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{{Short description|Head of the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph}}
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| coat              = Coat of Arms of the Diocese of St Asaph.svg
| incumbent         = [[Gregory Cameron]]
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| province          = [[Church in Wales|Wales]]
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| cathedral         = [[St Asaph Cathedral]]
| diocese           = [[Diocese of St Asaph|St Asaph]]
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The '''[[Bishop]] of [[St Asaph]]''' heads the [[Church in Wales]] [[diocese of St Asaph]].

The diocese covers the counties of [[Conwy county borough|Conwy]] and [[Flintshire]], [[Wrexham county borough]], the eastern part of [[Merioneth]] in [[Gwynedd]] and part of northern [[Powys]]. The [[cathedra|Episcopal seat]] is located in the [[St Asaph Cathedral|Cathedral Church of St Asaph]] in the [[city]] of [[St Asaph]] in [[Denbighshire]], north [[Wales]].

The Bishop's residence is Esgobty, St Asaph. The current bishop is [[Gregory Cameron]], who was elected on 5 January and consecrated on 4 April 2009. He became Bishop of St Asaph in succession to [[John Davies (bishop of St Asaph)|John Davies]], who was consecrated in October 1999 and who retired in 2008.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7808828.stm|title=New Bishop of St Asaph is chosen |publisher=BBC|date=2009-01-05|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

==Early times==
This diocese was supposedly founded by St [[Kentigern]] (Cyndeyrn) about the middle of the 6th century, although this is unlikely. The date often given is 583. Exiled from his [[Episcopal see|see]] in Scotland, Kentigern is said to have founded a monastery called Llanelwy – which is the Welsh name for St Asaph – at the confluence of the rivers Clwyd and Elwy in north Wales, where after his return to Scotland he was succeeded by [[Saint Asaph|Asaph]] or Asa, who was consecrated Bishop of Llanelwy. The [[Diocese of Llanelwy]] originally largely coincided with the [[kingdom of Powys]], together with the part of the [[kingdom of Gwynedd]] known as Gwynedd Is Conwy, but lost much territory first by the [[Mercia]]n encroachment marked by Watt's dyke and again by the construction of [[Offa's Dyke]], soon after 798. Nothing is known of the history of the diocese during the disturbed period that followed. Some historians doubt the existence of the diocese ''per se'' before the Norman period, and the bishop list and the fact that the [[Bishop of Bangor|Diocese of Bangor]], in the kingdom of Gwynedd, held large tracts of land there tends to confirm this.

==Middle Ages==
The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 gives scanty particulars of a few churches but is silent as to the cathedral. Early in the twelfth century Norman influence asserted itself and in 1143 [[Tedbald|Theobald]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], consecrated one Gilbert as Bishop of St. Asaph, but the position of his successors was very difficult and one of them, Godfrey, was driven away by poverty and the hostility of the Welsh. A return made in the middle of the thirteenth century (London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius, c. x.) shows the existence of eight rural deaneries, seventy-nine churches, and nineteen chapels. By 1291 the deaneries had been doubled in number and there were [[Cistercian]] houses at Basingwerk, Aberconwy, Strata Marcella and Valle Crucis, and a [[Cistercian nunnery]], [[Llanllugan Abbey]]. The cathedral, which had been burnt in the wars, was rebuilt and completed in 1295.  Dedicated to St Asaph, it was a plain massive structure of simple plan, and was again destroyed during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. When it was restored by Bishop Redman the palace was not rebuilt and thus the bishops continued to be nonresident, notwithstanding the fact that in the late Middle Ages the bishop had five episcopal residences, four of which were alienated under [[Edward VI of England]]. Redman was abbot of Shap Abbey and visitor for the Premonstratensian canons, and spent most of his time visiting their monasteries or his diocese; he was diligent in his duties and felt no need to be resident in the city. At the end of the fifteenth century there was a great revival of church building, as is evidenced by the churches of that date still existing in the diocese. The chief shrines in the diocese were [[St Winefred's Well]], St Garmon in Yale, St [[Saint Derfel|Derfel Gadarn]] in Edeirnion, [[Pennant Melangell|St Melangell at Pennant]], and the Holy Cross in Strata Marcella. All these were demolished at the Reformation. At that time the diocese contained one archdeaconry, sixteen deaneries, and one hundred and twenty-one parishes.

The names and succession of the bishops after Saints Kentigern and Asaph are not clearly known until 1143. The last bishop in communion with Rome was [[Thomas Goldwell]], who acceded in 1555 and was in the process of being transferred to Oxford when [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] died and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] came to the throne. Goldwell fled to the Continent and died in Rome on 13 April 1585, the last surviving member of the pre-Reformation hierarchy.

