Bishop of Lincoln
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The Bishop of Lincoln heads the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese was Roman Catholic during the Middle Ages and the Tudor period.
The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire. The see is in the city of Lincoln where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary a minster church founded around 653 and re-founded as a cathedral in 1072 when the see was moved to Lincoln from Dorchester (see Bishop of Dorchester).
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Lincoln.
The current bishop of is the Right Reverend Dr John Saxbee, the 71st (34th Anglican) Bishop of Lincoln, who signs John Lincoln.
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Origins
Identifying the origin of the diocese has posed some difficulty. The original Catholic diocese of Lindine (Lindsey), founded in 628 by the Roman missionary Paulinus had a seat placed by various commentators at Caistor, Stow, Louth or Horncastle in present-day Lincolnshire. The see was moved to Dorchester in 886 due to the threat of invasion.The diocese of Dorchester was founded in 634 by the Roman missionary Birinus with the seat located at Dorchester-on-Thames in present-day Oxfordshire. The see of Lincoln was refounded in 954 and the seat of the diocese was moved to Lincoln in 1072.
A supposed diocese of Lindine or Syddensis (Sidnacester - identified with present-day Stow, Lincolnshire) was considered founded from the diocese of Lindisfarne by Saint Theodore Archbishop of Canterbury. Research has concluded however that the see was in fact the original foundation of 678 in Lincoln itself. The line of the Catholic Bishops continued till 1560, when the last of the line, Thomas Watson, was deprived under Elizabeth I.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Lincoln, England and its precursor offices
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Lindine - See at Lincoln | ||
| 678 to c.679 | Eadhedus (Eadhæd) | Expelled; retired to Ripon |
| c.680 to 692? | Ethelwinus (Æthelwine) | |
| ?693 or 701 to 716 or 731 | Edgarus (Edgar) | |
| 720 or 716 or 731 to 733 | Kinebertus (Embercus; Cyneberht) | |
| 733 to 750 | Alwigh (Alwig) | |
| 750 or 751 to 765 | Eadulphus (Aldwulf) | |
| 765/767 to 783 or 796 | Ceolulfus (Ceolwulf) | |
| 783 to 789 | Unwona | |
| 789 or 796 to 836 or 839 | Eadulphus, Syddensis civitas episcopus (Eadwulf) | |
| 836 or 839 to 862 or 866? | Beorhtred (Berhtred) | Last de facto Bishop of Lindsey |
| 862 or 866 to 866 or 869 | Eadbald | Nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| 866 or 869 to 869? | ?Burgheard | Nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| 866 or 869 to 875? | or ?Eadberht | Nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| 875? to 886? | Apparent interruption to succession | |
| Diocese of Dorchester | ||
| 886 to 953? | Apparent interruption to succession | |
| 953? to 971 or 975 | Leofwine | Nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| ?996 to 1004 | Sigeferth | Last nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| ?1009 to 1011? | ?Ælfstan | Possible nominal bishop of Lindsey |
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Dorchester on Thames | ||
| 625 or 634 to 650 | Birinus | Sent from Rome by the pope, founded missionary diocese; Saint Birinius |
| 650 to ??? | Agilbertus | |
| ?660 to ??? | Ætla | |
| Diocese of Leicester | ||
| 737 to 764 | Totta (Torhthelm) | Became 1st Bishop of Leicester |
| 764 to 786 | Edbertus (Eadberht) | |
| 786 to 801 | Unwona | |
| 801 to 814 | Werinbertus (Wernberht) | |
| 814 to 861 | Rothunus (Ræthhun, Hræthhun) | |
| 861 to 873 | Aldredus (Ealdred) | |
| December 840 or 844 to 869 or 888 | Ceolred | See transferred to Dorchester-on-Thames in 870s |
| Diocese of Dorchester on the Thames - Dioceses of Lincoln (Sidnacester) and Leicester united c.870 | ||
