List of bishops of Gloucester
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Chronological list of the Bishops of the Diocese of Gloucester, England
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Gloucester | ||
| 1541 to 1550 | John Wakeman | Last abbot of Tewkesbury |
| 1550 to 1553 | John Hooper | Deprived |
| 1554 to 1558 | James Brookes | Died in office |
| 1558 to 1562 | vacant | |
| 1562 to 1579 | Richard Cheney | Translated from Bristol |
| 1579 to 1581 | vacant | |
| 1581 to 1598 | John Bullingham | Translated from Bristol |
| 1598 to 1604 | Godfrey Goldsborough | Prebendary of Worcester |
| 1604 to 1607 | Thomas Ravis | Dean of Christ College, Oxford; elected 4 March 1604; translated to London |
| 1607 to 1610 | Henry Barry | Dean of Chester; translated to Worcester |
| 1610 to 14 June 1612 | Giles Thomson | Dean of Windsor; consecrated 9 June 1611; died in office |
| 1612 to 1624 | Miles Smith | Canon-resident of Hereford |
| 1625 to 1655 | Godfrey Goodman | Dean of Rochester; sequestrated 1640; died in communion with Rome, 1655 |
| 1655 to 1660 | vacant | |
| 1660 to 1672 | William Nicholson | Archdeacon of Brecknock |
| 1672 to 1681 | John Pritchet (John Pritchard) |
Vicar of St Giles, Cripplegate |
| 1681 to 1691 | Robert Frampton | Dean of Gloucester; deprived |
| 1691 to 26 August 1714 | Edward Fowler | Prebendary of Gloucester; died in office |
| 1715 to 1722 | Richard Willis | Dean of Lincoln; translated to Salisbury |
| 1722 to 1731 | Joseph Wilcocks | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester |
| 1731 to 1734 | Elias Sydall | Translated to St David's |
| 1734 to 1752 | Martin Benson | Prebendary of Durham |
| 1752 to 1759 | James Johnson | Canon-resident of St Paul's |
| 1759 to 1779 | William Warburton | Dean of Bristol, preacher of Lincoln's Inn |
| 1779 to 1781 | The Honourable James Yorke | Translated from St David's; translated to Ely |
| 1781 to 1789 | Samuel Halifax | Translated from St Asaph |
| 1789 to 1802 | Richard Beadon | Archdeacon of London; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 21 April 1802 to 1815 | George Isaac Huntingford | Warden of Winchester College |
| 8 July 1815 to 1824 | The Honourable Henry Ryder | Translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 11 March 1824 to 1830 | Christopher Bethell | Translated to Exeter |
| 11 July 1830 to 1836 | James Henry Monk | Becoming Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol |
| Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol | ||
| 1836 to 6 June 1856 | James Henry Monk | Hitherto Bishop of Gloucester |
| 9 July 1856 to 1861 | Charles Baring | Rector of Limpsfield; translated to Durham |
| December 1861 to 1863 | William Thomson | Prior of Queen's College, Oxford; translated to York |
| 30 January 1863 to 1897 | Charles John Ellicott, DD | Dean of Exeter; becoming Bishop of Gloucester |
| Diocese of Gloucester | ||
| 1897 to 1905 | Charles John Ellicott, DD | Hitherto Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol |
| 1905 to 1924? | Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson, DD | |
| 1924 to 1945 | Arthur Cayley Headlam | |
| 1945 to 1962 | Wilfred Marcus Askwith, KCMG, DD | Translated from Blackburn |
| 1962 to 1975 | Basil Tudor Guy, MA | |
| 1975 to 1992 | John Yates, MA | |
| 1992 to 1993 | Peter John Ball, MA, CGA | |
| December 1993 to 31 December 2003 | David Edward Bentley, BA | |
| 2004 to present | Michael Francis Perham, MA | |