The ''Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales'' (1835) found the see had an annual net income of £6,301. This made it the wealthiest diocese in Wales and the fourth richest in Britain after Canterbury, London and Winchester.<ref>''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge'' Vol.III, (1847), London, Charles Knight, p.362</ref>

The see continued to be part of the Church of England until the Church was disestablished in Wales in 1920, since when it has been part of the ([[Anglican]]) [[Church in Wales]].

==List of the Bishops of St Asaph==
===Pre-reformation bishops===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of St Asaph
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center colspan=2|''6th century AD''
|'''Kentigern''' ([[Saint Mungo]])
|<small>Originally [[Bishop of Glasgow]] from {{circa|540}}; founded diocese as ''episcopus Elvensis'', ''Elguensis'', ''Elveiisis'', ''Lanelwensis''</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center colspan=2|''6th century AD''
|'''[[Saint Asaph]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center colspan=2|{{circa|600}}
|[[Tysilio|Saint Tysilio]]
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center colspan=2|{{circa|800}}
|[[Renchidus]]
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center colspan=2|{{circa|928}}
|[[Cebur]]
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center colspan=2|{{circa|1070}}
|[[Melanus]]
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1143
|align=center|{{circa|1151}}
|'''[[Gilbert (Bishop of St Asaph)|Gilbert]]'''
|<small>See recreated as suffragan of Canterbury</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|{{circa|1152}}
|align=center|1154
|'''[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1154
|align=center|1155
|'''[[Richard, Bishop of St Asaph|Richard]]'''
|<small>Died in office</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|{{circa|1160}}
|align=center|1165
|'''[[Godfrey, Bishop of St Asaph|Godfrey]]'''
|<small>Left see to become abbot of Abingdon in 1165, removed from office in 1175</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1175
|align=center|1181
|'''[[Adam the Welshman]]'''
|<small>Canon of Pershore</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1183
|align=center|{{circa|1186}}
|'''[[John I, Bishop of St Asaph|John I]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1186
|align=center|{{circa|1224}}
|'''[[Reiner, Bishop of St Asaph|Reiner]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1225
|align=center|{{circa|1233}}
|'''[[Abraham, Bishop of St Asaph|Abraham]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1235
|align=center|{{circa|1241}}
|'''[[Hugh, Bishop of St Asaph|Hugh]]'''
|<small>Monk of the Friars</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1242
|align=center|1247
|'''[[Hywel ab Ednyfed]]'''
|<small>Also known as Howel ap Ednevet</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1247
|align=center|1249
|''vacant''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1249
|align=center|1266
|'''[[Einion I, Bishop of St Asaph|Einion I]]'''
|<small>Also known as Anian</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1267
|align=center|1268
|'''[[John II, Bishop of St Asaph|John II]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1268
|align=center|1293
|'''[[Einion II, Bishop of St Asaph|Einion II]]'''
|<small>Also known as Anian de Schonau, prior of Rhudland</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1293
|align=center|1314
|'''[[Llywelyn de Bromfield]]'''
|<small>Also known as Leolinus de Bromfield</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1315
|align=center|{{circa|1352}}
|'''[[Dafydd ap Bleddyn]]'''
|<small>Also known as David ap Blethin; canon of St. Asaph</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1352
|align=center|1357
|'''[[John Trevor (died 1357)|John Trevor]]''' (I)
|<small>Also known as John Trevaur</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1357
|align=center|1375
|'''[[Llywelyn ap Madog]]'''
|<small> Also known as Leolinus ap Madoc ap Elis; dean of St. Asaph</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1376
|align=center|1382
|'''[[William Spridlington]]'''
|<small>Also known as William de Spridlington; dean of St. Asaph</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1382
|align=center|1389
|'''[[Lawrence Child]]'''
|<small>Monk of Battle Abbey, licentiate of the civil law</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1390
|align=center|1394
|'''[[Alexander Bache (bishop)|Alexander Bache]]'''
|<small>Also known as Alexander Bach; canon of St. Asaph</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1395
|align=center|1402
|'''[[John Trevor (died 1410)|John Trevor]]''' (II)
|<small>Prebendary of Hereford; deprived, possibly reinstated following David II as see not declared vacant prior to his death in 1410</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1402
|align=center|{{circa|1408}}
|'''[[David II (bishop)|David II]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1411
|align=center|{{circa|1433}}
|'''[[Robert Lancaster (bishop)|Robert Lancaster]]'''
|<small>Also known as Robert of Lancaster</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1433
|align=center|1444
|'''[[John Low (bishop)|John Low]]'''
|<small>Also known as John Lobbe; a friar eremite; translated to [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1444
|align=center|1449
|'''[[Reginald Pecock]]'''
|<small>Also known as Reginald Peacock; translated to [[Bishop of Chichester|Chichester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1450
|align=center|1463
|'''[[Thomas Bird (bishop)|Thomas Bird]]'''
|<small>Also known as Thomas Knight; deprived for rebellion; temporalities of the diocese to the king, the bishop of Rochester, Robert Caunton, and John Stanley before the pardoning of Thomas in 1471</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1471
|align=center|1495
|'''[[Richard Redman (bishop)|Richard Redman]]'''
||<small>Translated to [[Bishop of Exeter|Exeter]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|{{circa|1495}}
|align=center|1500
|'''[[Michael Deacon (bishop)|Michael Deacon]]'''
|<small>Also known as Michael Dyacon; the king's confessor</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1500
|align=center|1503
|'''[[Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Iorwerth]]'''
|<small>Also known as David ap Yeworth; abbot of Valle Crucis</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|{{circa|1503}}
|align=center|{{circa|1513}}
|'''[[Dafydd ab Owain (bishop)|Dafydd ab Owain]]'''
|<small>Also known as David ap Owen; abbot of Aberconwy</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1513
|align=center|1518
|'''[[Edmund Birkhead]]'''
|<small>Also known as Edmund Brokehed</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1518
|align=center|1535
|'''[[Henry Standish]]'''
|
|}

