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{{short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| bishopric         = [[Chichester]]
| border            = anglican
| coat              = Arms displayed by Richard Poore, Bishop of Chichester, at the signing of Magna Charta.png
| coat_size         = 200px
| coat_caption      = Arms of the Bishop of Chichester: ''Azure, Our Blessed Lord in judgement seated on His throne His right hand upraised or His left hand holding an open book proper and out of His mouth a two-edged sword point to the [[dexter and sinister|sinister]] gules''<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 248, with capitalisation as shown there; here shown apparently incorrectly holding an orb not a book</ref>)
| incumbent         = [[Martin Warner (bishop)|Martin Warner]]
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| province          = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
| residence         = The Palace, Chichester
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| established       = 681 (founded at [[Selsey Abbey|Selsey]])<br />1075 (translated to [[Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]])
| cathedral         = [[Chichester Cathedral]] (since 1075)<br />[[Selsey Abbey]] (681–1075)
| first_incumbent   = [[Wilfrid]] (as {{nowrap|Bishop of Selsey}})<br />[[Stigand of Selsey|Stigand]] (as {{nowrap|Bishop of Chichester}})
| diocese           = [[Diocese of Chichester|Chichester]]
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The '''Bishop of Chichester''' is the [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] of the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Chichester]] in the [[Province of Canterbury]]. The diocese covers the counties of [[East Sussex|East]] and [[West Sussex]].  The [[Episcopal see|see]] is based in the [[Chichester|City of Chichester]] where the bishop's seat is located at the [[Chichester Cathedral|Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity]]. On 3 May 2012 the appointment was announced of [[Martin Warner (bishop)|Martin Warner]], [[Bishop of Whitby]], as the next Bishop of Chichester.<ref name=number10>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/diocese-of-chichester/ |title=10 Downing Street – Queen approves Martin Clive Warner for election as Bishop of Chichester|publisher=number10.gov.uk  |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> His enthronement took place on 25 November 2012 in Chichester Cathedral.

The bishop's residence is The Palace, Chichester. Since 2015, Warner has also fulfilled the diocesan-wide role of [[alternative episcopal oversight]], following the decision by Mark Sowerby, then Bishop of Horsham, to recognise the orders of priests and bishops who are women.

Between 1984 and 2013, the Bishop of Chichester, in addition to being the diocesan bishop, also had specific oversight of the Chichester Episcopal Area (the then Archdeaconry of Chichester), which covered the coastal region of West Sussex along with Brighton and Hove.

==Earliest history at Selsey==
The [[episcopal see]] at [[Selsey]] was founded by Saint [[Wilfrid]], formerly [[Bishop of York|Bishop of the Northumbrians]], for the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] [[Kingdom of Sussex]] in the late 7th century. He was granted land by [[Æthelwealh of Sussex]] to build a cathedral at Selsey. However, shortly afterwards [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] conquered the [[Kingdom of Sussex]], but he confirmed the grant to Wilfrid. The bishop's [[Cathedra|seat]] was located at [[Selsey Abbey]]. Nine years after the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman conquest]], in 1075, the [[Council of London (1075)|Council of London]] enacted that [[episcopal see]]s should be removed to cities or larger towns. Accordingly, the see at Selsey was removed to [[Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]]. Some sources claim that Stigand, the last Bishop of Selsey, continued to use the title Bishop of Selsey until 1082, before adopting the new title Bishop of Chichester, indicating that the transfer took several years to complete.<ref name=dallaway25>Dallaway.[https://books.google.com/books?id=0VkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA25  History of the Western Division of the county of Sussex, Volume 1 p. 25] accessed 18 June 2016</ref>
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==List of bishops==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Selsey
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%"  | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? 681
| style="text-align: center;" | ? 685
| Saint '''[[Wilfrid]]'''
| Founder of the see; status as bishop of this see disputed; previously ejected from [[Archbishop of York|York]]; later [[Bishop of Leicester]] then [[Bishop of Hexham|of Hexham]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | {{Circa}} 685 
| style="text-align: center;" | {{Circa}} 706 
| colspan="2" | ''See absorbed by [[Diocese of Winchester|Winchester diocese]], after Wessex conquered Sussex under [[Cædwalla of Wessex|Cædwalla]].''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ? betw. 706–716
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 716–731
| '''[[Eadberht of Selsey|Eadberht]]'''
| Also recorded as Eadbeorht, Eadbertus; previously Abbot of [[Selsey Abbey]]; often deemed first bishop of this see; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 716–731
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 716–731
| '''[[Eolla]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 716–731
| style="text-align: center;" | 733
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 733
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 747–765
| '''[[Sigeferth of Selsey|Sigeferth]]'''
| Also recorded as Sigelmus, Sigfridus, Sigga, Siggca, Sicgga ; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 747–765
