The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Diocese of Sherborne, created circa AD 705 was the origin of the present diocese, St Aldhelm being the first bishop. The see was removed successively to Salisbury or Sarum (Old Sarum) under the rulings of the Council of London, and then finally to Salisbury (New Sarum) in 1227 under King Henry III. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Nick Holtam,[1][2] the 78th Bishop of Salisbury, who was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral on 22 July 2011 and enthroned in Salisbury Cathedral on 15 October 2011.[3][4]
Contents |
List of the bishops of the Diocese of Salisbury and its precursor offices:
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| See at Sherborne | ||
| c. 705 to 709 | Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (Aldhelm) |
Saint Aldhelm |
| 709 to 737 | Forthhere (Fordhere) |
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| 736 to between 766 and 774 | Herewald | |
| between 766 and 774 to between 789 and 794 | Æthelmod | |
| 793 to between 796 and 801 | Denefrith | |
| between 793 and 801 to between 816 and 825 | Wigberht (Wigheorht) |
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| between 816 and 825 to 867 | Eahlstan (Alfstan) |
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| between 867 and 868 to 871 | Heahmund (Saint Hamund) |
Saint |
| between 871 and 877 to between 879 and 889 | Æthelheah | |
| between 879 and 889 to between 890 and 900 | Wulfsige of Sherborne (I) | |
| between 890 and 900 to 909 | Asser Menevensis | |
| 909 | Divided into several sees by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| c 909 to c 909 | Æthelweard | |
| first few decades of the 900s | Wærstan | |
| first few decades of the 900s | Æthelbald | |
| first few decades of the 900s | Sigehelm | |
| between 932 and 934 to between 939 and 943 | Alfred | |
| between 939 and 943 to between 958 and 964 | Wulfsige II | |
| between 958 and 964 to 978 | Ælfwold I |
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| between 978 and 979 to between 991 and 993 | Æthelsige I | |
| c 993 to 8 January 1002 | Wulfsige III |
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| 1002 to between 1011 and 1012 | Æthelric (Æthelric of Sherborne) |
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| between 1011 and 1012 to after 1014 | Æthelsige II | |
| between 1014 and 1017 to between 1014 and 1017 | Brithwine I | |
| 1017 to probably 5 April 1023 | Ælfmaer | |
| 1023 to probably 2 June 1045 | Brihtwine II | |
| 1045 to 25 March 1058 | Ælfwold II | Died in office |
| 1058 to 20 February 1078 | Herman, Bishop of Sherborne | Translated from Ramsbury; in 1075 removed see to Salisbury (Old Sarum) |
| See at Old Sarum | ||
| 1058 to 20 February 1078 | Herman, Bishop of Salisbury | (contd.) |
| 1078 to 1099 | Osmund | Died in office; |
| 1099 to 1102 | vacant | For two years |
| 1102 to 1139 | Roger of Salisbury | Lord Chancellor Just. and Lord Treasurer |
| 1140 | Henry de Sully (abbot) | elected but election quashed |
| 1140 to 1141 | Philip de Harcourt | elected but election quashed |
| 1142 to 1184 | Josceline de Bohon (Jocelin Bohon) |
Archdeacon of Winchester; died in office |
| 1184 to 1188 | vacant | For four years |
| 1188 to 1194 | Hubert Walter | Dean of York; translated to Canterbury |
| 1194 to 1217 | Herbert Poore | Archdeacon of Canterbury |
| 1217 to 1225 | Richard Poore | Translated from Chichester (previously Dean of Salisbury); removed see to Salisbury; translated to Durham |
| See at Salisbury | ||
| 1225 to 1229 | Richard Poore | (contd.) |
| 1229 to 1246 | Robert de Bingham (Robert Bingham) |
Consecrated 1229 at Wilton |
| 1246 to 1256 | William de York | Provost of Beverley |
| 1256 to 1262 | Giles of Bridport | Dean of Wells |
| 1263 to1271 | Walter de la Wyle | Sub-chanter of Salisbury |
| 1274 to 1284 | Robert Wickhampton | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1284 to 1287 | Walter Scammel | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1287 to 1288 | Henry Brandeston | Dean of Salilsbury |
| 1288 | Lawrence de Awkeburne | Elected but died before consecration |
| 1288 to 1291 | William de la Corner | Elected Archbishop of Dublin but set aside by the pope |
| 1291 to 1297 | Nicholas Longespee | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1297 to 1315 | Simon of Ghent | |
| 1315 to 1330 | Roger Martival | Dean of Lincoln |
| 1330 to 1375 | Robert Wyvil (Robert Wyville) |
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| 1375 to 1388 | Ralph Ergham | Translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1388 to 1395 | John Waltham | Master of the Rolls and Lord Treasurer |
| 1395 to 1407 | Richard Mitford | Translated from Chichester |