===During the Reformation===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of St Asaph
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|{{circa|1535}}
|align=center|1536
|'''[[William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)|William Barlow]]'''
|<small>Prior of Haverfordwest. Translated to [[Bishop of Saint David's|St David's]], then [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath & Wells]], then [[Bishop of Chichester|Chichester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1536
|align=center|1554
|'''[[Robert Parfew]]'''
|<small>Also known as Robert Warton; abbot of St. Savior's Bermondsey; translated to [[Bishop of Hereford|Hereford]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1556
|align=center|{{circa|1559}}
|'''[[Thomas Goldwell]]''' <small>[[Theatines|CR]]</small>
|<small>Went into voluntary exile</small> (as Catholic)
|}

===Post-Reformation===
====Bishops of the [[Church of England]]====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of St Asaph
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1560
|align=center|1561
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Richard Davies (bishop)|Richard Davies]]'''
|<small>Translated to [[Bishop of Saint David's|St David's]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1561
|align=center|1573
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Davies (bishop)|Thomas Davies]]'''
|<small></small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1573
|align=center|1600
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[William Hughes (Bishop of St Asaph)|William Hughes]]'''
|<small></small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1601
|align=center|1604
|[[File:BpWilliamMorgan.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Morgan (Bible translator)|William Morgan]]'''
|<small>Translator of the Bible into Welsh. Translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1604
|align=center|1623
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Richard Parry (bishop)|Richard Parry]]'''
|<small>Dean of Bangor</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1624
|align=center|1629
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[John Hanmer (bishop)|John Hanmer]]'''
|<small>Prebendary of Worcester</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1629
|align=center|1646
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[John Owen (bishop of St Asaph)|John Owen]]'''
|<small>Archdeacon of St Asaph; deprived of the see when episcopacy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646; died 1651</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1646
|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 bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1660
|align=center|1666
|[[File:George Griffith DD, Bp of St Asaph.jpg|60px]] '''[[George Griffith (bishop)|George Griffith]]'''
|<small>Archdeacon of St Asaph</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1667
|align=center|1670
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Henry Glemham]]'''
|<small>Dean of Bristol</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1670
|align=center|1680
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Isaac Barrow (bishop)|Isaac Barrow]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Sodor and Man|Sodor & Man]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1680
|align=center|1692
|[[File:WilliamLloydBpOfStAsaph.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Lloyd (bishop of Worcester)|William Lloyd]]'''
|<small>Dean of Bangor; translated to [[Bishop of Lichfield|Lichfield & Coventry]], then [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1692
|align=center|1703
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Edward Jones (bishop)|Edward Jones]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Cloyne|Cloyne]], Ireland</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1703
|align=center|1704
|[[File:Bp George Hooper.jpg|60px]] '''[[George Hooper (bishop)|George Hooper]]'''
|<small>Dean of Canterbury; translated to [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath & Wells]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1704
|align=center|1708
|[[File:Bp William Beveridge by Benjamin Ferrers.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Beveridge (bishop)|William Beveridge]]'''
|<small>Archdeacon of Colchester</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1708
|align=center|1714
|[[File:WilliamFleetwood.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Fleetwood]]'''
|<small>Canon of Windsor; translated to [[Bishop of Ely|Ely]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1714
|align=center|1727
|[[File:Bishop John Wynne.jpg|60px]] '''[[John Wynne (bishop)|John Wynne]]'''
|<small>Principal of Jesus College, Oxford; translated to [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath & Wells]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1727
|align=center|1731
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Francis Hare (bishop)|Francis Hare]]'''
|<small>Dean of Worcester and of St Paul's in London; translated to [[Chichester Cathedral|Chichester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1732
|align=center|1735
|[[File:Bp Thomas Tanner.jpg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Tanner (bishop)|Thomas Tanner]]'''
|<small>Canon of Christ Church, Oxford</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1736
|align=center|1743
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Isaac Maddox]]'''
|<small>Dean of Wells; translated to [[Bishop of Worcester|Worcester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1743
|align=center|1744
|[[File:John Thomas (bishop of Salisbury).jpg|60px]] '''[[John Thomas (bishop of Salisbury)|John Thomas]]'''
|<small>Dean of Peterborough; elected in Nov. but translated to [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]] in Jan. before consecration</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1744
|align=center|1748
|[[File:Bp Samuel Lisle.jpg|60px]] '''[[Samuel Lisle]]'''
|<small>Archdeacon of Canterbury; translated to [[Bishop of Norwich|Norwich]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1748
|align=center|1761
|[[File:Sir Joshua Reynolds - Robert Hay Drummond, D. D. Archbishop of York... - 46-1930 - Saint Louis Art Museum.jpg|60px]] '''[[Robert Hay Drummond]]'''
|<small>Prebendary of Westminster; translated to [[Bishop of Salisbury|Salisbury]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1761
|align=center|1769
|[[File:Bp Richard Newcome by Benjamin West.jpg|60px]] '''[[Richard Newcome]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1769
|align=center|1788
|[[File:JonathanShipley.jpg|60px]] '''[[Jonathan Shipley]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1789
|align=center|1790
|[[File:Henry Edridge00.jpg|60px]] '''[[Samuel Hallifax]]'''
|<small>Also known as Samuel Halifax; translated from [[Bishop of Gloucester|Gloucester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1790
|align=center|1802
|[[File:Bp Lewis Bagot by John Hoppner.jpg|60px]] '''[[Lewis Bagot]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Norwich|Norwich]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1802
|align=center|1806
|[[File:Samuel Horsley by Mrs Barou.jpg|60px]] '''[[Samuel Horsley]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Rochester|Rochester]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1806
|align=center|1815
|[[File:Bp William Cleaver by John Hoppner.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Cleaver]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Bangor|Bangor]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1815
|align=center|1830
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[John Luxmoore]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Hereford|Hereford]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1830
|align=center|1846
|[[File:Bp William Carey.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Carey (bishop)|William Carey]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Exeter|Exeter]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1846
|align=center|1870
|[[File:Thomas Vowler Short by MA Shee.jpg|60px]] '''[[Thomas Vowler Short]]'''
|<small>Translated from [[Bishop of Sodor and Man|Sodor & Man]]</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1870
|align=center|1889
|[[File:Joshua Hughes DD, Bp of St Asaph.jpg|60px]] '''[[Joshua Hughes (bishop)|Joshua Hughes]]'''
|<small>Vicar of Llandovery</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1889
|align=center|''1920''
|[[File:Alfred George Edwards by Solomon J Solomon.jpg|60px]] '''[[A. G. Edwards (bishop)|Alfred George Edwards]]'''
|<small>Church in Wales disestablished 1920</small>
|}

