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Revision as of 23:43, 6 January 2013
| Diocese of Hereford Church of England | |
| Province: | Canterbury |
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| Bishop: | Anthony Priddis |
| signs as: | Hereford |
| Cathedral: | Hereford Cathedral |
| Organisation | |
| Archdeaconries: | Hereford, Ludlow |
| No. of parishes: | 347 |
| No. of churches: | 423 |
| Details | |
| Website: | ttp://www.hereford.anglican.org/ |
The Diocese of Hereford is a diocese of the Church of England which covers Herefordshire and southern Shropshire, with a few parishes also within Radnorshire.
The seat of the Bishop of Hereford is Hereford Cathedral in the City of Hereford, a grand Norman cathedral and the most imposing building of the city. Close by the cathedral is the Bishop's official residence, The Palace.
The diocese is one of the oldest in the Church of England, having been created in 676.
The Diocese of Hereford is part of the Province of Canterbury.
Arms
The armorials of the See of Hereford are: Gules, 3 leopard's faces reversed jessant-de-lys or. These were the personal arms of Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe (d.1282).
Bishop
The current (2013) Bishop of Hereford is Anthony Priddis, the 104th Lord Bishop of Hereford.
The Bishops of Hereford have been as follows:
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. Note: The chronology before 1012 is partly conjectural.)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | |
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| Anglo-Saxon Bishops | |||
| 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 | Tyrhtel (Thyrtell; Tirhtullus) |
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| 710 to 727 or 731 | Torhthere (Torchtere;Tortherus) |
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| 727 or 731 to 731 or 736 | Walhstod (Walchstod; 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) |
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| 758 or 770 to 770 or 777 | Headda (Ceadda) |
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| 777 or 778 to 781 or 786 | Aldberht (Aaldberht; Albertus; Alberus; Ealdbeorht) |
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| 781 or 786 to 793 or 788 or 786 | Esne (Esna) |
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| 793 or 788 or 786 to 796 or 798 or 793 | Ceolmund (Celmundus; Celmund) |
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| c.798 or 799 or 793 to 803 or 801 | Utel (Utellus) |
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| 803 or 801 or 799 to 824 or 822 | Wulfheard, Bishop of the church of Hereford (Wulfhard; Wulfehard) |
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| 824 or 825 to c.825 or 832 | Beonna (Benna) |
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| c.825 or 832 to 838 or 839 | Eadwulf (Eadulf; Edulph) |
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| 838 or 839 or 836 to c.857 or 866 | Cuthwulf (Cuthwolf) |
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| c.857 or 866 to 857 or 866 | Mucel (Mucellus) |
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| 866 or 857 to 868 or 888 or 884 | Deorlaf | ||
| 888 to 895 or 888 or 890 | Cynemund (Cunemund; Ceynemundus) |
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| c.901 or 890? or 888 to c.930 or 931 | Edgar (Eadgar) |
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| 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 of Hereford (Wulfehelm) |
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| 941 or 934 or 937 or 940/968 to c.966 949 or 958 or 971 | Ælfric | ||
| c.966 or 971 to 1012 or 1013 | Athulf (Æthelwulf) |
monk of the Old Minster, Winchester | |
| 1012 or 1013/1016 to 10 February 1056 | Æthelstan | ||
| 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 | |
| Norman / Mediaeval Bishops | |||
| 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) |
Prebendary of St Paul's, London | |
| 1096 to 1101 | Gerard | York | |
| 1101 to 1102 | vacant | ||
| 1102 | Roger | Henry I's larderer, died within a week of investiture | |
| 1102 to 1107 | vacant | ||
| 1107 to 1115 | Reynelm (Reinhelm; Reinelm) |
queen | |
| 1115 to 1121 | Geoffrey de Clive (Geoffrey de Clyve) |
Chaplain to Henry I | |
| 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 | Prebendary of St Paul's, London | |
| 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 (Hugh de Mapenore) |
Dean of Hereford | |
| 1219 to 1234 | Hugh Foliot | Archdeacon of Salop | |
| 1234 to December 1239 | Ralph de Maidstone (Ralph Maidstone) |
Dean of Hereford; resigned | |
| 1239 to 1240 | Michael |
election quashed | |
| 1240 to 1268 | Peter of Aigueblanche (Peter de Egueblank, Peter de Egeblaunch; Peter of Savoy; Peter D'Aquablanca) |
Archdeacon of Shropshire | |
| 1268 to 1275 | John de Breton (John Breton) |
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| 1275 to 1282 | Thomas de Cantilupe (Thomas Cantilupe) |
Archdeacon of Stafford; Lord Chancellor of England; Chancellor of Oxford; died in office; canonized in 1320 | |