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 772–780
| '''[[Aluberht]]'''
| Also recorded as Ealabeorht, Alubrithus, Alubertus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 747–765
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 772–780
| '''[[Oswald of Selsey|Oswald]]'''
| Also recorded as Osweald, Osa; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 772–780
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 781–787
| '''[[Gislhere]]'''
| Also recorded as Giselherus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 781–787
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 786–789
| '''[[Tota (bishop)|Tota]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 787–789
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 805–811
| '''[[Wihthun]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 805–811
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 816–824
| '''[[Æthelwulf of Selsey|Æthelwulf]]'''
| Also recorded as Ethelulphus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 816–824
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 839–845
| '''[[Cynered]]'''
| Also recorded as Coenred, Coenredus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 839–845
| style="text-align: center;" | aft. 860 
| '''[[Guthheard]]'''
| Also recorded as Guthard, Guðheard; left office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | aft. 860 
| style="text-align: center;" | bef. 900
| colspan="2" | ''See possibly vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | bef. 900 
| style="text-align: center;" | {{Circa}} 909, or betw. 909–925
| '''[[Wighelm]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | {{Circa}} 909, or betw. 909–925
| style="text-align: center;" | 930 or 931
| '''[[Beornheah]]'''
| Also recorded as Beornegus; died in office; in ''Heylyn'' is placed between Ethelulphus and Coenredus.<ref name="heylyn54"/>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 930 or 931
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 940–943
| '''[[Wulfhun]]'''
| Omitted in ''Heylyn'';<ref name="heylyn54"/> died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 940–943
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 953–956
| '''[[Ælfred of Selsey|Ælfred]]'''
| Also recorded as Alfredus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 953–956
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 956–963
| '''[[Brihthelm (Bishop of Selsey)|Brihthelm]]'''
| Sometimes identified with [[Beorhthelm of Winchester]]; either died in office or translated to [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 956–963
| style="text-align: center;" | 979 or 980
| '''[[Eadhelm]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 980
| style="text-align: center;" | 988
| '''[[Æthelgar]]'''
| [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 988–990
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 1007–1009
| '''[[Ordbriht]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | betw. 1007–1011
| style="text-align: center;" | 1031 or 1032
| '''[[Ælfmær (Bishop of Selsey)|Ælfmær]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1032 or 1033 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1038
| '''[[Æthelric I|Æthelric]]''' ''(I)''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1039
| style="text-align: center;" | 1047
| '''[[Grimketel]]'''
| Also recorded as Grimcytel (also Grimkell in Scandinavian sources);  listed as [[Bishop of Elmham]] for 1043 as well; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1047
| style="text-align: center;" | 1057
| '''[[Heca]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1058
| style="text-align: center;" | 1070
| '''[[Æthelric II|Æthelric]]''' ''(II)''
| Also recorded as Ethelric; deposed and imprisoned by [[William the Conqueror]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1070
| style="text-align: center;" | ''{{circa|1075}}''
| '''[[Stigand of Selsey|Stigand]]'''
| See moved to Chichester by decree of the [[Council of London (1075)]], Stigand was the last Bishop of Selsey and first Bishop of Chichester.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Pre-Reformation Bishops of Chichester
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ''{{circa|1075}}''
| style="text-align: center;" | 1087
| '''Stigand of Selsey'''
| Hitherto Bishop of Selsey; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1088
| style="text-align: center;" | 1088
| '''[[Godfrey of Chichester|Godfrey]]'''
| Some sources cite William as bishop.<ref>{{cite book |author=Barlow, Frank |author-link=Frank Barlow (historian) |title=The English Church 1066–1154 |location= London |publisher=Longman |date= 1979 |isbn= 0-582-50236-5|page=66}}</ref> Godfrey; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1091
| style="text-align: center;" | 1123
| '''[[Ralph de Luffa]]'''
| Radulphus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1125
| style="text-align: center;" | 1145
| '''[[Seffrid I|Seffrid]]''' ''(I)''
| Seffridus Pelochin; also Abbot of [[Glastonbury Abbey|Glastonbury]]; deprived.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1147
| style="text-align: center;" | 1169
| '''[[Hilary of Chichester|Hilary]]'''
| Date of consecration sometimes given as 1133; previously unsuccessfully nominated for [[Archbishop of York|York]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1169
| style="text-align: center;" | 1173
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1173
| style="text-align: center;" | 1180
| '''[[John of Greenford]]'''
| John de Greenford; previously [[Dean of Chichester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1180
| style="text-align: center;" | 1204
| '''[[Seffrid II|Seffrid]]''' ''(II)''
| Seffridus; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1204
| style="text-align: center;" | 1207
| '''[[Simon of Wells]]'''
