Bishops of Rochester

    604   Justus
    624 Romanus
    633 Paulinus
    644 Ithamar
    664 Damianus
    669 Putta
    676 Cwichelm
    678 Gebmund
    716 Tobias
    727 Aldwulf
    741 Dunn
    747 Eardwulf
    772 Diora
    785 Waermund I
    805 Beornmod
    844 Tatnoth
    868 Badenoth
    868 Waermund II
    868 Cuthwulf
    880 Swithwulf
    900 Ceolmund
    c926 Cyneferth
    c934 Burhric
    949 Beorhtsige
    955 [Daniel?] Rochester or Selsey
    964 Ælfstan
    995 Godwine I
    1046 Godwine II
    1058 Siward
    1076 Arnost
    1077 Gundulf
    1108 Ralph d'Escures
    1115 Ernulf
    1125 John
    1137 John II
    1142 Ascelin
    1148 Walter
    1182 Waleran
    1185 Gilbert Glanvill
    1215 Benedict of Sausetun [Sawston]
    1227 Henry Sandford
    1238 Richard Wendene
    1251 Lawrence of St Martin
    1274 Walter Merton
    1278 John Bradfield
    1283 Thomas Ingoldsthorpe
    1292 Thomas of Wouldham
    1319 Hamo Hethe
    1353 John Sheppey
    1362 William of Whittlesey
    1364 Thomas Trilleck
    1373 Thomas Brinton
    1389 William Bottlesham [Bottisham]
    1400 John Bottlesham
    1404 Richard Young
    1419 John Kempe
    1422 John Langdon
    1435 Thomas Brouns
    1437 William Wells
    1444 John Low
    1468 Thomas Rotherham [otherwise Scott]
    1472 John Alcock
    1476 John Russell
    1480 Edmund Audley
    1493 Thomas Savage
    1497 Richard Fitz-James
    1504 John Fisher
    1535 John Hilsey [Hildesleigh]
    1540 Nicolas Heath
    1544 Henry Holbeach
    1547 Nicholas Ridley
    1550 John Ponet [Poynet]
    1551 John Scory
    1554 Maurice Griffith
    1560 Edmund Gheast [Guest]
    1572 Edmund Freke
    1576 John Piers
    1578 John Young
    1605 William Barlow
    1608 Richard Neile
    1611 John Buckeridge
    1628 Walter Curil
    1630 John Bowle
    1638 John Warner
    1666 John Dolben
    1683 Francis Turner
    1684 Thomas Sprat
    1713 Francis Atterbury
    1723 Samuel Bradford
    1731 Joseph Wilcocks
    1756 Zachary Pearce
    1774 John Thomas
    1793 Samuel Horsley
    1802 Thomas Dampier
    1809 Walker King
    1827 Hugh Percy
    1827 George Murray
    1860 Joseph Cotton Wigram
    1867 Thomas Legh Claughton
    1877 Anthony Wilson Thorold
    1891 Randall Thomas Davidson
    1895 Edward Stuart Talbot
    1905 John Reginald Harmer
    1930 Martin Linton Smith
    1940 Christopher Maude Chavasse
    1961 Richard David Say
    1988 Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull
106   1994 Michael James Nazir-Ali
    2010 James Langstaff

Source: Rochester Diocesan Web Site

Whittaker's Almanack lists Dr Nazir-Ali as the 106th bishop,
although his is the 108th name in the above list.

this page last revised 2 February 2011
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