Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester
Bishopric
Anglican
Incumbent:
Dr John Inge
Province: Canterbury
Diocese: Worcester
Cathedral: Worcester Cathedral
First Bishop: Bosel
Formation: 680

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury.[1] The bishop's throne (Cathedra) is in Worcester Cathedral with his official residence being The Old Palace, Deansway, Worcester WR1 2JE, Worcestershire, England.[2]

From the first bishop until the 16th century, they were in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. During the English Reformation the church broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first temporarily and later more permanently. Since the Reformation, the Bishop and Diocese of Worcester has been part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.

The diocese covers the county of Worcestershire, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and parts of the City of Wolverhampton.[3] The Episcopal see is at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the city of Worcester.[4] The bishops of Worcester resided at Hartlebury Castle near Kidderminster, Worcestershire,[5] but at one time they also had a palace at Alvechurch. The Bishop now lives in Worcester, at The Old Palace, Deansway, Worcester WR1 2JE.[6]

The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the year 680.[7][8] The current Bishop is the Right Reverend Dr John Inge, the 113th Bishop of Worcester, who signs John Wigorn.

Contents

List of bishops

This is a list of Bishops of Worcester from the 7th century up to the present day.

To the Norman Conquest

Bishops of Worcester[7][8][9]
No. Incumbent From Until Notes
1 Bosel 680 691 resigned the See
2 Oftfor 691 693
3 Ecgwine of Evesham 693 717 also recorded as Ecgwin, Egwin and Eegwine
4 Wilfrith (I) 718 c.744 also recorded as Wilfrid
5 Milred c.743 c.775 also recorded as Mildred and Hildred
6 Waermund 775 777 also recorded as Wærmund
7 Tilhere 777 c.780/81
8 Heathured 781 c.799 also recorded as Hathored, AEthelred and Æthelred
9 Denebeorht c.799 822 also recorded as Deneberht
10 Heahbeorht 822 c.845/48 also recorded as Heahberht and Eadbert
11 Ealhhun c.845/48 872 also recorded as Alwin
12 Werferth 873 915 also recorded as Waerfrith, Wærferth, Werfrith and Waerfrith
13 Æthelhun 915 922
14 Wilfrith (II) 922 929
15 Koenwald fl.929 957 also recorded as Cenwald and Coenwald
16 St. Dunstan 957 959 previously Abbot of Glastonbury; translated to London; and later to Canterbury
17 St. Oswald 961 992 held both Worcester and York, 971-992
18 Ealdwulf 992 1002 previously Abbot of Peterborough; held both Worcester and York, 995-1002
19 Wulfstan (I) 1002 1016 translated from London; also Archbishop of York, 1002–1023
20 Leofsige 1016 1033
21 Beorhtheah 1033 1038
22 Lyfing c.1038/39 1040 deprived from Worcester; also Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall, 1027–46
23 Ælfric Puttoc 1040 1041 also Archbishop of York, 1023–1041; deprived from both
(22) Lyfing 1041 1046 restored to Worcester
24 Ealdred 1046 1061 translated from Hereford; later to York
25 St Wulfstan (II) 1062 1095 canonized on 14 May 1203 by Pope Innocent III

To the Reformation

Bishops of Worcester[7][8][9][10][11]
No. Incumbent From Until Notes
26 Samson 1096 1112
27 Theulf 1113 1123 nominated in 1113; consecrated in 1115
28 Simon of Worcester 1125 1150
29 John de Pageham 1151 1157
30 Alured 1158 1160
31 Roger of Worcester 1163 1179
32 Baldwin 1180 1185 translated to Canterbury
33 William of Northall 1185 1190
34 Robert FitzRalph 1191 1193 previously Archdeacon of Nottingham
35 Henry de Sully 1193 1195 previously Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey
36 John of Coutances 1196 1198
37 Mauger of Worcester 1199 1212 elected in 1199, but quashed by Pope Innocent III; later postulated to the See; consecrated in 1200
– Randulf of Evesham 1213 1214 elected in December 1213, but quashed by the Papal legate, Niccolò de Romanis, in January 1214
38 Walter de Gray 1214 1216 translated to York
39 Sylvester of Worcester 1216 1218
40 William de Blois 1218 1236
41 Walter de Cantilupe 1237 1266
42 Nicholas of Ely 1266 1268 translated to Winchester
43 Godfrey Giffard 1268 1302
– John St German 1302 elected in March 1302, but quashed in October 1302
44 William Gainsborough 1302 1307
45 Walter Reynolds 1307 1313 translated to Canterbury
46 Walter Maidstone 1313 1317
47 Thomas Cobham 1317 1327 previously Archbishop-elect of Canterbury in 1313
– Wulstan Bransford 1327 elected bishop but was quashed; later elected in 1339
48 Adam Orleton 1327 1333 translated from Hereford; later to Winchester
49 Simon Montacute 1333 1337 translated to Ely
50 Thomas Hemenhale 1337 1338 translated from Norwich
51 Wulstan Bransford 1339 1349
52 John of Thoresby 1349 1353 translated from St David's; later to York
53 Reginald Brian 1352 1361 translated from St David's
54 John Barnet 1362 1363 translated to Bath and Wells; and later to Ely
55 William Whittlesey 1363 1368 translated from Rochester; later to Canterbury
56 William Lenn 1368 1373 translated from Chichester
– Walter Lyghe 1373 1375 elected in 1373, but quashed in 1375
57 Henry Wakefield 1375 1395
58 Robert Tideman of Winchcombe 1394 1401 translated from Llandaff
59 Richard Clifford 1401 1407 previously Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells; later translated to London
60 Thomas Peverel 1407 1419 translated from Llandaff
61 Philip Morgan 1419 1426 translated to Ely
62 Thomas Poulton 1425 1433 translated from Chichester
– Thomas Brunce 1433 1435 elected bishop, but never consecrated; later became Bishop of Rochester
63 Thomas Bourchier 1434 1443 translated to Ely; and later to Canterbury
64 John Carpenter 1443 1476 nominated in 1443; consecrated in 1444; resigned the See in 1476
65 John Alcock 1476 1486 translated from Rochester; later to Ely
66 Robert Morton 1486 1497 nominated in 1486; consecrated in 1487
67 Giovanni de' Gigli 1497 1498
68 Silvestro de' Gigli 1498 1521
– Cardinal Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici 1521 1522 Administrator of the See of Worcester; also Archbishop of Narbonne; in 1523 became Pope Clement VII.[12]
69 Girolamo Ghinucci 1522 1535 deprived of the See by Henry VIII when the king broke with Rome; later in 1535 he was created a cardinal.[13]