| 1407 to 1408 | Nicholas Bubwith (Nicholas Bubbewith) |
Translated from London |
| 1408 to 1417 | Robert Hallam | Archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1417 to 1427 | John Chandler (John Chaundler) |
Dean of Salisbury |
| 1427 to 1438 | Robert Neville (Robert Nevill) |
Provost of Beverley |
| 1438 to 1450 | William Ayscough (William Aiscough) |
Clerk of the Council |
| 1450 to 1482 | Richard Beauchamp | Translated from Hereford |
| 1482 to 1485 | Lionel Woodville | Dean of Exeter; Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1485 to 1493 | Thomas Langton | Translated from St David's; Chancellor of the Garter; translated to Winchester |
| 1493 to 1500 | John Blyth (John Blythe) |
Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of Cambridge, Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1500 to 1501 | Henry Deane | Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury |
| 1501 to 1524 | Edmund Audley | Translated from Hereford; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1524 to 1534 | Lorenzo Campeggio (Lawrence Campejus) |
Deprived by Act of Parliament on the grounds of non-residence |
| 1535 to 1539 | Nicholas Shaxton | Treasurer of Sarum; resigned due to non-subscription to the Six Articles |
| 1539 to 1557 | John Capon (alias John Salcott) |
Translated from Bangor |
| 1557 to 1558 | William Petow | Appointed by Pope Paul IV but refused entry to the realm by Queen Mary I |
| 1558 to 17 November 1558 | Francis Mallet | Nominated by Queen Mary 14 October 1558 but not consecrated and set aside on her death |
| 1559 to 1571 | John Jewel | Died in office |
| 1571 to 1577 | Edmund Gheast | Translated from Rochester; almoner |
| 1577 to 1 February 1589 | John Piers | Translated from Rochester; almoner; translated to York |
| 1589 to 1591 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1591 to 1598 | John Coldwell | Dean of Rochester |
| 1598 to 1614 | Henry Cotton | Prebendary of Winchester |
| 1614 to 1618 | Robert Abbot | Master of Balliol College, Oxford |
| 1618 to 1620 | Martin Fotherby | Prebendary of Canterbury |
| 1620 to 1621 | Robert Tounson (Robert Thompson) |
Dean of Westminster |
| 1621 to 1641 | John Davenant | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1641 to 1660 | Brian Duppa | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| 1660 to 1663 | Humphrey Henchman | Precentor of Salisbury; translated to London |
| 1663 to 1665 | John Earle | Translated from Worcester |
| 1665 to 1667 | Alexander Hyde | Dean of Winchester |
| 1667 to 1689 | Seth Ward | Translated from Exeter; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1689 to 1715 | Gilbert Burnet | Preacher at the Rolls |
| 1715 to 1722 | William Talbot | Translated from Oxford; translated to Durham |
| 1722 to 1723 | Richard Willis | Translated from Gloucester; translated to Winchester |
| 1723 to 1734 | Benjamin Hoadly | Translated from Hereford; translated to Winchester |
| 1734 to 1748 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Bangor; translated to London |
| 1748 to 1757 | John Gilbert | Translated from Llandaff; translated to York |
| 1757 to 1761 | John Thomas (senior) | Translated from Peterborough; translated to Winchester |
| 1761 | Robert Drummond | Translated from St Asaph; translated to York |
| 1761 to 1766 | John Thomas (junior) (John Thomas II) |
Translated from Lincoln |
| 1766 to 1782 | John Hume | Translated from Oxford |
| 1782 to 1791 | The Hon Shute Barrington | Translated from Llandaff; translated to Durham |
| 1791 to 1807 | John Douglas | Translated from Carlisle; died in office |
| 30 May 1807 to 21 May 1825 | John Fisher | Translated from Exeter; died within weeks of leaving office |
| 21 May 1825 to 19 February 1837 | Thomas Burgess | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| 13 March 1837 to 6 March 1854 | Edward Denison | Fellow of Merton College,Oxford; died in office |
| 27 March 1854 to 1 August 1869 | Walter Hamilton | canon-resident and Precentor of Salisbury; died in office |
| 14 August or 19 August 1869 to 6 July 1885 | George Moberly | Canon of Chester; earlier start date of tenure given in Haydns (1969 reprint) - source of later date unknown) |
| 3 September 1885 to 16 August 1911 | John Wordsworth | Oriel Professor of Divinity, Oxford. Founder of Bishop Wordsworth's School. |
| 1911 to 4 May 1921 | Frederick Ridgeway | |
| 21 June 1921 to 7 December 1935 | St Clair Donaldson | Died in office |
| 1936 to 1949 | Neville Lovett | |
| 1946 to 1948 | Geoffrey Lunt | |
| 1949 to 1963 | William Anderson | |
| 1963 to 1973 | Joseph Fison | |
| 1973 to 1982 | George Reindorp | |
| 1982 to 1993 | John Baker | |
| 30 November 1993 to 13 July 2010 | David Stancliffe | |
| 15 October 2011[4] to present | Nick Holtam[1] | |