Bishop of Durham

The post of Bishop of Durham has existed since the eighth century. After the Norman conquest the Bishop was made Prince-Bishop of the Palatinate of Durham. They had their own army, parliment, currency, and court system. The Prince-Bishop's authority was hedged after the English Civil War, and the Principality was abolished in 1836. The Palatinate court system, however, survived until 1971. The Bishop of Durham is still an important figure within the Church of England, and a member of the House of Lords.

Table of contents

1 Catholic Bishops of Durham
2 Catholic Prince-Bishops of Durham
3 Anglican Prince-Bishops of Durham
4 Anglican Bishops of Durham
5 External Links

Catholic Bishops of Durham

Aldhun 995-1018
Eadmund 1021-1041
Eadred 1041-1042
Ethelric 1042-1056
Ethelwin 1056-1071

Catholic Prince-Bishops of Durham

Walcher 1071-1080

William of St. Carileph 1081-1096

Ranulf Flambard 1099-1129
Geoffrey Rufus 1133-1140
William of St. Barbara 1143-1153
Hugh Pudsey 1153-1195
Philip of Poitou 1195-1208
Richard Marsh 1217-1226
Richard le Poor 1229-1237
Nicholas Farnham 1241-1249
Walter Kirkham 1249
Robert Stitchill 1260-1274
Robert of Holy Island 1274-1283
Antony Beck 1284-1310
Richard Kellaw 1311-1316
Lewis de Beaumont 1318-1333
Richard de Bury 1333-1345
Thomas Hatfield 1345-1381
John Fordham 1382-1388
Walter Skirlaw 1388-1406
Thomas Langley 1406-1437
Robert Neville 1437-1457
Laurence Booth 1457-1476
William Dudley 1476-1483
John Sherwood 1484-1494
Richard Fox 1494-1501
William Senhouse 1502-1505
Christopher Bainbridge 1507-1508
Thomas Ruthall 1509-1523
Thomas Wolsey 1523-1529

Anglican Prince-Bishops of Durham

Cuthbert Tunstall 1530-1559
James Pilkington 1561-1576
Richard Barnes 1577-1587
Matthew Hutton 1589-1595
Tobias Matthew 1595-1606
William James 1606-1617
Richard Neile 1617-1627
George Monteigne 1628
John Howson 1628-1632
Thomas Morton 1632-1659
John Cosin 1660-1672
Nathaniel Crewe 1674-1722
William Talbot 1722-1730
Edward Chandler 1730-1750
Joseph Butler 1750-1752
Richard Trevor 1752-1771
John Egerton 1771-1787
Thomas Thurlow 1787-1791
Shute Barrington 1791-1826
William Van Mildert 1826-1836

Anglican Bishops of Durham

Edward Maltby 1836-1856

Charles Longley 1856-1860
Henry Villiers 1860-1861
Charles Baring 1861-1879
Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1879-1889
Brooke Westcott 1890-1901
Handley Moule 1901-1920
Herbert Henson 1920-1939
Alwyn Wllliams 1939-1952
Arthur Michael Ramsey 1952-1956
Maurice Harland 1956-1966
Ian Ramsey 1966-1972
John Habgood 1973-1983
David Edward Jenkins 1984-1994
Michael Turnbull 1994-2003
Tom Wright 2003-present