| 869 or 888 to 893 or 896 | Harlardus (Alhheard) | |
| 893 or 900 to 903 or 909 | Wigmund (Wilferth) | |
| 873 to 905 | Ceolredus | |
| 905 or c.909 to 909 or 925 | Ceolulfus (Cenwulf; Kenulphus) | |
| 909 or 925 to 934 or 945 | Wynsige | |
| 934 or 945 to 949 or 950 | Æthelwald | |
| 949 to 950 to 959 | Osketel | Translated to York |
| ??? to ??? | ?Wulfric | |
| Diocese of Dorchester and Lincoln - (formerly identified as Dorchester and Sidnacester) | ||
| 949 to 960 | Leofwynus (Leofwine) | Bishop of Lindsey; united the sees of Dorchester and Sidnacester |
| 960 or 971 or 975 to 967 or 975 or 979 | Alnothus (Alfnoth) | |
| 967 or 975 or 979 to 994 or 23 April 1002 | Ascwinus (Œswy; Æscwig) | |
| 994 or 1002 to 1004 or 1007 or 1009 | Alfhelmus (Ælfhelm) | |
| 1004 or 1007 or 1009 to 18 October 1016 | Eadnothus (Eadnoth) | Abbot of Ramsey; killed at the battle of Assandun |
| 1016 to 8 December 1034 | Eadhericus (Æthelric; Brihtmær) | |
| 1034 to 18/19 September 1049 | Eadnothus, Bishop of Dorchester, Leicester, and Sidnacester (Eadnoth) | |
| 1052 or 1049 to 14 September 1052 | Ulfus Normanus (Ulf) | Royal priest; suspended at the Council of Vercelli 1050; expelled |
| 1053 to 1067 | Wulfinus (Wufwig) | Royal priest |
| 1070 to 1071 | Remigius de Fécamp (Remigius de Feschamp) | Moved the see to Lincoln |
| Diocese of Lincoln | Constituted by William the Conqueror 1072 | |
| 1072 to 1092 | Remigius de Fécamp (Remigius de Feschamp) | Almoner of Fécamp, Normandy; died in office |
| 1092 to 1123 | Robert Bloet (Robert Bluet) | Lord Chancellor; died in office |
| 1123 to 1147 | Alexander | Archdeacon of Salisbury; died in office |
| 1147 to 1166 | Robert de Chesney (Robert de Cheney) alias Querceto | Died in office |
| 1168 to 1173 | vacant | For 7 years |
| 1173 to 1183 | Geoffrey Plantagenet | Resigned |
| 1173 to 1184 | Walter de Constantiis (Walter de Coutances) | Archdeacon of Oxford; translated to Rouen |
| 1184 to 1186 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1186 to 16 November 1200 | Hugh, Carthusian (Hugh of Avalon) | Prior of the Carthusians at Witham, Somerset; ordained 21 September 1181; installed 29 September 1181; died in office; canonised 1220: Saint Hugh of Lincoln |
| 1206 to 1209 | vacant | For 3 years |
| 1203 to 1206 | William de Blois | Prebendary of Lincoln; consecrated 1203; died in office |
| 1206 to 1209 | vacant | For 3 years |
| 1209 to 1235 | Hugo Wallis (Hugh of Wells) | Archdeacon of Wells; Lord Chancellor; died in office |
| 1235 to 1253 | Robert Grosseteste (Robert Grosthead; Robert Grouthed) | Archdeacon of Leicester; died in office |
| 1254 to 1258 | Henry of Lexington | Dean of Lincoln; died in office |
| 1258 to 1280 | Benedict (Richard de Gravesend) | Dean of Lincoln; died in office |
| 1281 to 1300 | Oliver Sutton | Dean of Lincoln; died in office |
| 1300 to 1320 | John Dalderby (John Aldberry; John d'Aldreby) | Chancellor of Lincoln; died in office |
| 1320 | (Anthony Bek) | elected 3 February, but election quashed |
| 1320 to 1341 | Henry Burghersh | Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor; died in office |
| 1341 to 1347 | Thomas Bek (Thomas le Bec) | died in office |
| 1347 to 1363 | John Gynwell (John Gyndell; John Gyndwelle; John Sinwell) | Archdeacon of Northampton; died in office |
| 1363 to 1398 | John Bokyngham (John Buckingham) | Keeper of the Privy Seal; resigned shortly before death |
| 1398 to 1405 | Cardinal Henry Beaufort | Dean of Wells and Chancellor of Oxford; Lord Chancellor; translated to Winchester |
| 1405 to 1420 | Philip Repyngdon (Philip de Repingdon) | Abbot of Leicester; Chancellor of Oxford; resigned on being elevated to Cardinal |
| 1420 to 1431 | Richard Fleming (Richard Fleyming) | Canon of Lincoln |
| 1431 to 1436 | William Gray (William Grey) | Translated from London |
