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Bishop of Lichfield

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

Summary

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

Field	Value
bishopric	Lichfield
border	anglican
incumbent	Michael Ipgrave
province	Canterbury
residence	Bishop's House, Lichfield
established	7th century AD
cathedral	Lichfield Cathedral
first_incumbent	Diuma
Winfrith (first bishop at Lichfield)
diocese	Lichfield

Winfrith (first bishop at Lichfield) The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The Bishop's residence is the Bishop's House, Lichfield, in the cathedral close. In the past, the title has had various forms (see below). The current bishop is Michael Ipgrave, following the confirmation of his election on 10 June 2016.

History

The Anglo-Saxon dioceses before 925

The diocese of Mercia was founded 656 with Diuma as its first bishop; according to Bede he was at the same time the Bishop of Lindisfarne and of the Middle Angles, amongst whom he died. When Chad was made Bishop in 669, his seat was at Lichfield, thus the diocese was named after that city. In 691 the area over which the bishop held authority was divided to form the smaller dioceses of Lichfield, Leicester, Lindsey, Worcester and Hereford.

It was briefly the seat of an archbishop under Hygeberht from 787 to 799 (officially dissolved in 803) during the ascendancy of the kingdom of Mercia. Offa, King of Mercia seemed to resent his own bishops paying allegiance to the Archbishop of Canterbury in Kent who, whilst under Offa's control, was not of his own kingdom of Mercia. Offa therefore created his own archbishopric in Lichfield, who presided over all the bishops from the Humber to the Thames, in 786, with the consent of Pope Adrian I. The Pope's official representatives were received warmly by Offa and were present at the Council of Chelsea (787), often called 'the contentious synod', where it was proposed that the Archbishopric of Canterbury be restricted in order to make way for Offa's new archbishop. It was vehemently opposed, but Offa and the papal representatives defeated Jænberht, Archbishop of Canterbury, installing Hygeberht as the new Archbishop of Lichfield. Pope Adrian sent Hygeberht his ceremonial garment, obviously denoting his support for this move. In gratitude, Offa promised to send an annual shipment of gold to the pope for alms and supplying the lights in St. Peter's church in Rome. However the Archbishopric of Lichfield only lasted for 16 years, ending after Offa's death, when at the Fifth Council of Clovesho its dioceses were restored to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Leo III.

The bishop's seat was briefly moved to Chester in 1075, but by 1102 was in Coventry. From 1228 Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield became the official title with seats at both cathedrals, though various older names remained in common usage.

After the Reformation of the 1530s the cathedral at Coventry was demolished, and after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 the bishop used the style Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. In 1837 the ancient bishopric was divided. The archdeaconry of Coventry (comprising northern and eastern Warwickshire) was transferred to the see of Worcester and the style Bishop of Lichfield adopted.

