Wulfhard

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Wulfhard
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Hereford
Title Bishop of Hereford
Period in office c800–c823
Predecessor Utel
Successor Benna
Personal
Date of death c823

Wulfhard (or Wulfheard or Wulfehard) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

He was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 822 and 824.[1] In 801 he made a profession of obedience to Æthelhard, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
  2. ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 125

[edit] References

  • Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5. 
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Utel
Bishop of Hereford
c800–c823
Succeeded by
Benna
Persondata
NAME Wulfhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wulfheard; Wulfehard
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Hereford
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH c823
PLACE OF DEATH