| 1283/1289 to 1316/1290 | Richard Swinefield (Richard de Swinfield) |
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| 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 (Lewis Charlton) |
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 Henry IV | |
| 1417 to 1420 | Edmund Lacey (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 Boulers | Abbot of Gloucester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry | |
| 1453 to 1474 | John Stanberry (John 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 | Adriano Castellesi (Adrian de Castello; Adriano of Castelli) |
Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to Bath & Wells | |
| 1504 to 1516 | Richard Mayew (Richard Mayeu; Richard Mayo) |
President of Magdalen College, Oxford | |
| 1516 to 1535 | Charles Booth | Prebendary of Lincoln | |
| Post-Reformation Bishops | |||
| 1535 to 1538 | Edward Foxe (Edward Fox) |
Provost of King's College, Cambridge | |
| 1538 to 1539 | Edmund Bonner | Archdeacon of Leicester; translated to London before consecration | |
| 1539 to 1552 | John Skypp (John Skip) |
Archdeacon of Dorset | |
| 1553 to 1554 | John Harley | Prebendary of Worcester; deprived for being married | |
| 1554 to 1557 | Robert Parfew (Robert Purfoy; Robert Wharton) |
translated from St Asaph | |
| 1557 to 1558 | Thomas Reynolds | Nominated by Queen Mary I but set aside by Queen Elizabeth I | |
| 1559 to 1585 | John Scory | deprived Chichester | |
| 1585 to 1602 | Herbert Westfaling | Canon of Windsor | |
| 1602 to 1617 | Robert Bennet | Dean of Windsor | |
| 1617 to 1634 | Francis Godwin | Translated from Llandaff | |
| William Juxon | Dean of Worcester; elected but translated to London before consecration | ||
| Godfrey Goodman | Diocese of Gloucester; elected but declined the office | ||
| March 1634 to November 1634 | Augustine Lindsell | Translated from Peterborough; died in office | |
| December 1634 to December 1635 | Matthew Wren | ||
| December 1635 to June 1636 | Theophilus Feild | Translated from St David's; died in office | |
| 1636 to 1646 | George Coke (George Cook) |
Translated from Bristol; died in office | |
| 1646 to 1660 | vacant | ||
| 1660 to 1661 | Nicholas Monck | Provost of Eton | |
| 1661 to 1692 | Herbert Croft | Dean of Hereford | |
| 1691 to 1701 | Gilbert Ironside (Yr.) | 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 Hoadly | Translated from Bangor; translated to Salisbury | |
| 1723 to 1746 | The Hon. Henry Egerton | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford | |
| 1746 to 1787 | Lord James Beauclerk | Canon of Windsor; died in office | |
| 1787 to 1788 | The Hon. John Harley | Dean of Windsor; died in office | |
| 1788 to 1802 | John Butler | Translated from Oxford; died in office | |
| 1802 to 1808 | Folliott Cornewall | Translated from Bristol; translated to Worcester | |
| 16 July 1808 to 1815 | John Luxmoore | Translated from Bristol; translated to St Asaph | |
| 23 July 1815 to April 1832 | George Huntingford | Translated from Gloucester; died in office | |
| 4 May 1832 to 24 June 1837 | The Hon. Edward Grey | Dean of Hereford; died in office | |
| 5 August 1837 to 10 December 1847 | Thomas Musgrave | Translated to York | |
| 11 December 1847 to 23 April 1868 | Renn Hampden | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; died in office | |
| 21 May 1868 to 24 December 1894 | James Atlay DD | Vicar of Leeds; died in office | |
| 20 February 1895 to 31 October 1917 | John Percival DD | Headmaster of Clifton College; resigned from Hereford | |
| 20 December 1917 to 27 July 1920 | Hensley Henson | translated to Durham | |
| 29 July 1920 to 5 November 1930 | Linton Smith | translated from Warrington; translated to Rochester | |
| 17 November 1930 to 30 September 1941 | Charles Carre | translated from Coventry; resigned from Hereford | |
| 1 October 1941 to 26 December 1948 | Richard Parsons | translated from Southwark; died in office | |
| 25 March 1949 to 15 November 1961 | Tom Longworth DD | translated from Pontefract; resigned from Hereford | |
| 21 November 1961 to 25 November 1973 | Mark Hodson BA | translated from Taunton; resigned from Hereford | |
| 5 December 1973 to 1990 | John Eastaugh | ||
| 1990 to 30 November 2003 | John Oliver MA | Retired | |
| 2004 to present | Anthony Priddis MA DipTheol | Suffragan Bishop of Warwick; inaugurated 26 June 2004 | |
| Source(s):[1][2][3][4] | |||
Outside links
References
- ↑ "Historical successions: Hereford". Crockford's Clerical Directory. http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=691. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ Bishops of Hereford - Barrow, J S: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 8: Hereford, 2002, pages=1–7}}
- ↑ Horn, J M - Bishops of Hereford - Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 2: Hereford Diocese, 1962
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 217, 250–252. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- 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
- Church of England Statistics 2002
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