| Simon Sutwell, Simon FitzRobert, Simon de Camera; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1209
| style="text-align: center;" | 1214
| ''[[Nicholas de Aquila]]''
| Gilbert de l'Aigle; [[Dean of Chichester]]; election quashed.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1215
| style="text-align: center;" | 1217
| '''[[Richard Poore]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Salisbury]]; translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]] then [[Bishop of Durham|Durham]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1217
| style="text-align: center;" | 1222
| '''[[Ranulf of Wareham]]'''
| Ralph de Warham; previously [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]] of [[Norwich Cathedral|Norwich]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1224
| style="text-align: center;" | 1244
| '''[[Ralph Neville]]'''
| Also [[Lord Chancellor]]; elected to [[List of Archbishops of Canterbury|Canterbury]] but rejected by [[Pope Innocent IV]]; also unsuccessfully elected to [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1244
| ''[[Robert Passelewe]]''
| [[Archdeacon of Lewes]]; [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]'s favoured candidate; election declared void by [[Pope Innocent IV]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1244
| style="text-align: center;" | 1253
| Saint '''[[Richard of Chichester|Richard]]'''
| Richard de Wych; [[Boniface of Savoy (bishop)|Archbishop Boniface]]'s favoured candidate; election confirmed by [[Pope Innocent IV]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1253
| style="text-align: center;" | 1262
| '''[[John Climping]]'''
| John of Arundel; previously Chancellor of [[Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1262
| style="text-align: center;" | 1287
| '''[[Stephen Bersted]]'''
| Stephen of Pagham; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1288
| style="text-align: center;" | 1305
| '''[[Gilbert of St Leonard]]'''
| Gilbert de Sancto Leofardo; previously Treasurer of [[Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1305
| style="text-align: center;" | 1337
| '''[[John Langton (bishop of Chichester)|John Langton]]'''
| Also [[Lord Chancellor]]; previous election to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]] quashed; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1337
| style="text-align: center;" | 1362
| '''[[Robert de Stratford]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Canterbury]]; also [[Lord Chancellor]] and [[List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford|Chancellor of Oxford]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1362
| style="text-align: center;" | 1368
| '''[[William Lenn]]'''
| William Lullimore; previously [[Dean of Chichester]]; translated to [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1369
| style="text-align: center;" | 1385
| '''[[William Reade (bishop)|William Reade]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Rochester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1386
| style="text-align: center;" | 1389
| '''[[Thomas Rushhook]]'''
| Thomas Rushocke; translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]; exiled to [[Bishop of Kilmore|Breifne]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1390
| style="text-align: center;" | 1395
| '''[[Richard Mitford]]'''
| Previously unsuccessfully elected to [[Bishop of St David's|St David's]]; also [[Lord Treasurer of Ireland]]; translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1395
| style="text-align: center;" | 1396
| '''[[Robert Waldby]]'''
| Translated from [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Dublin]]; translated to [[Archbishop of York|York]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1396
| style="text-align: center;" | 1415
| '''[[Robert Reed (bishop)|Robert Reed]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Carlisle|Carlisle]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1417
| '''[[Stephen Patrington]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of St David's|St David's]]; died immediately after appointment.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1418
| style="text-align: center;" | 1420
| '''[[Henry Ware (bishop of Chichester)|Henry Ware]]'''
| Previously official to the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| '''[[John Kemp]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]; translated to [[Bishop of London|London]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| style="text-align: center;" | 1426
| '''[[Thomas Polton]]'''
| Thomas Pulton; translated from [[Bishop of Hereford|Hereford]]; translated to [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1426
| style="text-align: center;" | 1429
| '''[[John Rickingale]]'''
| Chancellor of York; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1429
| ''[[Thomas Brunce]]''
| Thomas Brouns; election quashed; later [[Bishop of Rochester]] then [[Bishop of Norwich|of Norwich]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1430
| style="text-align: center;" | 1438
| '''[[Simon Sydenham]]'''
| Simon Sidenham; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1438
| style="text-align: center;" | 1445
| '''[[Richard Praty]]'''
| Richard Pratty; also [[List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford|Chancellor of Oxford]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1446
| style="text-align: center;" | 1450
| '''[[Adam Moleyns]]'''
| Adam Molins; previously [[Dean of Salisbury]]; also [[Lord Privy Seal]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1450
| style="text-align: center;" | 1459
| '''[[Reginald Pecock]]'''
| Reginald Peacock; translated from [[Bishop of St Asaph|St Asaph]]; deprived for heresy.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1459
| style="text-align: center;" | 1477