Since the Reformation

Bishops of Worcester[1][7][9][14]
No. Incumbent From Until Notes
70 Hugh Latimer 1535 1539 resigned the See
71 John Bell 1539 1543
72 Nicholas Heath 1543 1551 translated from Rochester; deprived of the See
73 John Hooper 1552 1554 also Gloucester, 1550–1553; deprived of the See.
(72) Nicholas Heath 1554 1555 restored to the See; later translated to York
74 Richard Pate 1555 1559 deprived of the See.
75 Edwin Sandys 1559 1570 translated to London; and later to York
76 Nicholas Bullingham 1571 1576 translated from Lincoln
77 John Whitgift 1577 1583 translated to Canterbury
78 Edmund Freke 1584 1591 translated from Norwich
79 Richard Fletcher 1593 1595 translated from Bristol; later to London
80 Thomas Bilson 1596 1597 translated to Winchester
81 Gervase Babington 1597 1610 translated from Exeter
82 Henry Parry 1610 1616 translated from Gloucester
83 John Thornborough 1617 1641 translated from Bristol
84 John Prideaux 1641 1650
85 George Morley 1660 1662 translated to Worcester
86 John Gauden 1662 translated from Exeter
87 John Earle 1662 1663 translated to Salisbury
88 Robert Skinner 1663 1670 translated from Bristol
89 Walter Blandford 1671 1675 translated from Oxford
90 James Fleetwood 1675 1683
91 William Thomas 1683 1689 translated from St David's
92 Edward Stillingfleet 1689 1699
93 William Lloyd 1699 1717 translated from Lichfield and Coventry
94 John Hough 1717 1743 translated from Lichfield and Coventry
95 Isaac Maddox 1743 1759 translated from St Asaph
96 James Johnson 1759 1774 translated from Gloucester
97 Brownlow North 1774 1781 translated from Lichfield and Coventry; later to Winchester
98 Richard Hurd 1781 1808 translated from Lichfield and Coventry
99 Folliott Cornewall 1808 1831 earlier at Bristol; translated from Hereford
100 Robert Carr 1831 1841 translated from Chichester
101 Henry Pepys 1841 1860 translated from Sodor and Man
102 Henry Philpott 1860 1890
103 John Perowne 1890 1902
104 Charles Gore 1902 1905 translated to Birmingham; and later to Oxford
105 Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs 1905 1918 translated from Southwark; later to Coventry
106 Ernest Pearce 1919 1931
107 Arthur Perowne 1931 1941 translated to Bradford
108 William Wilson Cash 1941 1956
109 Lewis Charles-Edwards 1956 1971
110 Robin Woods 1971 1982
111 Philip Goodrich[15] 1982 1996 translated from Tonbridge
112 Peter Selby 1997 2007 translated from Kingston-upon-Thames
113 John Inge[9] 2007 present

References

  1. ^ a b c Crockford's Clerical Directory, 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ^ [1]. The Diocese of Worcester. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
  3. ^ Diocese of Worcester: Homepage. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  4. ^ Worcester Cathedral: Homepage. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  5. ^ Provincial Directory: Worcester. Anglican Communion. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  6. ^ Homepage. Retrieved on 22 October 2009
  7. ^ a b c d Powicke, F. Maurice (1961). E. B. Fryde. ed. Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. 
  8. ^ a b c Ancient Diocese of Worcester. Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  9. ^ a b c d Diocese of Worcester: The Enthronment. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  10. ^ Bishops of Worcester: 1066-1300. British History Online. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  11. ^ Bishops of Worcester: 1300-1541. British History Online. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  12. ^ Cardinal Giulio de' Medici. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  13. ^ Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  14. ^ Bishops of Worcester: 1541-1857. British History Online. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
  15. ^ The Rt Revd Philip Goodrich. The Daily Telegraph, first published: 22 November 2001.

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