New Sarum), Sarum (Old Sarum) and back to Salisbury in 1227 under King Henry III. The current bishop is the Right Reverend David Staffurth Stancliffe, the 77th Lord Bishop of Salisbury, who was consecrated at Westminster Abbey on November 30, 1993, and enthroned in Salisbury Cathedral on December 9, 1993 and who signs David Sarum.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Salisbury, England and its precursor offices
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| See at Sherborne | ||
| 705 to 710 | Adhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (Aldhelm) | Saint Aldhelm |
| 710 to 738 | Fordhere | |
| 738 to 756 | Herewald | |
| 756 to 778 | Ethelwald | |
| 778 to 798 | Denefrith | |
| 798 to ??? | Wilbert | |
| ??? to 868 | Ealstan (Alfstan) | |
| 868 to 872 | Eadmund (Hamund) | Saint Hamund |
| 872 to 875 | Etheleage | |
| 875 to 879 | Asser Menevensis | |
| 879 to 883 | Swithelmus (Sigelmus) | |
| 883 to 889 | Ethelwald | Died in office |
| 889 | Divided into several sees by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| 906 to 918 | Werstane | |
| 918 to ??? | Ethelbald | |
| ??? to 934 | Sigelmus | |
| 934 to 941 | Alfred | |
| 941 to 958 | Wulfine | |
| 958 to 978 | Alfwold (Elfwold) | |
| 978 to 986 | Athelric | |
| 986 to 998 | Ethelsius | |
| 998 to 1009 | Brithwyn | |
| 1009 to 1020 | Elmer | |
| 1020 to 1041 | Brithwyn | |
| 1041 to 1058 | Elfwold | Died in office |
| 1058 to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Sherborne | Translated from Ramsbury, 1075; removed see to Salisbury |
| See at Salisbury | ||
| 10?? to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Salisbury | (contd.) |
| See at Old Sarum | ||
| 10?? to 1078 | Herman | |
| 1078 to 1099 | Osmund de Sees, Earl of Dorset | Died in office; Saint Osmund |
| 1099 to 1102 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1102 to 1139 | Roger (Roger of Salisbury) | Lord Chancellor Just. & Lord Treasurer |
| 1139 to 1142 | vacant | For 3 years |
| 1142 to 1184 | Josceline de Bailol (Jocelin Bailol) | Archdeacon of Winchester and Prebendary of York; died in office |
| 1184 to 1188 | vacant | For 4 years |
| 1188 to 1194 | Hubert Walter | Dean of York; translated to Canterbury |
| 1194 to 1217 | Herbert Poore (Robert Poore) | |
| 1217 to 1225 | Richard Poore | Translated from Chichester; removed see to Salisbury; translated to Durham |
| See at Salisbury | ||
| 1225 to 1228 | Richard Poore, Bishop of Salisbury | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1228 to 1246 | Robert de Bingham (Robert Bingham) | Consecrated 1229 at Wilton |
| 1246 to 1256 | William de York | Provost of Beverley |
| 1256 to 1263 | Giles de Bridport | Dean of Wells |
| 1263 to1274 | Walter de la Wyle | Sub-chanter of Salisbury |
| 1274 to 1284 | Robert Wykehampton | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1284 to 1287 | Walter Scammel | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1287 to 1288 | Henry de Brandeston | Dean of Salilsbury |
| 1288 | Lawrence de Awkeburne | Elected but died before consecration |
| 1288 to 1291 | William de Corner | Elected Archbishop of Dublin but set aside by the pope |
| 1291 to 1297 | Nicholas Longespee | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1297 to 1315 | Simon of Ghent | |
| 1315 to 1330 | Roger de Martival | Dean of Lincoln |
| 1330 to 1375 | Robert Wyville (Robert Wivill) | |
| 1375 to 1388 | Ralph Ergham | Translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1388 to 1395 | John Waltham | Master of the Rolls and Lord Treasurer |
| 1395 to 1407 | Richard Mitford | Translated from Chichester |
| 1407 to 1408 | Nicholas Bubwith (Nicholas Bubbewith) | Translated from London |
| 1408 to 1417 | Cardinal Robert Hallam | Archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1417 to 1427 | John Chandler | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1427 to 1438 | Robert Neville (Robert Nevill) | Provost of Beverley |
| 1438 to 1450 | William Ayscough (William Aiscough) | Clerk of the Council |
| 1450 to 1482 | Richard Beauchamp | Translated from Hereford |
| 1482 to 1485 | Lionel Woodville | Dean of Exeter; Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1485 to 1493 | Thomas Langton | Translated from St David's; Chancellor of the Garter; translated to Winchester |