| '''[[John Arundel (bishop of Chichester)|John Arundel]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Richmond]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1478
| style="text-align: center;" | 1503
| '''[[Edward Story]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Carlisle|Carlisle]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1503
| style="text-align: center;" | 1506
| '''[[Richard FitzJames]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]; translated to [[Bishop of London|London]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1508
| style="text-align: center;" | 1536
| '''[[Robert Sherborne]]'''
| Robert Sherburne; translated from [[Bishop of St David's|St David's]]; resigned shortly before his death.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Chichester during the Reformation
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;  | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1536
| style="text-align: center;" | 1543
| '''[[Richard Sampson]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Lichfield]]; also [[Dean of St Paul's]]; translated to [[Bishop of Lichfield|Lichfield & Coventry]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1543
| style="text-align: center;" | 1551
| '''[[George Day (bishop)|George Day]]'''
| Provost of [[King's College, Cambridge]]; deprived by [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1552
| style="text-align: center;" | 1553
| '''[[John Scory]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]; deprived by [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]; later [[Bishop of Hereford]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1553
| style="text-align: center;" | 1556
| '''George Day''' ''(restored)''
| Restored by Mary I; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1557
| style="text-align: center;" | 1558
| '''[[John Christopherson]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Norwich]]; died in office.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Post-Reformation Bishops of Chichester
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1559
| style="text-align: center;" | 1568
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)|William Barlow]]'''
| [[Marian exiles|Marian exile]]; had resigned [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath and Wells]] (being married); died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1570
| style="text-align: center;" | 1582
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Richard Curteys]]'''
| Richard Curtis; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1582
| style="text-align: center;" | 1586
| colspan="2" | ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1586
| style="text-align: center;" | 1596
| [[File:Bp Thomas Bickley.jpg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Bickley]]'''
| Previously Warden of [[Merton College, Oxford]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1596
| style="text-align: center;" | 1605
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Anthony Watson (bishop)|Anthony Watson]]'''
| Previously [[Lord High Almoner]]; also [[Dean of Bristol]] 1590–1598; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1605
| style="text-align: center;" | 1609
| [[File:Lancelot Andrewes Pembroke.jpg|60px]] '''[[Lancelot Andrewes]]'''
| Previously [[List of Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge|Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]; translated to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]] then [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1609
| style="text-align: center;" | 1619
| [[File:Harsnett crop.png|60px]] '''[[Samuel Harsnett]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Essex]]; translated to [[Bishop of Norwich|Norwich]] then [[Archbishop of York|York]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1619
| style="text-align: center;" | 1628
| [[File:GeorgeCarleton.jpg|60px]] '''[[George Carleton (bishop)|George Carleton]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1628
| style="text-align: center;" | 1638
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Richard Montagu]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Hereford]]; translated to [[Bishop of Norwich|Norwich]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1638
| style="text-align: center;" | 1641
| [[File:BrianDuppa.jpg|60px]] '''[[Brian Duppa]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Christ Church, Oxford]]; translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1642
| style="text-align: center;" | 1646
| [[File:Dr Henry King, Bp of Chichester.jpg|60px]] '''[[Henry King (poet)|Henry King]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Rochester]]; deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1646 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1660
| colspan="2" | ''The see was abolished during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] and the [[The Protectorate|Protectorate]].''<ref>{{cite web |last=Plant |first=David |year=2002 |url=http://bcw-project.org/church-and-state/sects-and-factions/episcopalians |title=Episcopalians |website=BCW Project |access-date=25 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=King |first=Peter |date=July 1968 |title=The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642–1649 |journal=[[The English Historical Review]]  |volume= 83 |issue= 328 |pages=523–537 |publisher=Oxford University Press |jstor=564164 |doi=10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523}}</ref>

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1660
| style="text-align: center;" | 1669
| [[File:Dr Henry King, Bp of Chichester.jpg|60px]] '''Henry King''' ''(restored)''
| Reinstated on the restoration of the episcopacy; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1670
| style="text-align: center;" | 1675
| [[File:Bp Peter Gunning.jpg|60px]] '''[[Peter Gunning]]'''