List of bishops

Bishop of the Mercians	From	Until	Incumbent	Notes	Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey people (based at Lichfield)
?	aft 655	Diuma	Dwyna; Duma.
dates unclear	Ceollach	Cellach, a Scot; resigned and returned to Scotland.
c658	c 662	Trumhere	Trumhere, Abbot of Ingethling.
c 662	c 667	Jaruman
669	672	Chad	Saint Chad; Ceadda. Translated from York. After his consecration was first declared invalid and then restored; died in office.
672	c674	Winfrith	Winfride; Winfrid. Deprived by Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury.
c 676	bef 692	Seaxwulf	Saxulf; Sexulf. Abbot of Medeshamstede (Peterborough); Saint Sexwulf.
691	bet 716–727	Headda	Headdi; Eatheadus of Sidnacester.
bef 731	737	Aldwine	Aldwyn; Aldwini.
737	bet 749–767	Witta	Huitta.
bef 757	765	Hemele	Hemel.
c 765	c 769	Cuthfrith	Cuthred; died in office.
c 769	bet 777–779	Berhthun	Died in office.
779	787	Hygeberht	Higbert; created Archbishop by King Offa in 787.
787	799	Hygeberht	Higbert; Bishop until 787.
bet 799–801	bet 814–816	Ealdwulf	Adulphus; title of Archbishop laid aside.
bet 814–816	bet 817–818	Herewine
818	830	Æthelwold
830	bet 830–836	Hunberght	Humbert II.
bet 830–836	bet 841–845	Cynefrith	Cumbert; Cineferth; Saint Cumbert.
bet 843–845	bet 857–862	Tunberht	Tunbright; Tunfrith; Tumfriht.
bet 857–862	bet 866–869	Wulfsige
bet 866–869	bet 875–883	Eadberht	or perhaps Burgheard
bet 875–883	bet 889–900	Wulfred
bet 889–900	bet 909–915	Wilferth	or Wigmund; omitted from Haydn's.
bet 903–915	bet 935–941	Ælfwine
bet 935–941	bet 946–949	Wulfgar
bet 946–949	bet 963–964	Cynesige	Kinsey; Kynsy; Kinsius.
bet 963–964	975	Wynsige	Winsey; Winsius.
975	bet 1002–1004	Elphege
bet 1002–1004	after 1017	Godwin
after 1017	bet 1026–1027	Leofgar	Leosgar.
c 1027	1039	Brihtmær	Brithmar.
1039	1053	Wulfsige	Wulsy.
1053	1067	Leofwin	Abbot of Coventry.
1067	1075	Peter	In accordance with the decree of the Council of London (1075), removed see to Chester.
1075	1085	Peter
1086	1102	Robert de Limesey	Prebendary of St Paul's; removed see to Coventry.
1102	1117	Robert de Limesey	As above, title change only; died in office.
1117	1121	Vacant for 4 years
1121	1126	Robert Peche	Robert Pecham. Chaplain to Henry I; died in office.
1126	1129	Vacant for 2 years
1129	1148	Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry	Also called Bishop of Lichfield & Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
1149	1159	Walter Durdent
1161	1182	Richard Peche
1183	1184	Gerard la Pucelle
1184	1188	Vacant
1188	1198	Hugh Nonant
1198	1208	Geoffrey de Muschamp
1208	1215	Vacant due to interdict by Pope Innocent III against King John's realms.
1215	1223	William de Cornhill
1224	1228	Alexander de Stavenby	Became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
1228	1238	Alexander de Stavenby	Previously Bishop of Coventry.
1239	William de Raley	William Raleigh; elected by both the chapter of Coventry and that of Lichfield but being also elected Norwich he accepted that office.
1239	Nicholas Farnham	Elected by the Chapter of Coventry but did not take office, later Bishop of Durham.
1239	William de Manchester	Dean of Lichfield; elected by the Chapter of Lichfield but did not take office
1239	December 1241	Hugh de Pateshull	Lord Treasurer; accepted after much controversy between the two chapters and at Henry III's request; confirmed 25 December 1239; died in office.
December 1241	8 December 1241	Richard le Gras	Abbot of Evesham, elected but declined office or died before the disputed election was resolved.
December 1241	1245	Vacant
1243	Robert de Monte Pessulano	Elected but refused the appointment, finding the election disagreeable to Henry III.
1245	1256	Roger Weseham	Dean of Lincoln; appointed by Pope Innocent IV.
1258	1295	Roger de Meyland	Roger Longespée; Roger de Molend.
1296	1321	[[File:WalterDeLangton Died1321 BishopOfCoventry&Lichfield AfterDugdale.png	60px]] Walter Langton	Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.
1322	1358	Roger Northburgh	Roger de Northbrugh; Archdeacon of Richmond; Lord Keeper and Lord Treasurer.
1360	1385	Robert de Stretton	Canon of Lichfield.
1386	1386	Walter Skirlaw	Dean of St Martin's; translated to Bath & Wells.
1386	1398	Richard le Scrope	Translated to York.
1398	1414	John Burghill	Translated from Llandaff.
1415	1419	John Catterick	John Keterich; translated from St Davids; translated to Exeter.
