High Medieval •
Halmar •
William •
Robert (I) • bef. 1135–aft. 1135:
Richard Peche (later
Bishop of Coventry) •
Adam de Stafford • –1149:
William de Villars • 1149–1152:
Robert (II) •
Hugh •
Thomas de Sancto Nicholao • bef. 1222–aft. 1231:
Ralph de Maidstone (also
Dean of Hereford from 1231) :
In 1228, Coventry diocese became the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. • bef. 1245–1246 (res.):
Silvester de Everdon (became
Bishop of Carlisle) • bef. 1248–aft. 1248:
Richard • bef. 1253–aft. 1253:
John Basing •
Simon de Albo Monasterio, Abbot of
St Werburgh's Abbey • bef. 1271–aft. 1271:
Adam de Stanford or Stafford • bef. 1279–aft. 1284:
Jordan of Wimborne/
de Wimburn • bef. 1289–1315 (d.):
Robert de Radewell Late Medieval • bef. 1315–bef. 1341 (d.):
Richard de Havering • 26 April–10 December 1330:
John de Ufford (royal grant revoked) • 29 January 1341–aft. August 1342 (res.):
Michael Northburgh • August 1342–14 July 1348 (d.):
Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso (
cardinal-bishop of Sabina) • 30 October 1348–bef. 1385 (res.):
William de Navesby • 16 October 1385 – 11 March 1387 (exch.):
Nicholas Slake • 11 March 1387–bef. 1390 (d.):
John de Herlaston • 22 February 1388–?:
John Ganville (ineffective royal grant) • 10 July 1390 – 15 May 1413 (exch.):
William de Neuhagh • 15 May 1413–bef. 1423 (d.):
Henry de Halsall • 7 March 1423–bef. 1425 (d.):
David Price • 5 July 1425–bef. 1433 (d.):
Richard Stanley • 6 March 1433–bef. 1449 (d.):
John Burdet • 26 April 1449–bef. 1454 (d.):
George Radclyf • 19 January 1454–bef. 1462 (d.): Sir
Edward Stanley • 5 November 1462–bef. 1467 (d.):
Thomas St Just • 10 October 1467–bef. 1474 (d.):
Henry Ince • 9 May 1474 – 1478 (res.):
John Morton • bef. 1478–bef. 1485 (d.):
James Stanley • 5 June 1485–bef. 1493 (d.):
Christopher Talbot • 11 February 1493 – 1499 (d.):
Edmund Chaderton,
Archdeacon of Salisbury (also
Archdeacon of Totnes) • 28 August 1499 – 1519 (res.):
John Vesey • 17 November 1519 – 1522 (res.):
Cuthbert Tunstall • 11 November 1522 – 20 May 1541 (surr.):
William Knight :
In 1539, the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield was renamed to Lichfield and Coventry. :
In 1541, the Diocese of Chester was created and Chester became part of the new diocese. Early modern • 5 August 1541 – 1554 (deprived):
John Birde,
Bishop of Chester • bef. 1559–1559 (deprived):
Robert Perceval (deprived) • aft. 1559–aft. 1562: Robert Perceval/Percival (restored) • bef. 1566–bef. 1595 (d.):
Robert Rogers • 3 January 1596–bef. 1619 (res.):
Cuthbert Bellott • 16 January 1619 – 5 February 1656 (d.):
George Snell • 19 October 1660–bef. 1667 (d.):
John Carter • 6 November 1666 – 7 April 1686 (d.):
William Finmore • 12 April 1686 – 17 April 1695 (d.):
John Allen • 30 April 1695 – 15 September 1707 (d.):
Edmund Entwisle • February 1708–30 June 1727 (d.):
John Thane • 12 September 1727 – 2 February 1747 (d.):
Lewis Stephens • 22 April 1747 – 13 April 1751 (d.):
William Powell • 20 April 1751 – 1 October 1785 (d.):
Abel Ward • 21 January–20 November 1786 (res.):
George Taylor • 27 November 1786 – 24 February 1797 (d.):
George Travis • 11 March 1797 – 29 December 1800 (d.):
Thomas Breithweite • 17 January 1801–bef. 1847 (d.):
Unwin Clarke • 23 February 1847 – 7 June 1865 (d.):
Isaac Wood • July 1865 - 29 August 1866 (d.):
Edward Woolnough Late modern • September 18661867 (d.):
Richard Greenall (11 May 1806 – 27 November 1867) • 1867–1871 (res.):
William Pollock (22 April 1812 – 11 October 1873) • 1871–1876 (res.):
Edward Johnson • 1877–1886 (res.):
John Darby • 1886–23 July 1914 (d.):
Edward Barber • 1914–14 March 1934 (d.):
Paige Cox • 1934–1937 (ret.):
Norman Tubbs,
Assistant Bishop • 1937–1965 (ret.):
Richard Burne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1965–1975 (ret.):
Leslie Fisher (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1975–1988 (ret.):
Leslie Williams • 1988–1993 (res.):
Michael Gear • 1993–1994 (res.):
Geoffrey Turner • 1994–2002 (ret.):
Christopher Hewetson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 2002–2010 (res.):
Donald Allister • September 2010–present:
Michael Gilbertson ==References==