Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Details

• Diocese of Salisbury
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1072
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Canterbury
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain

• Diocese of Sherborne
  • Latin Name: Saresberiensis
  • Erected: 705
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Canterbury
  • Country: England
  • Region: Great Britain

Past Ordinaries

• Aldheim † ( 705 Appointed - 25 May 709 Died)
• Fortheri † ( 709 Appointed - )
• Herewald † ( 736 Appointed - )
• Denefrith † ( 793 Appointed - )
• Wigberht † ( 798 Appointed - )
• Heahstan † ( 824 Appointed - 868 Died)
• Heahmund † ( 868 Appointed - 871 Died)
• Ethelheah † ( 872 Appointed - )
• Wærstan † ( 909 Appointed - )
• Ethelbald † ( 918 Appointed - )
• Ælfred † ( 933 Appointed - )
• Wulfsige † ( 943 Appointed - )
• Ælfwold † ( 958 Appointed - 978 Died)
• Æthelsige † ( 978 Appointed - )
• Wulfige , O.S.B. † ( 992 Appointed - 8 Jan 1002 Died)
• Ethelric † ( 1001 Appointed - )
• Ælfmær † ( 1017 Appointed - 18 Sep 1022 Died)
• Brihtwy † ( 1023 Appointed - )
• Elfwold † ( 1045 Appointed - )
• Herman † ( 1058 Appointed - 20 Feb 1078 Died)
• Osmund † ( 1078 Appointed - 3 Dec 1099 Died)
• Roger † (13 Apr 1103 Appointed - 4 Dec 1139 Died)
• Jocelin de Bohun (Bailleul) † ( 1141 Appointed - 1184 Resigned)
• Hubert Walter † (15 Sep 1189 Appointed - 30 May 1193 Appointed, Archbishop of Canterbury, England)
• Herbert le Poor † ( 1194 Appointed - 6 Feb 1217 Died)
• Richard le Poor † (9 May 1217 Appointed - 22 Jul 1228 Appointed, Bishop of Durham, England)
• Robert Bingham † (25 Sep 1228 Appointed - 3 Nov 1246 Died)
• William of York † (10 Dec 1246 Appointed - 31 Jan 1256 Died)
• Giles of Bridport † (15 Apr 1256 Appointed - 13 Dec 1262 Died)
• Walter de la Wyle † (Jan 1263 Appointed - 3 Jan 1271 Died)
• Robert Wickhampton † (13 May 1274 Ordained Bishop - 24 Apr 1284 Died)
• Walter Scammell † (22 Oct 1284 Ordained Bishop - 25 Sep 1286 Died)
• Henry Brandeston † (11 Mar 1287 Confirmed - 11 Feb 1288 Died)
• William de La Corner † (25 Nov 1288 Appointed - 14 Aug 1291 Died)
• Nicolas Longespee † (22 Dec 1291 Confirmed - 18 May 1297 Died)
• Simon of Ghent † (22 Jun 1297 Confirmed - 31 Mar 1315 Died)
• Roger Mortival † (28 Sep 1315 Ordained Bishop - 14 Mar 1330 Died)
• Robert Wyvill † (16 Apr 1330 Appointed - 14 Sep 1375 Died)
• Ralph Erghum † (12 Oct 1375 Appointed - 13 Jul 1388 Appointed, Bishop of Bath and Wells, England)
• John de Waltham † (13 Jul 1388 Appointed - 17 Sep 1395 Died)
• Richard Metford † (3 Nov 1395 Appointed - May 1407 Died)
• Nicholas Bubbewyth † (22 Jun 1407 Appointed - 7 Oct 1407 Appointed, Bishop of Bath and Wells, England)
• Robert Hallam † (23 Oct 1407 Appointed - 4 Sep 1417 Died)
• John Chandler † (7 Dec 1417 Confirmed - 16 Jul 1426 Died)
• Robert Nevill † (9 Jul 1427 Appointed - 12 Feb 1438 Appointed, Bishop of Durham, England)
• William Ascough (Ayscough) † (12 Feb 1438 Appointed - 29 Jun 1450 Died)
• Richard Beauchamp † (14 Aug 1450 Appointed - 4 Nov 1481 Died)
• Lionel Wydville (Woodville) † (7 Jan 1482 Appointed - 23 Jun 1484 Died)
• Thomas Langton † (9 Feb 1485 Appointed - 13 Mar 1493 Appointed, Bishop of Winchester, England)
• John Blythe † (13 Nov 1493 Appointed - 23 Aug 1499 Died)
• Henry Deane † (8 Jan 1500 Confirmed - 26 May 1501 Confirmed, Archbishop of Canterbury, England)
• Edmund Audley † (10 Jan 1502 Appointed - 23 Aug 1524 Died)
• Lorenzo Campeggio † (2 Dec 1524 Appointed - 19 Jul 1539 Died)
• Gasparo Contarini † (23 Jul 1539 Appointed - 24 Aug 1542 Died)
• John Salcot (Capon), O.S.B. † (14 Aug 1539 Appointed - 6 Oct 1557 Died)
• William Peto, O.F.M. Obs. † (30 Mar 1543 Appointed - Apr 1558 Died)
• Francis Mallet † (Oct 1558 Appointed - Jul 1559 Died)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William Ascough (Ayscough) † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1438 to 29 Jun 1450)
