Bishop of Worcester
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The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the year 680.[1][2] From then until the 16th century, the bishops were in full communion with the Catholic Church. During the Reformation, the church in England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church, at first temporarily and later more permanently. Since the Reformation, the Bishop and Diocese of Worcester has been part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
The diocese covers most of the county of Worcestershire, including the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and parts of the City of Wolverhampton.[3] The Episcopal see is in the city of Worcester where the bishop's throne is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.[4] The bishop's official residence is the Old Palace, Worcester.[5] The bishops had two residences outside the city: Hartlebury Castle near Kidderminster from the 13th century to 2007 and a palace at Alvechurch until it was pulled down in the 17th century.
From the elevations of Oswald of Worcester in 961 at Worcester and 972 at York, until 1023 the see was usually held jointly with the (then rather poorer) Archbishopric of York.
List of bishops
Pre-Conquest
| Bishops of Worcester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 680 | 691 | Bosel | Resigned the See |
| 691 | 693 | Oftfor | |
| 693 | 717 | Ecgwine of Evesham | Also recorded as Ecgwin, Egwin and Eegwine |
| 718 | c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".744 | Wilfrith (I.) | Also recorded as Wilfrid |
| c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".743 | c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".775 | Milred | Also recorded as Mildred and Hildred |
| 775 | 777 | Waermund | Also recorded as Wærmund |
| 777 | c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".780/81 | Tilhere | |
| 781 | c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".799 | Heathured | Also recorded as Hathored, AEthelred and Æthelred |
| c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".799 | 822 | Denebeorht | Also recorded as Deneberht |
| 822 | c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".845/48 | Heahbeorht | Also recorded as Heahberht and Eadbert |
| c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".845/48 | 872 | Ealhhun | Also recorded as Alwin |
| 873 | 915 | Werferth | Also recorded as Waerfrith, Wærferth, Werfrith and Waerfrith |
| 915 | 922 | Æthelhun | |
| 922 | 929 | Wilfrith (II.) | |
| fl.929 | 957 | Koenwald | Also recorded as Cenwald and Coenwald |
| 957 | 959 | Dunstan | Previously Abbot of Glastonbury; translated to London; and later to Canterbury |
| 961 | 992 | Oswald | Held both Worcester and York ( 971–992) |
| 992 | 1002 | Ealdwulf | Previously Abbot of Peterborough; held both Worcester and York (995–1002) |
| 1002 | 1016 | Wulfstan (I.) | Translated from London; also Archbishop of York (1002–1023) |
| 1016 | 1033 | Leofsige | |
| 1033 | 1038 | Beorhtheah | |
| c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1040 | Lyfing (1st term) | Deprived from Worcester; also Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall (1027–1046) |
| 1040 | 1041 | Ælfric Puttoc | Also Archbishop of York, 1023–1041; deprived from both |
| 1041 | 1046 | Lyfing (2nd term) | Restored to Worcester |
| 1046 | 1061 | Ealdred | Translated from Hereford; later to York |
| 1062 | 1095 | Wulfstan (II.) | Canonized on 14 May 1203 by Pope Innocent III |
| Source(s):[2][6][7] | |||
Conquest to Reformation
| Bishops of Worcester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1096 | 1112 | Samson | |
| 1113 | 1123 | Theulf | Nominated in 1113; consecrated in 1115 |
| 1125 | 1150 | Simon | |
| 1151 | 1157 | John de Pageham | |
| 1158 | 1160 | Alured | |
| 1163 | 1179 | Roger | Also recorded as Roger of Gloucester |
| 1180 | 1185 | Baldwin | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1185 | 1190 | William of Northall | |
| 1191 | 1193 | Robert FitzRalph | Previously Archdeacon of Nottingham |
| 1193 | 1195 | Henry de Sully | Previously Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey |
| 1196 | 1198 | John of Coutances | |
| 1199 | 1212 | Mauger | Elected in 1199, but quashed by Pope Innocent III; later postulated to the See; consecrated in 1200 |
| 1213 | 1214 | Randulf of Evesham (bishop-elect) | Elected in December 1213, but quashed by the Papal legate, Niccolò de Romanis, in January 1214 |
| 1214 | 1216 | Walter de Gray | Translated to York |
| 1216 | 1218 | Sylvester | Also recorded as Sylvester of Evesham |
| 1218 | 1236 | William de Blois | |
| 1237 | 1266 | Walter de Cantilupe | |
| 1266 | 1268 | Nicholas of Ely | Formerly Archdeacon of Ely;translated to Winchester |
| 1268 | 1302 | Godfrey Giffard | |
| 1302 | John St German (bishop-elect) | Elected in March 1302, but quashed in October 1302 | |
| 1302 | 1307 | William Gainsborough | |
| 1307 | 1313 | Walter Reynolds | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1313 | 1317 | Walter Maidstone | |
| 1317 | 1327 | Thomas Cobham | Previously Archbishop-elect of Canterbury in 1313 |
| 1327 | Wulstan Bransford (bishop-elect) | Elected bishop but was quashed; later elected in 1339 | |
