Diocesan Bishops
| Bishops of Bristol | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1542 | 1554 | Paul Bush (Paul Bushe) |
Provincial of the Bonshommes; being married, resigned upon the accession of Queen Mary. |
| 1554 | December 1558 | John Holyman | Monk of Reading; died in office. |
| 1558 | 1562 | Vacant for 3 years. | |
| 1562 | 1579 | Richard Cheyney (Richard Cheney) |
Previously Canon at Westminster; with dispensation simultaneously held the separate diocesan see of Gloucester; died in office. |
| 1579 | 1581 | Vacant for 2 years. | |
| 1581 | 1589 | John Bullingham | Previously Canon of Worcester and Prebendary of Lincoln; with dispensation simultaneously held the separate diocesan see of Gloucester and prebendary of Hereford; died in office. |
| 1589 | 1593 | Richard Fletcher | Previously Dean of Peterborough; translated to Worcester then London. |
| 1593 | 1603 | Vacant for 10 years. | |
| 1603 | 1617 | John Thornborough | Translated from Limerick; translated to Worcester. |
| 1617 | 1619 | Nicholas Felton | Also Prebendary of St Paul's; translated to Ely. |
| 1619 | 1622 | Rowland Searchfield | Died in office. |
| 1623 | 1632 | Robert Wright | Translated to Lichfield & Coventry. |
| 1633 | 1636 | George Coke (George Cook) |
Previously Canon at St Paul's; translated to Hereford. |
| 1637 | 1641 | Robert Skinner | Translated to Oxford then Worcester. |
| 1642 | 1644 | Thomas Westfield | Also Archdeacon of St Albans since 1631; died in office. |
| 1644 | 1646 | Thomas Howell | Deprived for the Commonwealth. |
| 1646 | 1660 | Vacant for 16 years – Interregnum. | |
| 1661 | 1671 | Gilbert Ironside (Er) | Previously Prebendary of York; died in office. |
| 1672 | 1679 | Guy Carleton | Previously Dean of Carlisle; translated to Chichester. |
| 1679 | 1684 | William Gulston | Prebendary of Chichester, 1666–1681; died in office. |
| 1684 | 1685 | John Lake | Translated from Sodor & Man; translated to Chichester. |
| 1685 | 1689 | Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet | Translated to Exeter and then Winchester. |
| 1689 | 1691 | Gilbert Ironside (Yr) | Previously Vice-Chancellor at Oxford University; translated to Hereford. |
| 1691 | 1710 | John Hall | Also Master of Pembroke College, Oxford since 1664 and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford since 1676; died in office. |
| 1710 | 1714 | John Robinson | Also Dean of Windsor, 1709–1713 and Lord Privy Seal, 1711–1713; translated to London. |
| 1714 | 1719 | George Smalridge | Also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford since 1713; died in office. |
| 1719 | 1724 | Hugh Boulter | Previously Archdeacon of Surrey; also Dean of Christ Church; translated to Armagh. |
| 1724 | 1732 | William Bradshaw | Also Dean of Christ Church; died in office. |
| 1733 | 1734 | Charles Cecil | Translated to Bangor. |
| 1735 | 1737 | Thomas Secker | Previously Canon at Durham; translated to Oxford then Canterbury. |
| 1737 | 1738 | Thomas Gooch | Previously Archdeacon of Essex; translated to Norwich then Ely. |
| 1738 | 1750 | Joseph Butler | Previously Prebendary of Rochester; translated to Durham. |
| 1750 | 1755 | John Conybeare | Previously Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; died in office. |
| 1756 | 1758 | John Hume | Translated at Oxford then Salisbury. |
| 1758 | 1761 | Philip Yonge | Also Prebendary at St Paul's since 1754; translated to Norwich. |
| 1761 | 1782 | Thomas Newton | Previously Prebendary of Westminster; also Canon of St Paul's; also Dean of St Paul's from 1768; died in office. |
| 1782 | 1783 | Lewis Bagot | Also Dean of Christ Church since 1777; translated to Norwich then St Asaph. |
| 1783 | 1792 | Christopher Wilson | Died in office. |
| 1792 | 1794 | Spencer Madan | Translated to Peterborough. |
| 1794 | 1797 | Reginald Courtenay | Previously Prebendary at Rochester; translated to Exeter. |
| 1797 | 1802 | Folliott Cornewall | Previously Dean of Canterbury; translated to Hereford then Worcester. |
| 1802 | 1807 | The Hon George Pelham | Translated to Exeter then Lincoln. |
| 1807 | 1808 | John Luxmoore | Dean of Gloucester since 1800; translated to Hereford then St Asaph. |
| 1808 | 1820 | William Mansel | Also Master of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1798; died in office. |
| 1820 | 1827 | John Kaye | Also Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1814–1830; translated to Lincoln. |
| 1827 | 1834 | Robert Gray | Died in office. |
| 1834 | 1836 | Joseph Allen | Previously Prebendary at Westminster; translated to Ely. |
| Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol | |||
| 1836 | 1898 | In 1836, a new diocese and see of Gloucester and Bristol was formed. While both were separate from the old dioceses and sees of Bristol and of Gloucester (and from the ones which followed), the bishops for that period are listed at Bishop of Gloucester. | |
| Bishops of Bristol | |||
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1897 | 1914 | Forrest Browne | Translated from Stepney. |
| 1914 | 1933 | George Nickson | Translated from Jarrow. |
| 1933 | 1946 | Clifford Woodward MC | Translated to Gloucester. |
| 1946 | 1958 | Frederick Cockin | Previously Canon at St Paul's. |
| 1958 | 1975 | Oliver Tomkins | Previously Canon at Lincoln. |
| 1976 | 1985 | John Tinsley | Previously Professor of Theology at Leeds. |
| 1985 | 30 November 2002 | Barry Rogerson | Translated from Wolverhampton. |
| 2003 | present | Mike Hill | Translated from Buckingham. |
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