Bishop of Dorchester (Roman Catholic)

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See also: Area Bishop of Dorchester

The Bishop of Dorchester was the head of the Anglo-Saxon Roman Catholic diocese of Dorchester, with his seat, or cathedra, at the cathedral in Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

[edit] History

The cathedral at Dorchester was founded in 634 by the Roman missionary, Saint Birinus. It was the seat of the Bishop of Wessex, which was moved to Winchester in 660. It again became the seat of a bishop, in around 675, when the Mercian Bishop of Leicester transferred his seat there. The bishops were subsequently known as Bishops of Dorchester. The diocese merged with that of Lindsey in 971 and its seat moved to Lincoln, with the bishops becoming Bishops of Lincoln, in 1072.

[edit] List of the Anglo-Saxon Bishops of the Diocese of Dorchester

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Wessex Diocese of Dorchester
625 or 634 to 650	Birinus	Sent from Rome by the pope, founded missionary diocese; Saint Birinius
650 to ???	Agilbertus
?660 to ???	Ætla
Mercian Diocese of Dorchester
869 or 888 to 893 or 896	Harlardus (Alhheard)
893 or 900 to 903 or 909	Wigmund (Wilferth)
873 to 905	Ceolredus
905 or c.909 to 909 or 925	Ceolulfus (Cenwulf; Kenulphus)
909 or 925 to 934 or 945	Wynsige
934 or 945 to 949 or 950	Æthelwold
949 to 950 to 971	Oskytel	Translated to York
??? to ???	?Wulfric
971 to 971 or 975	Leofwynus (Leofwine)	Bishop of Lindsey; united the sees of Dorchester and Sidnacester
971 or 975 to 975 or 979	Alnothus (Alfnoth)
967 or 975 or 979 to 994 or 23 April 1002	Ascwinus (Œswy; Æscwig)
994 or 1002 to 1004 or 1007 or 1009	Alfhelmus (Ælfhelm)
1004 or 1007 or 1009 to 18 October 1016	Eadnothus (Eadnoth)	Abbot of Ramsey; killed at the battle of Assandun
1016 to 8 December 1034	Eadhericus (Æthelric; Brihtmær)
1034 to 18/19 September 1049	Eadnothus, Bishop of Dorchester, Leicester, and Sidnacester (Eadnoth)
1052 or 1049 to 14 September 1052	Ulfus Normanus (Ulf)	Royal priest; suspended at the Council of Vercelli 1050; expelled
1053 to 1067	Wulfinus (Wufwig)	Royal priest
1070 to 1071	Remigius de Fécamp (Remigius de Feschamp)	Moved the see to Lincoln