Bishop of Carlisle - List of Bishops

List of Bishops

Bishops of Carlisle
From Until Incumbent Notes
1133 1156 Æthelwold Adelulf; Prior of St Oswald's, Nostell.
1156 1186 See vacant
1186 Paulinus of Leeds Master of St. Leonard's hospital, York; elected at Richard I's wish, but declined.
1186 1203 See vacant
1203 1214 Bernard Translated from Ragusa by Pope Innocent III; received royal assent 1204.
1214 1218 See vacant Scottish occupation 1216 to 1217.
1218 1223 Hugh of Beaulieu Abbot of Beaulieu Abbey.
1223 1246 Walter Mauclerk Walter Mauclerc; also Lord Treasurer 1227–33; resigned 1246.
1246 1254 Silvester de Everdon Previously Archdeacon of Chester and Keeper of the Great Seal.
1255 1256 Thomas Vipont Thomas de Veteri Ponte; previously Rector of Greystoke.
1256 Robert de Sancta Agatha Previously Archdeacon of Northumberland; elected but declined; later Archdeacon of Durham.
1258 1278 Robert de Chauncy Robert de Chause; Previously Archdeacon of Bath; chaplain to the queen.
1278 William Langton William de Langeton or William of Rotherfield; Dean of York; elected but refused.
1280 1292 Ralph of Irton Ralph de Ireton or Ralph Ireton; Prior of Gisborough Priory.
1292 1324 John de Halton John de Halghton; Canon of Carlisle.
1325 William Ayremyn Canon of York; elected 7 Jan 1325, but quashed 13 Feb 1325.
1325 1332 John Ross John de Rosse or John Ross; son of Lord de Ros. Canon of Hereford; appointed by Pope John XXII.
1332 1352 John Kirkby John de Kirkeby; Canon of Carlisle.
1352 John Horncastle John de Horncastle; elected but set aside by Pope Clement VI before consecration.
1353 1362 Gilbert Welton Gilbert de Wilton.
1363 1395 Thomas Appleby Thomas de Appleby; Canon of Carlisle.
1396 Robert Reed Robert Reade; translated from Waterford and Lismore; translated to Chichester.
1397 1400 Thomas Merke Thomas Merkes or Thomas Merks; deprived and imprisoned 10 January 1400, pardoned the following year, thereafter served as a deputy and acting bishop in Winchester.
1400 1419 William Strickland
1420 1423 Roger Whelpdale Provost of Queens' College, Cambridge.
1423 1429 William Barrow William Barrowe; translated from Bangor.
1429 1449 Marmaduke Lumley Previously Archdeacon of Northumberland and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; also Lord Treasurer 1446–9; translated to Lincoln.
1450 1452 Nicholas Close Previously Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry.
1452 1462 William Percy Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1451–6.
1462 1463 John Kingscote John Kingscotes; previously Archdeacon of Gloucester.
1464 1468 Richard Scroope Richard Scrope; Rector of Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire.
1468 1478 Edward Story Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1468–9; translated to Chichester.
1478 1495 Richard Bell Previously Prior of Durham; resigned; died 1496.
1495 1502 William Senhouse William Sever or William Seveyer; Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, York; translated to Durham.
1503 1508 Roger Leyburn Richard Leyburn; Archdeacon of Durham.
1508 1520 John Penny Translated from Bangor.
1521 1537 John Kite Translated from Armagh; titular Archbishop of Thebes 1521–37.
1537 1556 Robert Aldrich Provost of Eton and Canon of Windsor.
1557 1559 Owen Oglethorpe Dean of Windsor; crowned Elizabeth I 15 January; deprived 26 June; died 31 December 1559.
1560 Bernard Gilpin BD Declined the bishopric on the death of Oglethorpe.
1560 1570 John Best Prebendary of Wells.
1570 1577 Richard Barnes Previously suffragan Bishop of Nottingham 1567–70; later translated to Durham.
1577 1598 John May Prebendary of Ely.
1598 1616 Henry Robinson Provost of Queens' College, Cambridge.
1616 1621 Robert Snoden Robert Snowden or Robert Snowdon; Prebendary of Southwell.
1621 1624 Richard Milbourne Translated to St David's.
1624 1626 Richard Senhouse Dean of Gloucester.
1626 1629 Francis White Dean of Carlisle; translated to Norwich.
1629 1642 Barnaby Potter Provost of Queen's College, Oxford.
1642 1656 James Ussher in commendam only; Archbishop of Armagh; died in office.
1656 1660 See vacant Episcopacy abolished during the English Interregnum.
1660 1664 Richard Sterne Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; translated to York.
1664 1684 Edward Rainbowe Robert Snowdon.
1684 1702 Thomas Smith Dean of Carlisle.
1702 1718 William Nicolson Archdeacon and Prebendary of Carlisle; translated to Derry.
1718 1723 Samuel Bradford Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester.
1723 1734 John Waugh Dean of Gloucester.
1734 1747 Sir George Fleming Bt Dean of Carlisle.
1747 1762 Richard Osbaldeston Dean of York; translated to London.
1762 1768 Charles Lyttelton Dean of Exeter.
1769 1787 Edmund Law Archdeacon of Carlisle.
1787 1791 John Douglas Canon-resident of St Paul's; translated to Salisbury.
1791 1808 The Hon Edward Venables-Vernon Later Venables-Vernon-Harcourt; translated to York.
1808 1827 Samuel Goodenough Died in office.
1827 1856 The Hon Hugh Percy Translated from Rochester; died in office.
1856 1860 The Hon Henry Villiers Canon of St Paul's; translated to Durham.
1860 1869 The Hon Samuel Waldegrave Canon of Salisbury; died in office.
1869 1891 Harvey Goodwin Dean of Ely.
1892 1904 John Bardsley Translated from Sodor and Man.
1905 1920 John Diggle
1920 1946 Henry Williams Resigned 1946; died 1961.
1946 1966 Thomas Bloomer Resigned 1966; died 1984.
1966 1972 Cyril Bulley Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith; resigned 1972.
1972 1989 David Halsey Previously suffragan Bishop of Tonbridge; died 2009.
1989 1999 Ian Harland Previously suffragan Bishop of Lancaster; died 2008.
2000 2009 Graham Dow
2009 present James Newcome Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith.

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