| 1327 | 1333 | Adam Orleton | Translated from Hereford; later to Winchester |
| 1333 | 1337 | Simon Montacute | Translated to Ely |
| 1337 | 1338 | Thomas Hemenhale | Translated from Norwich |
| 1339 | 1349 | Wulstan Bransford | |
| 1349 | 1353 | John of Thoresby | Translated from St David's; later to York |
| 1352 | 1361 | Reginald Brian | Translated from St David's |
| 1362 | 1363 | John Barnet | Translated to Bath and Wells; and later to Ely |
| 1363 | 1368 | William Whittlesey | Translated from Rochester; later to Canterbury |
| 1368 | 1373 | William Lenn | Translated from Chichester |
| 1373 | 1375 | Walter Lyghe (bishop-elect) | Elected in 1373, but quashed in 1375 |
| 1375 | 1395 | Henry Wakefield | |
| 1394 | 1401 | Robert Tideman of Winchcombe | Translated from Llandaff |
| 1401 | 1407 | Richard Clifford | Previously Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells; later translated to London |
| 1407 | 1419 | Thomas Peverel | Translated from Llandaff |
| 1419 | 1426 | Philip Morgan | Translated to Ely |
| 1425 | 1433 | Thomas Poulton | Translated from Chichester |
| 1433 | 1435 | Thomas Brunce (bishop-elect) | Elected bishop, but never consecrated; later became Bishop of Rochester |
| 1434 | 1443 | Thomas Bourchier | Translated to Ely; and later to Canterbury |
| 1443 | 1476 | John Carpenter | Nominated in 1443; consecrated in 1444; resigned the See in 1476; apparently used the style "Bishop of Worcester and Westbury"[8][9] |
| 1476 | 1486 | John Alcock | Translated from Rochester; later to Ely |
| 1486 | 1497 | Robert Morton | Nominated in 1486; consecrated in 1487 |
| 1497 | 1498 | Giovanni de' Gigli | |
| 1498 | 1521 | Silvestro de' Gigli | |
| 1521 | 1522 | File:Raffaello, ritratto di papa leone X tra i cardinali luigi de' rossi e giulio de' medici, 1518, 02.jpg Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici | Appointed apostolic administrator of the See of Worcester in 1521 and resigned in 1522; also Archbishop of Florence and Narbonne and Bishop of Eger; he was elected as Pope Clement VII in 1523.[10] |
| 1522 | 1535 | File:1535 HIERONYMUS DE GINUTIIS - GHINUCCI GIROLAMO.JPG Girolamo Ghinucci | Deprived of the See by Henry VIII when the king broke with Rome; later in 1535 Ghinucci was created a cardinal.[11] |
| Source(s):[2][6][12][13][14] | |||
During the Reformation
| Bishops of Worcester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1535 | 1539 | File:Hugh Latimer from NPG.jpg Hugh Latimer | Resigned the See |
| 1539 | 1543 | File:No image.svg John Bell | |
| 1543 | 1551 | File:Nicholas Heath by Hans Eworth.jpg Nicholas Heath (1st term) | Translated from Rochester; deprived of the See |
| 1552 | 1554 | File:John Hooper by Henry Bryan Hall after James Warren Childe cropped.jpg John Hooper | Translated from Gloucester, 20 May 1552 when Gloucester was reunited to Worcester; called "Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester" and "of Gloucester and Worcester"; deprived of the See.[15][16][17][18] |
| 1554 | 1555 | File:Nicholas Heath by Hans Eworth.jpg Nicholas Heath (2nd term) | Restored to the See; later translated to York |
| 1555 | 1559 | File:No image.svg Richard Pate | Deprived of the See. |
| Source(s):[2][6][14][19][20] | |||
Post-Reformation
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese are:
- 1936Template:Snd1944 (d.): Ridley Duppuy, Canon Residentiary of Worcester Cathedral, Archdeacon of Worcester (from 1938), Vice-Dean of Worcester (from 1940) and former Bishop of Victoria[29]
- 1946Template:SndJanuary 1953 (ret.): Bertram Lasbrey, Rector of St Andrew's &c. Worcester and former Bishop on the Niger[30]
- 1953Template:Snd1965 (ret.): Cyril Stuart, Rector of St Andrew's &c. Worcester (until 1965), Canon of Worcester thereafter, and former Bishop of Uganda[31]
- 1968Template:Snd1991 (ret.): Nicholas Allenby, former Bishop of Kuching[32]
- 1989Template:Snd2008 (d.): Kenneth Woollcombe, assistant priest in Upton Snodsbury (1989–?), former Bishop of Oxford and Assistant Bishop of London for Westminster[33]
References
Footnotes
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- ↑ Worcester Cathedral: Homepage. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
- ↑ Provincial Directory: Worcester. Anglican Communion. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 223–224, and 278.
- ↑ Oxford DNB – Carpenter, John (Accessed 20 February 2014)
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2. College: The College of Westbury-on-Trym (Accessed 20 February 2014)
- ↑ Cardinal Giulio de' Medici Template:Webarchive. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 278–280.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., "Bishops of Worcester", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, pp. 99–102.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., "Bishops of Worcester", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4, pp. 55–58.
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- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., "Bishops of Worcester", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 7, pp. 105–109.
- ↑ Episcopacy. British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638–60. Retrieved on 25 April 2021.
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