====Bishops of the disestablished [[Church in Wales]]====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Bishops of St Asaph
|-valign=center
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|''1920''
|align=center|1934
|[[File:Alfred George Edwards by Solomon J Solomon.jpg|60px]] '''[[A. G. Edwards (bishop)|Alfred George Edwards]]'''
|<small>First [[Archbishop of Wales]] 1920–1934</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1934
|align=center|1950
|[[File:Bishop Havard by Evan Walters.jpg|60px]] '''[[William Havard]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1950
|align=center|1971
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[David Bartlett (bishop)|David Bartlett]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1971
|align=center|1981
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Harold Charles]]'''
|

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1981
|align=center|1999
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[Alwyn Rice Jones]]'''
|<small>Archbishop of Wales 1991–1999</small>

|- valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1999
|align=center|2008
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]] '''[[John Davies (bishop of St Asaph)|John Davies]]'''||

|- valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|2009
|align=center|''incumbent''
|[[File:Gregory-Cameron.jpg|60px]] '''[[Gregory Cameron]]'''
|<small>Consecrated 4 April 2009</small>

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|align=center colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=hardyboy>Hardy, T. Duffus. ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae; or, a Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales, and of the Chief Officers in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge from the Earliest Times to the Year MDCCXV, Corrected and Continued to the Present Time,'' Vol. I, "[[s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/105|St. Asaph's]]". Oxford Univ. Press, 1854. Accessed 18 Feb 2013.</ref><ref name=crockfordsweb908>{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=908 |title=Historical successions: St Asaph |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>
|}

==Assistant bishops==
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been:
* 1993–1996: [[Huw Jones (bishop)|Huw Jones]], later [[Bishop of St&nbsp;Davids]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* ''Haydn's Book of Dignities'' (1894), Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
* ''Whitaker's Almanack'', 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker & Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050320015243/http://tejones.net/religion/Bishops/

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