| Previously Master of [[St John's College, Cambridge]]; also [[Regius Professor of Divinity]] 1661–1674; translated to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1675
| style="text-align: center;" | 1678
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Ralph Brideoake]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Salisbury]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1679
| style="text-align: center;" | 1685
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Guy Carleton (bishop)|Guy Carleton]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bristol|Bristol]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1685
| style="text-align: center;" | 1689
| [[File:BishopJohnLake.jpg|60px]] '''[[John Lake (bishop)|John Lake]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Bristol|Bristol]]; deprived as a [[Nonjuring schism|non-juror]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1689
| style="text-align: center;" | 1691
| [[File:Bp Simon Patrick.jpg|60px]] '''[[Simon Patrick]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Peterborough]]; translated to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1691
| style="text-align: center;" | 1696
| [[File:Bp Robert Grove.jpg|60px]] '''[[Robert Grove (bishop)|Robert Grove]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Middlesex]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1696
| style="text-align: center;" | 1709
| [[File:John Williams, Bp Chichester.jpg|60px]] '''[[John Williams (bishop of Chichester)|John Williams]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1709
| style="text-align: center;" | 1722
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Manningham]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Windsor]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1722
| style="text-align: center;" | 1724
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Bowers (bishop)|Thomas Bowers]]'''
| Also [[Archdeacon of Canterbury]] since 1721.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1724
| style="text-align: center;" | 1731
| [[File:Bp Edward Waddington.jpg|60px]] '''[[Edward Waddington]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1731
| style="text-align: center;" | 1740
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Francis Hare (bishop)|Francis Hare]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of St Asaph|St Asaph]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1740
| style="text-align: center;" | 1754
| [[File:Bp Matthias Mawson.jpg|60px]] '''[[Matthias Mawson]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]; translated to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1754
| style="text-align: center;" | 1797
| [[File:Portrait of right revd. Sir Wm. Ashburnham (4672390).jpg|60px]] [[Sir William Ashburnham, 4th Baronet|Sir '''William Ashburnham''', Bt.]]
| Previously [[Dean of Chichester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1798
| style="text-align: center;" | 1824
| [[File:John Buckner by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote.jpg|60px]] '''[[John Buckner (bishop)|John Buckner]]'''
| Sometime Rector of St Giles, London; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1824
| style="text-align: center;" | 1831
| [[File:Robert James Carr.jpg|60px]] '''[[Robert Carr (bishop)|Robert Carr]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Hereford]]; translated to [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1831
| style="text-align: center;" | 1836
| [[File:Edward Maltby.jpg|60px]] '''[[Edward Maltby]]'''
| Translated to [[Bishop of Durham|Durham]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1836
| style="text-align: center;" | 1840
| [[File:Williamotter.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Otter]]'''
| Previously Principal of [[King's College, London]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1840
| style="text-align: center;" | 1842
| [[File:Bp Philip Shuttleworth.jpg|60px]] '''[[Philip Shuttleworth]]'''
| Previously Warden of [[New College, Oxford]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1842
| style="text-align: center;" | 1870
| [[File:Bp Ashurst Gilbert.jpg|60px]] '''[[Ashurst Gilbert]]'''
| Previously Principal of [[Brasenose College, Oxford]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1870
| style="text-align: center;" | 1895
| [[File:Bp Richard Durnford.jpg|60px]] '''[[Richard Durnford]]'''
| Previously [[Archdeacon of Manchester]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1896
| style="text-align: center;" | 1907
| [[File:ERWilberforce.JPG|60px]] '''[[Ernest Wilberforce]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Newcastle (England)|Newcastle]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1908
| style="text-align: center;" | 1919
| [[File:Charles(John) Ridgeway, Bishop of Chichester.jpg|60px]] '''[[Charles Ridgeway]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Carlisle]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1919
| style="text-align: center;" | 1929
| [[File:Winfrid O Burrows, Bp Truro.jpg|60px]] '''[[Winfrid Burrows]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Truro|Truro]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1929
| style="text-align: center;" | 1958
| [[File:George Bell 1931 cropped.jpg|60px]] '''[[George Bell (bishop)|George Bell]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Canterbury]]; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1958
| style="text-align: center;" | 1974
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Roger Wilson (bishop)|Roger Wilson]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Wakefield (diocese)|Wakefield]]; retired.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1974
| style="text-align: center;" | 2001
| [[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Eric Kemp]]'''
| Previously [[Dean of Worcester]]; retired and became "Bishop Emeritus of Chichester".

