A list of the Bishops of Ely
from the foundation of the See in 1109, until the present day  

1

 

1109-1133

 

Hervey

2

 

1133-1174

 

Nigel

3

 

1174-1189

 

Geoffrey Ridel

4

 

1189-1198

 

William Longchamp

5

 

1198-1220

 

Eustace

6

 

1220-1225

 

John of Fountains

7

 

1225-1229

 

Geoffrey de Burgo

8

 

1229-1255

 

Hugh of Northwold

9

 

1255-1258

 

William of Kilkenny

10

 

1258-1286

 

Hugh of Balsham

11

 

1286-1290

 

John of Kirkby

12

 

1290-1299

 

William of Louth

13

 

1299-1303

 

Ralph Walpole

14

 

1303-1310

 

Robert Orford

15

 

1310-1316

 

John Ketton

16

 

1316-1337

 

John Hotham

17

 

1337-1345

 

Simon Montacute

18

 

1345-1362

 

Thomas de Lisle

19

 

1362-1367

 

Simon Langham

20

 

1367-1374

 

John Barnet

21

 

1374-1388

 

Thomas Arundel

22

 

1388-1426

 

John Fordham

23

 

1426-1435

 

Philip Morgan

24

 

1438-1444

 

Lewis of Luxembourg

25

 

1444-1454

 

Thomas Bourgchier

26

 

1454-1479

 

William Grey

27

 

1479-1486

 

John Morton

28

 

1486-1501

 

John Alcock

29

 

1501-1505

 

Richard Redman

30

 

1506-1515

 

James Stanley

31

 

1515-1534

 

Nicholas West

32

 

1534-1554

 

Thomas Goodrich

33

 

1554-1559

 

Thomas Thirlby

34

 

1559-1581

 

Richard Cox

35

 

1600-1609

 

Martin Heton

36

 

1609-1619

 

Lancelot Andrewes

37

 

1619-1628

 

Nicolas Felton

38

 

1628-1631

 

John Buckeridge

39

 

1631-1638

 

Francis White

40

 

1638-1667

 

Matthew Wren

41

 

1667-1675

 

Benjamin Laney

42

 

1675-1684

 

Peter Gunning

43

 

1684-1691

 

Francis Turner

44

 

1691-1707

 

Simon Patrick

45

 

1707-1714

 

John Moore

46

 

1714-1723

 

William Fleetwood

47

 

1723-1738

 

Thomas Greene

48

 

1738-1748

 

Robert Butts

49

 

1748-1754

 

Thomas Gooch

50

 

1754-1771

 

Matthias Mawson

51

 

1771-1781

 

Edmund Keene

52

 

1781-1808

 

James Yorke

53

 

1808-1812

 

Thomas Dampier

54

 

1812-1836

 

Bowyer Edward Sparke

55

 

1836-1845

 

Joseph Allen

56

 

1845-1864

 

Thomas Turton

57

 

1864-1873

 

Edward Harold Browne

58

 

1873-1886

 

James Russell Woodford

59

 

1886-1905

 

Alwyne Frederick Compton

60

 

1905-1924

 

Frederick Henry Chase

61

 

1924-1934

 

Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson

62

 

1934-1941

 

Bernard Oliver Francis Heyward

63

 

1941-1957

 

Harold Edward Wynn

64

 

1957-1964

 

Noel Baring Hudson

65

 

1964-1977

 

Edward James Keymer Roberts

66

 

1977-1990

 

Peter Knight Walker

67

 

1990-2000

 

Stephen Whitefield Sykes

68

 

2000-2010

 

Anthony John Russell

Source: Ely Diocesan Web Site

this page last revised 2 February 2011
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