List of bishops of Ely
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List of the bishops of the Diocese of Ely, England
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1109 to 1133 | Hervey | Translated from Bangor |
| 1133 to 1174 | Nigel | |
| 1174 to 1189 | Geoffrey Ridel | Died in office |
| 1189 to 1198 | William Longchamp | |
| 1198 to 1220 | Eustace | |
| 1220 to 1225 | John of Fountains | |
| 1225 to 1229 | Geoffrey de Burgo | |
| 1229 to 1255 | Hugh of Northwold | |
| 1255 to 1258 | William of Kilkenny | |
| 1258 to 1286 | Hugh of Balsham | |
| 1286 to 1290 | John of Kirkby | |
| 1290 to 1299 | William of Louth | |
| 1299 to 1303 | Ralph Walpole | Translated from Peterborough |
| 1303 to 1310 | Robert Orford | |
| 1310 to 1316 | John Ketton | |
| 1316 to 1337 | John Hotham | |
| 1337 to 1345 | Simon Montacute | |
| 1345 to 1362 | Thomas de Lisle | |
| 1362 to 1367 | Simon Langham | |
| 1367 to 1374 | John Barnet | |
| 1374 to 1388 | Thomas Arundel (Thomas FitzAlan) |
Translated to York |
| 1388 to 1426 | John Fordham | |
| 1426 to 1438 | Philip Morgan | |
| 1438 to 1444 | Lewis of Luxembourg | |
| 1444 to 1454 | Thomas Bourgchier (Thomas Bourgchier) |
Translated to Canterbury |
| 1454 to 1479 | William Grey | |
| 1479 to 1486 | John Morton | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1486 to 1501 | John Alcock | Translated from Worcester |
| 26 September 1501 to 24 August 1505 | Richard Redman | Translated from Exeter; died in office |
| 17 July 1506 to 1515 | James Stanley | Constituted by Papal Bull |
| 1515 to 1534 | Nicholas West | |
| 1534 to 10 May 1554 | Thomas Goodrich (Thomas Goodricke) |
Died in office |
| 1554 to 5 July 1559 | Thomas Thirlby | Translated from Norwich; deprived |
| 1559 to 22 July 1581 | Richard Cox | Died in office |
| 1600 to 1609 | Martin Heton | |
| 1609 to 1619 | Lancelot Andrewes | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| 1619 to 1628 | Nicolas Felton | |
| 1628 to 1631 | John Buckeridge | |
| 1631 to 1638 | Francis White | |
| 1638 to 1667 | Matthew Wren | Translated from Norwich |
| 1667 to 1675 | Benjamin Laney | |
| 1675 to 6 July 1684 | Peter Gunning | Translated from Chichester; died in office |
| 1684 to 1691 | Francis Turner | |
| 1691 to 1707 | Simon Patrick | |
| 1707 to 1714 | John Moore | |
| 1714 to 4 August 1723 | William Fleetwood | Translated from St Asaph; died in office |
| 1723 to 1738 | Thomas Greene | |
| 1738 to 1748 | Robert Butts | |
| 1748 to 1754 | Thomas Gooch | |
| 1754 to 1771 | Matthias Mawson | |
| 1771 to 1781 | Edmund Keene | |
| 1781 to 1808 | James Yorke | |
| 1808 to 1812 | Thomas Dampier | |
| 1812 to 1836 | Bowyer Edward Sparke | |
| 1836 to 1845 | Joseph Allen | |
| 1845 to 1864 | Thomas Turton | |
| 1864 to 1873 | Edward Harold Browne | |
| 1873 to 1886 | James Russell Woodford | |
| 1886 to 1905 | Alwyne Frederick Compton | |
| 1905 to 1924 | Frederick Henry Chase | |
| 1924 to 1934 | Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson | |
| 1934 to 1941 | Bernard Oliver Francis Heyward | |
| 1941 to 1957 | Harold Edward Wynn | |
| 1957 to 1964 | Noel Baring Hudson | |
| 1964 to 1977 | Edward James Keymer Roberts | |
| 1977 to 1990 | Peter Knight Walker | |
| 1990 to 2000 | Stephen Whitefield Sykes | Resigned |
| 2000 to present | Dr Anthony John Russell, BA, DPhil | previously Area Bishop of Dorchester |