| 1436 to 1450 | William of Alnwick (William Alnewick) | Translated from Norwich |
| 1450 to 1451 | Marmaduke Lumley | |
| 1451 to 1452 | vacant | |
| 1452 to 1472 | John Chadworth | |
| 1472 to 1480 | Thomas Rotherham | |
| 1480 to 1494 | John Russell | |
| 1496 to 1514 | William Smyth | |
| 6 February 1514 to September 1515 | Thomas Wolsey | Priest; ordained 26 March 1514; translated to York |
| 1514 to 1541 | William Atwater | |
| 1541 to 1547 | John Longland | |
| 1547 to 1552 | Henry Holbeach | |
| 1552 to 1554 | John Taylor | |
| 1554 to 1557 | John White | |
| 1557 to 1560 | Thomas Watson | Last Catholic Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1560 to 1571 | Nicholas Bullingham | |
| 1571 to 1584 | Thomas Cooper | |
| 1584 to 1595 | William Wickham | |
| 1595 to 1608 | William Chadderton | |
| 1608 to 1613 | William Barlow | Translated from Rochester |
| 1613 to 1617 | Richard Neile | Translated from Rochester, to Lichfield, to Lincoln, to Durham, to Winchester, to York |
| 1617 to 1621 | George Montaigne | Translated to London, to Durham, to York |
| 1621 to 1641 | John Williams | Translated to York; Lord Chancellor 1621-1625 (the last cleric to hold the position) |
| 1641 to 1654 | Thomas Winniffe | |
| 1654 to 1660 | vacant | |
| 1660 to 1663 | Robert Sanderson | |
| 1663 to 1667 | Benjamin Laney | |
| 1667 to 1675 | William Fuller | |
| 1675 to 1691 | Thomas Barlow | |
| 1691 to 1695 | Thomas Tenison | |
| 1695 to 1705 | James Gardiner | |
| 1705 to 1716 | William Wake | |
| 1716 to 1723 | Edmund Gibson | |
| 1723 to 1744 | Richard Reynolds | |
| 1744 to 1761 | John Thomas | |
| 1761 to 1779 | John Green | |
| 1779 to 1787 | Thomas Thurlow | |
| 1787 to 1820 | George Pretyman (after 1803, Pretyman-Tomline) | |
| 1820 to 1827 | George Pelham | |
| 1827 to 1853 | John Kaye | |
| 1853 to 1869 | John Jackson | |
| 1869 to 1885 | Christopher Wordsworth | |
| 1885 to 1910 | Edward King | |
| 1910 to 1919 | Edward Lee Hicks | |
| 1919 to 1932 | William Shuckburgh Swayne | |
| 1932 to 1942 | Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks | |
| 1942 to 1946 | Henry Aylmer Skelton | |
| 1947 to 1947 | Leslie Owen | |
| 1947 to 1956 | Maurice Henry Harland | |
| 1956 to 1974 | Kenneth Riches, DD | |
| 1974 to 1987 | Simon Wilton Phipps, MC, MA | |
| 1987 to 2002 | Robert Maynard Hardy | |
| 2002 to present | Dr John Saxbee | |
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | ||
| Provincial metropolitans | Diocesan bishops | |
| The Church of England | ||
| Archbishop of Canterbury>Canterbury | Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Saint Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester | |
| Archbishop of York>York | Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield | |
| The Church in Wales | ||
| Archbishop of Wales>Wales | Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon | |
| The Scottish Episcopal Church | ||
| Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church>Primus | Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane | |
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Sources
- http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/Bishops/epsuccession.html
- http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/index_en.htm
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- Cathedrals and Abbeys of England & Wales Richard Morris, 1979, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Discovering Cathedrals David Pepin, 2004, Shire Publications Ltd
- The Observer's Book of Cathedrals Anthony S.B.New, 1972, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004 Joseph Whittaker & Sons/A&C Black, London
- Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed, 1961), Royal Historical Society
- [The Inside Out Guide to Lincoln website.]: Visitor guide publications to the City of Lincoln
See also
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