Bishops of Oxford

1   1542   Robert King   Suffragan of Lincoln, first Bishop of Oxford, the seat of the Bishopric being at Osney
2   1559   Thomas Goldwell   Bishop of St Asaph 1558 Fled to Milan and Rome
            Nine years vacancy
3   1567   Hugh Coren or Curwen   Archbishop of Dublin
   

 

      Twenty-one years vacancy
4   1589   John Underhill   Rector of Lincoln College
   

 

      Eleven years vacancy
5   1604   John Bridges   Dean of Salisbury
6   1619   John Howson   Student of Christ Church
7   1628   Richard Corbet   Dean of Christ Church
8   1632   John Bancroft   Master of University College
9   1641   Robert Skinner   Bishop of Bristol (deprived during the Commonwealth but restored 1660)
10   1663   William Paul   Dean of Lichfield
11   1665   Walter Blandford   Warden of Wadham College
12   1671   Nathanial, Lord Crewe   Rector of Lincoln and Dean of Chichester
13   1674   Henry Compton   Canon of Christ Church
14   1676   John Fell   Dean of Christ Church
15   1686   Samuel Parker   Archdeacon of Canterbury
    1688   Timothy Hall   (denied installation by the Chapter of Christ Church)
16   1690   John Hough   President of Magdalen College
17   1699   William Talbot   Dean of Worcester
18   1715   John Potter   Regius Professor of Divinity
19   1737   Thomas Secker   Bishop of Bristol
20   1758   John Hume   Bishop of Bristol
21   1766   Robert Louth   Bishop of St David's
22   1777   John Butler   Prebendary of Winchester
23   1788   Edward Smallwell   Bishop of St David's
24   1799   John Randolph   Regius Professor of Divinity
25   1807   Charles Moss    
26   1832   William Jackson   Regius Professor of Greek
27   1816   Edward Legge   Dean of Windsor
28   1827   Charles Lloyd   Regius Professor of Divinity
29   1829   Richard Bagot   Dean of Canterbury
30   1845   Samuel Wilberforce   Dean of Westminster
31   1870   John Fielder Mackarness   Prebendary of Exeter
32   1889   William Stubbs   Bishop of Chester
33   1901   Francis Paget   Dean of Christ Church
34   1911   Charles Gore   Bishop of Birmingham (resigned See of Oxford 1919)
35   1919   Hubert Murray Burge   Bishop of Southwark
36   1925   Thomas Banks Strong   Bishop of Ripon (resigned See of Oxford 1937)
37   1937   Kenneth Escott Kirk   Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology
38   1955   Harry James Carpenter   Warden of Keble (resigned See of Oxford 1970)
39   1971   Kenneth John Woollcombe   Principal of Edinburgh Theological College (resigned See of Oxford 1978)
40   1978   Patrick Campbell Rodger   Bishop of Manchester (resigned See of Oxford 1986)
41   1987   Richard Douglas Harries   Dean of King's College, London

Source: Oxford Diocesan Web Site

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