• Edmund Audley † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1502 to 23 Aug 1524)
• William Barton † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1508 to 1517)
• Richard Beauchamp † (Bishop: 14 Aug 1450 to 4 Nov 1481)
• John Bell, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1501 to 1503)
• Robert Bingham † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1228 to 3 Nov 1246)
• John Blythe † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1493 to 23 Aug 1499)
• Jocelin de Bohun (Bailleul) † (Bishop: 1141 to 1184)
• Henry Brandeston † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1287 to 11 Feb 1288)
• Giles of Bridport † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1256 to 13 Dec 1262)
• Nicholas Bubbewyth † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1407 to 7 Oct 1407)
• Lorenzo Campeggio † (Administrator: 2 Dec 1524 to 19 Jul 1539)
• John Chandler † (Bishop: 7 Dec 1417 to 16 Jul 1426)
• Augustine Church † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 May 1488 to 1494)
• Gasparo Contarini † (Administrator: 23 Jul 1539 to 24 Aug 1542)
• Henry Deane † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1500 to 26 May 1501)
• Walter de la Wyle † (Bishop: Jan 1263 to 3 Jan 1271)
• Ralph Erghum † (Bishop: 12 Oct 1375 to 13 Jul 1388)
• Simon of Ghent † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1297 to 31 Mar 1315)
• Robert Hallam † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1407 to 4 Sep 1417)
• William de La Corner † (Bishop: 25 Nov 1288 to 14 Aug 1291)
• Thomas Langton † (Bishop: 9 Feb 1485 to 13 Mar 1493)
• Herbert le Poor † (Bishop: 1194 to 6 Feb 1217)
• Richard le Poor † (Bishop: 9 May 1217 to 22 Jul 1228)
• Nicolas Longespee † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1291 to 18 May 1297)
• Francis Mallet † (Bishop: Oct 1558 to Jul 1559)
• Richard Metford † (Bishop: 3 Nov 1395 to May 1407)
• Roger Mortival † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1315 to 14 Mar 1330)
• Robert Nevill † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1427 to 12 Feb 1438)
• William Peto, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1543 to Apr 1558)
• John Pynnock, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Nov 1518 to 1535)
• John Salcot (Capon), O.S.B. † (Bishop: 14 Aug 1539 to 6 Oct 1557)
• Walter Scammell † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1284 to 25 Sep 1286)
• Hubert Walter † (Bishop: 15 Sep 1189 to 30 May 1193)
• John de Waltham † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1388 to 17 Sep 1395)
• Robert Wickhampton † (Bishop: 13 May 1274 to 24 Apr 1284)
• Walter Winterburn, O.P. †
• Lionel Wydville (Woodville) † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1482 to 23 Jun 1484)
• Robert Wyvill † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1330 to 14 Sep 1375)
• William of York † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1246 to 31 Jan 1256)
• Ælfmær † (Bishop: 1017 to 18 Sep 1022)
• Ælfred † (Bishop: 933 - )
• Ælfwold † (Bishop: 958 to 978)
• Æthelsige † (Bishop: 978 - )
• Aldheim † (Bishop: 705 to 25 May 709)
• Brihtwy † (Bishop: 1023 - )
• Denefrith † (Bishop: 793 - )
• Elfwold † (Bishop: 1045 - )
• Ethelbald † (Bishop: 918 - )
• Ethelheah † (Bishop: 872 - )
• Ethelric † (Bishop: 1001 - )
• Fortheri † (Bishop: 709 - )
• Heahmund † (Bishop: 868 to 871)
• Heahstan † (Bishop: 824 to 868)
• Herewald † (Bishop: 736 - )
• Herman † (Bishop: 1058 to 20 Feb 1078)
• Osmund † (Bishop: 1078 to 3 Dec 1099)
• Roger † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1103 to 4 Dec 1139)
• Wærstan † (Bishop: 909 - )
• Wigberht † (Bishop: 798)
• Wulfige , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 992 to 8 Jan 1002)
• Wulfsige † (Bishop: 943 - )

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