| 1493 to 1500 | John Blyth | Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of Cambridge, Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1500 to 1501 | Henry Deane | Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury |
| 1501 to 1524 | Edmund Audley | Translated from Hereford; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1524 to 1534 | Cardinal Lawrence Campejus | Deprived by Act of Parliament on the grounds of non-residence |
| 1535 to 1539 | Nicholas Shaxton | Treasurer of Sarum; resigned due to non-subscription to the Six Articles |
| 1539 to 1557 | John Salcott (alias John Capon) | Translated from Bangor |
| 1557 to 1558 | Cardinal Peter Petow | Appointed by Pope Paul IV but refused entry to the realm by Queen Mary I |
| 1558 to 17 November 1558 | Francis Mallet | Nominated by Queen Mary 14 October 1558 but not consecrated and set aside on her death |
| 1559 to 1571 | John Jewell | Died in office |
| 1571 to 1577 | Edmund Gheast | Translated from Rochester; almoner |
| 1577 to 1 February 1589 | John Piers | Translated from Rochester; almoner; translated to York |
| 1589 to 1591 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1591 to 1598 | John Coldwell | Dean of Rochester |
| 1598 to 1614 | Henry Cotton | Prebendary of Winchester |
| 1614 to 1618 | Robert Abbot | Master of Baliol College,Oxford |
| 1618 to 1620 | Martin Fotherby | Prebendary of Canterbury |
| 1620 to 1621 | Robert Thompson (Robert Tounson) | Dean of Westminster |
| 1621 to 1641 | John Davenant | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1641 to 1660 | Brian Duppa | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| 1660 to 1663 | Humphrey Henchman | Precentor of Salisbury; translated to London |
| 1663 to 1665 | John Earle | Translated from Worcester |
| 1665 to 1667 | Alexander Hyde | Dean of Winchester |
| 1667 to 1689 | Seth Ward | Translated from Exeter; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1689 to 1715 | Gilbert Burnet | Preacher at the Rolls |
| 1715 to 1722 | William Talbot | Translated from Oxford; translated to Durham |
| 1722 to 1723 | Richard Willis | Translated from Gloucester; translated to Winchester |
| 1723 to 1734 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Hereford; translated to Winchester |
| 1734 to 1748 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Bangor; translated to London |
| 1748 to 1757 | John Gilbert | Translated from Llandaff; translated to York |
| 1757 to 1761 | John Thomas senior | Translated from Peterborough; translated to Winchester |
| 1761 | Robert Drummond | Translated from St Asaph; translated to York |
| 1761 to 1766 | John Thomas junior (John Thomas II) | Translated from Lincoln |
| 1766 to 1782 | John Hume | Translated from Oxford |
| 1782 to 1791 | The Honourable Shute Barrington | Translated from Llandaff; translated to Durham |
| 1791 to 1807 | John Douglas | Translated from Carlisle; died in office |
| May 30, 1807 to May 21, 1825 | John Fisher | Translated from Exeter; died within weeks of leaving office |
| May 21, 1825 to February 19, 1837 | Thomas Burgess | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| March 13, 1837 to March 6, 1854 | Edward Denison | Fellow of Merton College,Oxford; died in office |
| March 27, 1854 to August 1, 1869 | Walter Kerr Hamilton | canon-resident and Precentor of Salisbury; died in office |
| August 14 or August 19, 1854 to July 6, 1885 | George Moberly | Canon of Chester; earlier start date of tenure given in Haydns (1969 reprint) - source of later date unknown) |
| September 3, 1885 to August 16, 1911 | John Wordsworth | Oriel Professor of Divinity, Oxford |
| 1911 to May 4, 1921 | Frederic Ridgeway | |
| June 21, 1921 to December 7, 1935 | St. Clair George Alfred Donaldson, DD | Died in office |
| 1936 to 1949 | Neville Lovett | |
| 1949 to 1963 | William Anderson | |
| 1963 to 1973 | Joseph Fison | |
| 1973 to 1982 | George Reindorp | |
| 1982 to 1993 | John Austin Baker | |
| November 30, 1993 to present | David Staffurth Stancliffe | |
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See also
External links
- Official web page of the Bishop of Salisbury (http://www.salisbury.anglican.org/bishops/bish_salisbury.htm)