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Encyclopedia > Bishop of Saint David's

The Bishop of Saint David's is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint David's. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... St Davids ( Welsh: Tŷddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. ... In ecclesiastical terms an Ordinary is the incumbent of a position of authority within the hierarchical organisation of the Church. ... The Church in Wales is a member Church of the Anglican Communion. ...


The diocese covers the County of Dyfed and a part of West Glamorgan. The see is in the City of St David's where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint David which was probably founded as a cathedral in the 6th century on the site of the monastery founded by David. Dyfed was one of the ancient kingdoms (or principalities) of Wales prior to the Norman Conquest. ... West Glamorgan is a ceremonial preserved county of Wales, one of the divisions of the traditional county of Glamorgan. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... St Davids ( Welsh: Tŷddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. ... Saint David (c. ...


The Bishop's residence is Llys Esgob in Abergwilli, Carmarthen.


The office has been in existence since the founding of the cathedral. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Carl N Cooper, the 127th Bishop of Saint David's, who was consecrated at St Woolos Cathedral, Newport 20 April 2002 and enthroned in St David's Cathedral 11 May 2002 and who signs Carl St Davids. St Woolos Cathedral in the city of Newport is the cathedral for the diocese of Monmouth (Monmouthshire). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Saint David's, Wales

The accounts of the earliest incumbents on the list are conflicting.

Tenure Incumbent Notes
??? to ??? Kuelinus
(Ruelinus)
??? to ??? Rodheric
??? to ??? Elguni
(Elguen)
??? to ??? Lunverd
(Lywarch)
??? to ??? Nergu
(Vergu)
??? to ??? Sulhidyr
(Sulhidwr; Hubert)
??? to ??? Everus
(Eneuris)
??? to ??? Morgeneu
??? to ??? Nathan
??? to ??? Jovan
??? to ??? Argustell
??? to ??? Morgenveth
(Eurgeneu)
??? to ??? Ervin
(Hernun)
??? to ??? Tramarin
(Caermerin)
??? to ??? Joseph
??? to ??? Bleithud
??? to ??? Sulgheim
(Sulgeheyn)
??? to ??? Abraham
??? to ??? Sulgheim Restored
??? to ??? Hythmarch
??? to ??? Wilfride
(Griffel)
??? to ??? Bernardus
(Bernard)
Chancellor to Queen Adelize; first bishop to submit to the see of Canterbury
1147 to 1176 David Fitzgerald Archdeacon of Cardigan
1176 to 1198 Peter de Leia Prior of Wenlock
1198 to 1203 Giraldus Cambrensis Election disputed and not ratified by the king; resigned
1203 to 1214 Geoffrey de Henelawe
1214 to 1229 Gervase
(Iorwerth)
Died in office
1230 to 1248 Anselm le Gros
1248 to 1256 Thomas Wallensis
1256 to 1280 Richard de Carew
1280 to 1298 Thomas Beck
(Thomas de Beke)
Archdeacon of Dorset
1298 to 1328 David Martyn
(David Martin)
1328 to 1347 Henry Gower
1347 to 1350 John Thoresby Lord Chancellor; translated to Worcester
1350 to 1353 Reginald Brian Translated to Worcester
1353 to 1361 Thomas Falstoffe Parson of Fakenham, Norfolk
1361 to 1389 Adam Houghton Lord Chancellor
1389 Richard Metford Elected but set aside by the pope
1389 to c.1397 John Gilbert Translated from Hereford
c.1397 to 1401 vacancy For 4 years
1401 to 1408 Guy de Mona
(Guy de Mohun)
Lord Treasurer
1408 to 1414 Henry Chichele
(Henry Checheley; Henry Chicheley)
Archdeacon of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury
1414 to 1433 Benedict Nichols Translated from Bangor
1433 to 1442 Thomas Rodeburn Archdeacon of Sudbury
1442 to 1446 William Lynwood Lord Privy Seal
January 1447 to May 1447 John Langton Chancellor of Cambridge; died in office
15 September 1447 to 1460 John Delabere Dean of Wells
1460 to 1482 Robert Tully Monk of Gloucester
1482 to 1483 Richard Martin Privy Councillor to Edward IV
1483 to 1484 Thomas Langton Prebendary of Wells
1484 to 1485 Andrew … Surname not known
1485 to 1496 Hugh Pavy
(Hugh Parry)
Archdeacon of Wiltshire
1496 to May 1504 John Morgan
(John Young)
Dean of Windsor; died in office
1505 to 1509 Robert Sherborne Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Chichester
1509 to c.1521 Edward Vaughan Prebendary of Saint Paul's, London; died in office
1523 to 1536 Richard Rawlins Prebendary of Saint Paul's, London
1536 to 1549 William Barlow Translated from St Asaph; translated to Bath & Wells
1549 to 1553 Robert Ferrar Consecrated 9 September 1548; deprived by Queen Mary; burned at the stake
1553 to 1559 Henry Morgan Principal of St Edward's Hall, Oxford; deprived by Queen Elizabeth
1559 to 1561 Thomas Young Chancellor of St David's; translated to York
1561 to 7 November 1581 Richard Davies Translated from St Asaph; died in office
1582 to 1592 Marmaduke Middleton Translated from Waterford; deprived and driven into exile by Queen Mary
1592 to 1594 vacant
1594 to 1615 Anthony Rudd Dean of Gloucester
1615 to 1621 Richard Milbourne Dean of Rochester; translated to Carlisle
1621 to 1627 William Laud Dean of Gloucester; translated to Bath & Wells
1627 to 1635 Theophilus Field Translated from Llandaff
1635 to 1653 Roger Mainwaring Dean of Worcester; died in office
1653 to 1660 vacant Until the Restoration
1660 to 1677 William Lucy Rector of High Clere, Huntingdonshire; translated to Worcester
1677 to 1686 Lawrence Womach Archdeacon of Suffolk
1686 to 1687 John Lloyd Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
1687 to 1699 Thomas Watson Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; deprived for crimes including simony
1699 to 1705 vacant For 5 years
1705 to 1710 George Bull Archdeacon of Llandaff
1710 to 1712 Philip Bisse Translated to Hereford
1712 to 1723 Adam Ottley Archdeacon of Salop and Prebendary of Hereford
1723 to 1730 Richard Smalbroke Treasurer of Llandaff; translated to Lichfield & Coventry
1730 to 1731 Elias Sydall Dean of Canterbury; translated to Gloucester
1731 to 1743 Nicholas Clagget Dean of Rochester; translated to Exeter
1743 to 1744 Edward Willes Dean of Lincoln; translated to Bath & Wells
1744 to 1752 The Honourable Richard Trevor Canon of Windsor; translated to Durham
1752 to 1761 Anthony Ellis Prebendary of Gloucester
1761 to 1766 Samuel Squire Dean of Bristol
1766 to 1766 Robert Lowth Prebendary of Durham; translated to Oxford
1766 to 1774 Charles Moss Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Bath & Wells
1774 to 1779 The Honourable James York Dean of Lincoln; translated to Gloucester
1779 to 1783 John Warren Archdeacon of Worcester; translated to Bangor
1783 to 1788 Edward Smallwell Translated to Oxford
1788 to 1793 Samuel Horsley Prebendary of Gloucester; translated to Rochester
1793 to 1800 The Honourable William Stuart Canon of Christ Church, Oxford; translated to Armagh
20 December 1800 to 3 June 1803 Lord George Murray Died in office
25 June 1803 to 1825 Thomas Burgess Prebendary of Durham; translated to Salisbury
18 June 1825 to 7 July 1840 John Banks Jenkinson Died in office
23 July 1840 to 1874 Connop Thirlwall Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
1874 to 1897 William Basil Jones, DD
1897 to 1926 John Owen
???? to ???? David Lewis Prosser, LLD <smallsmall>Also Archbishop of Wales 1944-1949
1950 to 1956 William Thomas Havard, MC, TD, DD
1956 to 1971 John Richard Richards, DD
1971 to 1982 Eric Matthias Roberts, MA
1982 to 1995 George Noakes Also Archbishop of Wales 1987-1991
1995 to 2002 David Huw Jones
2002 to present Carl N Cooper


