A list of the Bishops of Ely
from the foundation of the See in 1109, until the present day
1 |
1109-1133 |
Hervey |
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2 |
1133-1174 |
Nigel |
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3 |
1174-1189 |
Geoffrey Ridel |
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4 |
1189-1198 |
William Longchamp |
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5 |
1198-1220 |
Eustace |
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6 |
1220-1225 |
John of Fountains |
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7 |
1225-1229 |
Geoffrey de Burgo |
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8 |
1229-1255 |
Hugh of Northwold |
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9 |
1255-1258 |
William of Kilkenny |
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10 |
1258-1286 |
Hugh of Balsham |
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11 |
1286-1290 |
John of Kirkby |
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12 |
1290-1299 |
William of Louth |
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13 |
1299-1303 |
Ralph Walpole |
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14 |
1303-1310 |
Robert Orford |
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15 |
1310-1316 |
John Ketton |
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16 |
1316-1337 |
John Hotham |
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17 |
1337-1345 |
Simon Montacute |
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18 |
1345-1362 |
Thomas de Lisle |
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19 |
1362-1367 |
Simon Langham |
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20 |
1367-1374 |
John Barnet |
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21 |
1374-1388 |
Thomas Arundel |
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22 |
1388-1426 |
John Fordham |
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23 |
1426-1435 |
Philip Morgan |
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24 |
1438-1444 |
Lewis of Luxembourg |
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25 |
1444-1454 |
Thomas Bourgchier |
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26 |
1454-1479 |
William Grey |
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27 |
1479-1486 |
John Morton |
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28 |
1486-1501 |
John Alcock |
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29 |
1501-1505 |
Richard Redman |
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30 |
1506-1515 |
James Stanley |
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31 |
1515-1534 |
Nicholas West |
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32 |
1534-1554 |
Thomas Goodrich |
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33 |
1554-1559 |
Thomas Thirlby |
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34 |
1559-1581 |
Richard Cox |
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35 |
1600-1609 |
Martin Heton |
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36 |
1609-1619 |
Lancelot Andrewes |
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37 |
1619-1628 |
Nicolas Felton |
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38 |
1628-1631 |
John Buckeridge |
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39 |
1631-1638 |
Francis White |
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40 |
1638-1667 |
Matthew Wren |
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41 |
1667-1675 |
Benjamin Laney |
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42 |
1675-1684 |
Peter Gunning |
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43 |
1684-1691 |
Francis Turner |
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44 |
1691-1707 |
Simon Patrick |
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45 |
1707-1714 |
John Moore |
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46 |
1714-1723 |
William Fleetwood |
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47 |
1723-1738 |
Thomas Greene |
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48 |
1738-1748 |
Robert Butts |
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49 |
1748-1754 |
Thomas Gooch |
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50 |
1754-1771 |
Matthias Mawson |
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51 |
1771-1781 |
Edmund Keene |
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52 |
1781-1808 |
James Yorke |
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53 |
1808-1812 |
Thomas Dampier |
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54 |
1812-1836 |
Bowyer Edward Sparke |
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55 |
1836-1845 |
Joseph Allen |
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56 |
1845-1864 |
Thomas Turton |
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57 |
1864-1873 |
Edward Harold Browne |
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58 |
1873-1886 |
James Russell Woodford |
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59 |
1886-1905 |
Alwyne Frederick Compton |
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60 |
1905-1924 |
Frederick Henry Chase |
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61 |
1924-1934 |
Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson |
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62 |
1934-1941 |
Bernard Oliver Francis Heyward |
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63 |
1941-1957 |
Harold Edward Wynn |
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64 |
1957-1964 |
Noel Baring Hudson |
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65 |
1964-1977 |
Edward James Keymer Roberts |
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66 |
1977-1990 |
Peter Knight Walker |
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67 |
1990-2000 |
Stephen Whitefield Sykes |
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68 |
2000-2010 |
Anthony John Russell |
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Source: Ely Diocesan Web Site
this page last revised 2 February 2011
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