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Bishop Joceline of Wells †

Deceased

Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain

Events

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary, Chapel, Reading

a bishop for 36.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop William of Saint Mary’s Church † Bishop of London, England Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Herbert le Poor † Bishop of Salisbury, England Bishop John de Gray † Bishop of Norwich, England Bishop Eustace † Bishop of Ely, England Bishop Henry Marshall † Bishop of Exeter, England Bishop Mauger † Bishop of Worcester, England Bishop Simon de Wells † Bishop of Chichester, England Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp † Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England Bishop Robert of Shrewsbury † Bishop of Bangor, Wales Bishop Henry of Abergavenny † Bishop of Llandaff, Wales Bishop Reiner † Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop William of Saint Mary’s Church † (1199) Bishop of London, England Archbishop Hubert Walter † (1189) Archbishop of Canterbury, England Archbishop Baldwin † (1180) Archbishop of Canterbury, England Archbishop Richard of Dover † (1174) Archbishop of Canterbury, England Pope Alexander III (1159) (Rolando Bandinelli, C.R.L. †) Ubaldo Cardinal Allucingoli, O. Cist. † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Robert Bingham † (1229) Bishop Roger Niger † (1229) Bishop Hugh Norwold, O.S.B. † (1229) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Walter de Gray † (1214) Bishop Simon of Apulia † (1214) Bishop Ralph (Ranulf) of Wareham, O.S.B. † (1218) Bishop Eustace de Fauconberg † (1221) Archbishop Edmund Rich † (1234) Bishop Robert Grosteste † (1235) Bishop Hugh , O.P. † (1235)

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