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Many people have been named Thomas Burgess, including: An English philosopher and author; see Thomas Burgess (philosopher). ... The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. 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The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Present may mean: present (time): time that is neither past nor future a gift: thing given free of charge, gratis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain
The Church of England
    Provinces Dioceses
    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
    York Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield
The Church in Wales
    Wales Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon
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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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop of the state Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion, outranking the other English archbishop, the Archbishop of York. ... The Bishop of Bath and Wells is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Birmingham is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham in the Province of Canterbury The diocese covers the north west of the traditional county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the diocese is... The Bishop of Bristol is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury The diocese covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough) and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located... The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Gibraltar is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe in the Province of Canterbury The office has been in existence since the union in 1980 of the see of Gibraltar (founded 1842) with the Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe (Fulham). ... The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. ... The current Bishop of London is Richard John Carew Chartres, who is the 132nd Bishop, and was installed on January 26, 1996. ... The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Oxford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Peterborough is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Portsmouth presides over a see encompassing southern Hampshire and the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England. ... The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. ... A list of the Anglican bishops of the Diocese of St Albans 1877 - Thomas Leigh Chaughton 1890 - John Wogan Festing 1903 - Edgar Jacob 1920 - Michael Bolton Furse 1944 - Philip Henry Loyd 1950 - Edward Michael Gresford Jones 1970 - Robert Runcie 1980 - John Bernard Taylor 1995 - Christopher William Herbert Categories: Religion stubs... The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Anglican Diocese of Southwark was formed in 1905 out of the Diocese of Rochester. ... The diocese of Truro is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England having been formed in 1876. ... The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ... The Bishop of Worcester controls the see of Worcester and has his seat in Worcester Cathedral. ... The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Bradford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bradford, in the Province of York The diocese covers the extreme west of Yorkshire, and has its see in the City of Bradford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter. ... The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. ... Arms of the Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ... The Bishop of Liverpool is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool in the Province of York. ... 1848 James Pannlie 1870 James Fraser 1886 James Moorhouse 1903 Edmund Arbuthnott Knox 1921 William Temple 1929 Frederic Sumpter Guy Warren (see also Bishop of Chelmsford) 1947 William Derrick Lindsay Greer 1970 Patrick Campbell Rodger 1979 Stanley Guy Francis Booth-Cloburn 1993 Christopher Mayfield 2003 Nigel Simeon McCullon ... The following have been Bishop of Newcastle. ... Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern diocese dates from 1836. ... The Bishop of Sheffield is the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Sheffield. ... The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York. ... The Bishop of Southwell is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell in the Province of York. ... List of the Bishops of Wakefield, located in West Yorkshire, England. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. ... The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. ... The Diocese of Monmouth was created in 1921, when the Church in Wales was disestablished from the Church of England. ... The Bishop of Saint Asaph is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint Asaph. ... List of Bishops of Swansea and Brecon 1927 Edwin Lathan Bevan 1934 John Morgan 1939 Edward William Williamson 1953 William Glyn Hughes Simon 1958 John James Absalom Thomas 1976 Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan 1988 Dewa Morris Bridges 1999 Anthony Edward Pierce Categories: Bishops ... The Primus, styled The Most Revd the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. ... The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. ...

Sources

  • 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
  • http://tejones.net/religion/Bishops

See also

  • Lists of office-holders


 

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