Bishop of Chichester, England (Catholic)
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The Bishop of Chichester headed in the Middle Ages and Tudor times the Catholic diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury, in England.
The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex.
The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, a fine building founded in 1075, after the seat of the bishop was transferred to the town from nearby Selsey. It was consecrated in 1108, but after a fire and rebuilding reconsecrated in 1199 and further developed since.
Sussex has held a bishopric since 681 when the first cathedral was founded at Selsey on a site which is now probably submerged by the sea off the Sussex coast near Selsey. The seat was moved to Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror. In 1559 the last Catholic bishop was deprived by Elizabeth I; the bishops since then have been protestant.
[edit] List of the Catholic Bishops of Chichester and its precursor offices
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| See at Selsey | ||
| 681 to 686 | Wilfrid (Wilfride) |
Expelled from York; Saint Wilfrid |
| 686 to 705 | Hedda | |
| 711 to 719 | Eadbeorht (Eadbertus) |
Abbot of Selsey |
| 719 to 753 | Eolla | |
| vacant | ||
| 733 to 753 | Sigga (Sigelmus; Sigfridus) |
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| 761 to 790 | Ealabeorht (Alubrithus; Alubertus) |
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| 790 to 817 | Osweald (Osa) |
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| c.776 to c.783 | Gislhere (Giselherus) |
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| c.783 or 844 to c.788 or 873 | Tota | |
| c.788 or 873 to c.808 or 891 | Withun (Wighthun) |
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| c.808 or 891 to c.820 or 905 | Æthelwulf (Ethelulphus) |
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| c.820 to c.840 | Coenred (Coenredus) |
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| c.840 to ??? | Guthheard | |
| ??? to ??? | Wighelm | |
| 905 or 909 to 923 or c.930 | Beornheah (Beornegus) |
In Haydn is placed between Ethelulphus and Coenredus) |
| c.930 to c.942 | Wulfhun | Omitted in Haydn |
| 942 to 960 | Guthard | |
| c.942 to c.955 | Ælfred (Alfredus) |
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| 955 to ??? | Daniel | Omitted in Haydn |
| ??? to ??? | Beorhthelm | |
| ??? to ??? | Eadhelm | |
| 980 to 1009 | Orifbeort | |
| 1009 to 1032 | Ælfmaer | |
| 1032 to 1039 | Æthelric I | |
| 1039 to 1047 | Grimcytel | |
| 1047 to 1058 | Heca | |
| 1058 to 1070 | Æthelric II | |
| 1070 to 1075 | Stigand | See moved to Chichester |
| See at Chichester | ||
| 1075 to 1087 | Stigand, Bishop of Chichester | Hitherto Bishop of Selsey |
| 1088 to 1088 | Godfrey (William) |
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| 1091 to 1123 | Ralph (Ralph de Luffa; Radulphus) |
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| 1125 to 1145 | Seffrid (Seffridus) |
Abbot of Glastonbury |
| 1147 to 1169 | Hilary | Date of consecration sometimes given as 1133 |
| 1169 to 1174 | vacant | |
| 1174 to 1180 | John de Greenford (John of Greenford) |
Dean of Chichester |
| 1180 to 1204 | Seffrid (Seffridus) |
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| 1204 to 1207 | Simon de Wells (Simon of Wells) |
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| 1209 to 1214 | Nicholas de Aquila | |
| 1215 to 1217 | Richard Poore | Dean of Salisbury; translated to Salisbury |
| 1218 to 1222 | Ranulf of Wareham (Ralph de Warham) |
Prior of Norwich |
| 1224 to 1244 | Ralph Nevill | Lord Chancellor; elected to Canterbury but rejected by the pope |
| 1244 | Robert Papelew | Chosen but election declared void |
| 1245 to 1253 | Richard de la Wich | Saint Richard of Chichester |
| 1254 to 1262 | John Climping (John Clipping) |
Dean of Chichester |
| 1262 to 1287 | Stephen Bersted (Stephen de Berkestede) |
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| 1288 to 1305 | Gilbert of St Leonard (Gilbert de Sancto Leofardo) |
Treasurer of Chichester; canonized: St Gilbert |
| 1305 to 1337 | John Langton | Lord Chancellor |
| 1337 to 1362 | Robert Stratford | Archdeacon of Canterbury; Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1362 to 1368 | William Lenn (William Lullimore) |
Translated to Worcester |
| 1369 to 1385 | William Reade | Fellow of Merton College, Oxford |
| 1386 to 1389 | Thomas Rushock (Thomas Rushooke) |
Translated from Llandaff |
| 1390 to 1395 | Richard Mitford | Lord Treasurer of Ireland; translated to Sallisbury |
| 1395 to 1396 | Robert Waldby | Archbishop of Dublin; translated to York |
| 1397 to 1415 | Robert Reade | Translated from Carlisle |
| 1417 to 1417 | Stephen Patrington | Translated from St David's; died immediately after appointment |
| 1418 to 1420 | Henry Ware | Official to the Archbishop of Canterbury, prebendary of St Paul's |
| 1421 to 1421 | John Kempe | Translated from Rochester; translated to London |
| 1421 to 1426 | Thomas Polton (Thomas Pulton) |
Translated from Hereford; translated to Worcester |
| 1426 to 1429 | John Rickingale | Chancellor of York |
| 1431 to 1438 | Simon Sydenham (Simon Sidenham) |
Dean of Salisbury |
| 1438 to 1445 | Richard Praty (Richard Pratty) |
Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1446 to 1450 | Adam Moleyns (Adam Molins) |
Dean of Salisbury; Lord Privy Seal |
| 1450 to 1457 | Reginald Pecock (Reginald Peacock) |
Translated from St Asaph; deprived |
| 1459 to 1477 | John Arundel | Prebendary of St Paul's |
| 1478 to 1503 | Edward Story | Translated from Carlisle |
| 1504 to 1506 | Richard FitzJames (Richard Fitz-James) |
Translated from Rochester |
| 1508 to August 1536 | Robert Sherburne (Robert Sherburn; Robert Sherbourne) |
Translated from St David's; resigned shortly before his death |
| 1536 to 1543 | Richard Sampson | Dean of Lichfield; Dean of St Paul's; translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 1543 to 1551 | George Day | Provost of King's College, Cambridge; deprived by Edward VI |
| 1552 to 1553 | John Scory | Translated from Rochester; deprived by Queen Mary |
| 1553 to 1556 | George Day | Restored by Queen Mary |
| 1557 to 1559 | John Christopherson | Dean of Norwich; deprived |
