List of bishops of Carlisle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of the bishops of Carlisle.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1133 to 1156 | Athelwold | Prior of St Oswald's, Nostell |
| 1186 | Paulinus of Leeds | Granted by Richard I but declined |
| 1186 to 1203 | vacant | |
| 1203 to 1214 | Bernard | Abp of Ragusa. Translated by Pope 1203, Royal assent 1204 |
| 1214 to 1218 | vacant | Scottish occupation 1216 to 1217 |
| 1218 to 1223 | Hugh of Beaulieu | Abbot of Beaulieu, Hants |
| 1223 to 1246 | Walter Mauclerk | Lord Treasurer 1227-33. Resigned 1246 |
| 1246 to 1254 | Silvester de Everdon | Archdeacon of Chester; Keeper of the Great Seal |
| 1255 to 1256 | Thomas Vipont | |
| 1258 to 1280 | Robert de Chauncy (Robert de Chause) |
Called by Leland, chaplain to the queen |
| 1278 | William de Rotherfeld | Elected but refused |
| 1280 to 1292 | Ralph of Irton (Rodolph de Ireton) |
Prior of Gisborne |
| 1293 to 1324 | John de Halton (John de Halghton) |
Canon of Carlisle |
| 1325 | William Ayremyn | Canon of York; elected (but see following) |
| 1325 to 1332 | John Ross (John de Rosse) |
Canon of Hereford; appointed by Pope John XXII. Son of Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros. |
| 1332 to 1352 | John Kirkby (John De Kirkeby) |
Canon of Carlisle |
| 1352 | John Horncastle (John de Horncastle) |
Elected but set aside by Pope Clement VI before consecration |
| 1353 to 1362 | Gilbert Welton (Gilbert de Wilton) |
|
| 1363 to 1396 | Thomas Appleby (Thomas de Appleby) |
Canon of Carlisle |
| 1396 to 1397 | Robert Reed (Robert Reade) |
Translated from Waterford; translated to Chichester |
| 1397 to 1399 | Thomas Merke (Thomas Merkes) |
Deprived; vicar of Sturminster, Dorset |
| 1400 to 1419 | William Strickland | |
| 1420 to 1423 | Roger Whelpdale | Provost of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1423 to 1429 | William Barrow (William Barrowe) |
Translated from Bangor |
| 1429 to 1449 | Marmaduke Lumley | Archdeacon of Northumberland, Lord Treasurer, Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of Cambridge; translated to Lincoln |
| 1450 to 1452 | Nicholas Close | Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 1452 to 1462 | William Percy | Prebendary of York, Lincoln and Salisbury; Chancellor of Cambridge |
| 1462 to 1463 | John Kingscote (John Kingscotes) |
Archdeacon of Gloucester |
| 1463 to 1468 | Richard Scroope (Richard Scrope) |
Rector of Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire |
| 1468 to 1477 | Edward Story | Chancellor of Cambridge; translated to Chichester |
| 1477 to 1495 | Richard Bell | Prior of Durham; resigned |
| 1495 to 1502 | William Senhouse (William Sever; William Seveyer) |
Abbot of St Mary's, York; translated to Durham |
| 1502 to 1508 | Richard Leyburn (Roger Leybourn) |
Archdeacon of Durham |
| 1509 to 1520 | John Penny | Translated from Bangor |
| 1521 to 1537 | John Kite | Archbishop of Armagh |
| 1537 to 1556 | Robert Aldrich | Provost of Eton and Canon of Windsor |
| 1557 to 1559 | Owen Oglethorpe | Dean of Windsor; deprived. Crowned Elizabeth I of England |
| 1560 to 1570 | John Best | Prebendary of Wells |
| 1570 to 1577 | Richard Barnes, Bishop of Nottingham | Chancellor and Prebendary of York; translated to Durham |
| 1577 to 1598 | John May | Prebendary of Ely |
| 1598 to 1616 | Henry Robinson | Provost of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1616 to 1621 | Robert Snoden (Robert Snowdon) |
Prebendary of Southwell |
| 1621 to 1622 | Richard Milbourne | Translated to St David's |
| 1624 to 1626 | Richard Senhouse | Dean of Gloucester |
| 1626 to 1629 | Francis White | Dean of Carlisle; translated to Norwich |
| 1629 to 1641 | Barnaby Potter | Provost of Queen's College, Oxford |
| 1641 to 1655 | James Usher' | Archbishop of Armagh; died in office |
| 1655 to 1660 | vacant | For 5 years |
| 1660 to 1664 | Richard Sterne | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; translated to York |
| 1664 to 1684 | Edward Rainbowe (Edward Rainbow) |
|
| 1684 to 1702 | Thomas Smith | Dean of Carlisle |
| 1702 to 1718 | William Nicolson | Archdeacon and Prebendary of Carlisle; translated to Derry |
| 1718 to 1723 | Samuel Bradford | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester |
| 1723 to 1734 | John Waugh | Dean of Gloucester |
| 1734 to 1747 | Sir George Le Fleming, Bart | Dean of Carlisle |
| 1747 to 1764 | Richard Osbaldeston | Dean of York; translated to London |
| 1764 to 1768 | Charles Lyttelton | Dean of Exeter |
| 1768 to 1787 | Edmund Law | Archdeacon of Carlisle |
| 1787 to 1791 | John Douglas | Canon-resident of St Paul's, London; translated to Salisbury |
| 1791 to 1808 | The Honourable Edward Venables Vernon | Translated to York, afterwards named Harcourt |
| 26 January 1808 to 12 August 1827 | Samuel Goodenough | Died in office |
| 17 September 1827 to February 1856 | The Honourable Hugh Percy | Translated from Rochester; died in office |
| 25 February 1856 to 1860 | The Honourable Henry Montagu Villiers | Canon of St Paul's, London; translated to Durham |
| 29 August 1860 to 1 October 1869 | The Honourable Samuel Waldegrave | Canon of Salisbury; died in office |
| 28 October 1869 to 1891 | Harvey Goodwin | Dean of Ely |
| 1892 to 1904 | John Bardsley | |
| 1905 to 1920 | John William Diggle, DD | |
| 1920 to 1946 | Henry Herbert Williams, DD | |
| 1946 to 1966 | Thomas Bloomer, DD | |
| 1966 to 1972 | Sydney Cyril Bulley | Suff Bishop of Penrith |
| 1972 to 1989 | Henry David Halsey, BA | Suff Bishop of Tonbridge |
| 1989 to 1999 | Ian Harland | Suff Bishop of Lancaster |
| 2000 to present | Graham Dow |