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2001
| style="text-align: center;" | 2012
| [[File:2012 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (7344939512) (John Hind cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]] '''[[John Hind (bishop of Chichester)|John Hind]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe|Europe]]; retired.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2012
| style="text-align: center;" | ''incumbent''
| [[File:2012 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (7344882604) (cropped).jpg|60px]] '''[[Martin Warner (bishop)|Martin Warner]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Whitby|Whitby]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|align=center colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=dallaway25 /><ref name="heylyn54">{{cite book |last1=Heylyn |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Heylyn |year=1773 |title=A Help to English History |location=London |publisher=Paul Wright |pages=54–55 |quote=Heylyn also cites Headda (686) and Daniel (705) as successors to Wilfrid.}}</ref><ref name="crockfordsweb702">{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=702 |title=Historical successions: Chichester (including precussor offices) |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="handbookselsey">{{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=221, 238, and 272}}</ref><ref name="kellyselsey">{{cite web |url=http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/kemble/pelteret/Sels/Selslist.htm |title=Charters of Selsey |editor1-last=Kelly |editor1-first=S. E |year=1998 |work=Anglo-Saxon Charters: Volume 6 |publisher=Trinity College, Cambridge |access-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218132147/http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/kemble/pelteret/Sels/Selslist.htm |archive-date=18 February 2012 }}</ref><ref name=handbook>{{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=238–241}}</ref><ref name="greenway1996pp1-6">{{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1996 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 |chapter=Bishops of Chichester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 5: Chichester |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=1–6}}</ref><ref name="horn1964pp1-4">{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1964 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32091 |chapter=Bishops of Chichester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 7: Chichester Diocese |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=1–4}}</ref><ref name="horn1971pp1-6">{{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1971 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34642 |chapter=Bishops of Chichester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 2: Chichester Diocese |publisher=[[British History Online]] |pages=1–6}}</ref>
|}

==Assistant bishops==
Among those who were called Assistant Bishop of Chichester, or [[coadjutor bishop]], were:
*1930{{snd}}1937 (d.): [[Henry Southwell (bishop)|Henry Southwell]], [[Canon Precentor]] of [[Chichester Cathedral]] and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of [[Lancing College]], former [[Bishop of Lewes]]<ref>{{Who's Who |id=U217385 |title=Southwell, Henry Kemble}}</ref>
*1939{{snd}}1953 (ret.): [[Charles Saunders (bishop)|Charles Saunders]], Rector of [[Uckfield]] (until 1942), of [[Barcombe]] (1942–47) and Vicar of [[West Lavington, West Sussex|West Lavington]] (from 1947); former [[Bishop in Lucknow]]<ref>{{Who's Who |id=U159335 |title=Saunders, Charles John Godfrey}}</ref>
*1965&ndash;1980 (d.): [[Ambrose Reeves]], Rector of Lewes (until 1972) and former [[Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg]]<ref>{{Who's Who | id= U158863 | title=Reeves, (Richard) Ambrose }}</ref>
*1966: [[Nathaniel Newnham Davis (bishop)|Nathaniel Newnham Davis]], former [[Bishop of Antigua]]<ref>{{Who's Who |id=U51703 |title=Davis, Nathaniel William Newnham }}</ref>
*1994{{snd}}1997 (res.): [[David Evans (bishop)|David Evans]], Gen. Sec. of [[South American Mission Society|SAMS]] and former [[Bishop in Peru]]<ref>{{Who's Who | id= U15158 | title=Evans, David Richard John }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity}}
* [[Archdeacon of Chichester]]
* [[Archdeacon of Hastings]]
* [[Archdeacon of Brighton and Lewes]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Heylyn|first= Peter |title= ''A Help to English History...etc.''|publisher=Paul Wright|location=London|year=1773|author-link=Peter Heylyn}}
* Kelly, S. E. 1998. Charters of Selsey. ''Anglo-Saxon Charters'' 6.
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