1419	1419	James Cary	translated to Exeter but died before taking office thereof.
20 November 1420	13 March 1447	William Heyworth
1447	1452	William Booth	Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to York.
1452	Nicholas Close	Translated from Carlisle; Chancellor of Cambridge.
1453	1459	Reginald Boulers	Translated from Hereford.
1459	1490	John Hales	John Halse. Prebendary of St Paul's, London.
1493	1496	[[File:Bishop William Smyth.jpg	60px]] William Smyth	Archdeacon of Surrey; translated to Lincoln.
1496	1502	John Arundel	Dean of Exeter; translated to Exeter.
1503	1531	Geoffrey Blythe	Geoffry Blyth. Dean of York.
1534	1539	Rowland Lee	Chancellor and Prebendary of Lichfield and Lord President of Wales. Title changed when Coventry Cathedral was dissolved.
1539	1543	Rowland Lee	Previously Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, before the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
1543	1554	Richard Sampson	Translated from Chichester; Lord President of Wales.
1554	1559	Ralph Baines	The last Roman Catholic Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; deprived and died soon after.
1560	1579	Thomas Bentham	Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
1580	1609	William Overton	Prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury.
1609	1610	[[File:George Abbot from NPG cropped.jpg	60px]] George Abbot	Dean of Winchester; translated to London.
1610	1614	[[File:Richard Neile portrait.jpg	60px]] Richard Neile	Translated from Rochester; translated to Lincoln.
1614	1618	[[File:Joverall.jpg	60px]] John Overall	Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Norwich.
1619	1632	[[File:Thomas Morton portrait.jpg	60px]] Thomas Morton	Translated from Chester; translated to Durham.
1632	1643	[[File:Robert Wright, Warden of Wadham.jpg	60px]] Robert Wright	Translated from Bristol.
1644	1646	[[File:Abp Accepted Frewen.jpg	60px]] Accepted Frewen	Dean of Gloucester; deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646.
1646	1660	The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.
1660	1660	[[File:Abp Accepted Frewen.jpg	60px]] Accepted Frewen	Restored; translated to York, 4 October 1660.
1661	1670	[[File:Bp John Hacket.jpg	60px]] John Hacket	Canon-resident of St Paul's, London.
1671	1692	[[File:Bp Thomas Wood by Peter Lely.jpg	60px]] Thomas Wood	Dean of Lichfield.
1692	1699	[[File:WilliamLloydBpOfStAsaph.jpg	60px]] William Lloyd	Translated from St Asaph; translated to Worcester.
1699	1717	[[File:John Hough portrait.jpg	60px]] John Hough	Translated from Oxford; translated to Worcester.
1717	1730	[[File:EdwardChandler.jpg	60px]] Edward Chandler	Prebendary of Worcester; translated to Durham.
1731	1749	[[File:Bp Richard Smallbrooke.jpg	60px]] Richard Smalbroke	Translated from St Davids.
1750	1768	[[File:AbpFrederickCornwallis.jpg	60px]] Frederick Cornwallis	Canon of Windsor; Dean of St Paul's, London (1766); translated to Canterbury.
1768	1771	[[File:John Egerton Ep Dunelm.jpg	60px]] John Egerton	Translated from Bangor; translated to Durham.
1771	1774	[[File:Bp Brownlow North by Henry Howard.jpg	60px]] Brownlow North	Dean of Canterbury; translated to Worcester.
1775	1781	[[File:Richard-Hurd,-Bishop-of-Worcester.jpg	60px]] Richard Hurd	Master of the Temple; translated to Worcester.
1781	1824	[[File:Bp James 4th Earl Cornwallis.jpg	60px]] James Cornwallis	Earl Cornwallis after 1823. Dean of Canterbury; nephew of Frederick Cornwallis (above); died in office.
10 March 1824	31 March 1836	[[File:Bp Henry Ryder.jpg	60px]] Henry Ryder	Translated from Gloucester; died in office.
3 July 1836	24 January 1837	[[File:Samuel Butler Bp of Lichfield.jpg	60px]] Samuel Butler	Became Bishop of Lichfield when Coventry was transferred to Worcester diocese.
24 January 1837	4 December 1839	[[File:Samuel Butler Bp of Lichfield.jpg	60px]] Samuel Butler	Previously Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; died in office.
23 January 1840	11 October 1843	[[File:Bp James Bowstead by Martin Archer Shee.jpg	60px]] James Bowstead	Translated from Sodor & Man.
3 December 1843	19 October 1867	[[File:Portret van John Lonsdale, RP-F-2001-7-349-26.jpg	60px]] John Lonsdale	Archdeacon of Middlesex and Principal of King's College, London; died in office.
4 January 1868	11 April 1878	[[File:Selwyn, George Augustus (1809-1878), by Mason & Co..jpg	60px]] George Selwyn	Translated from New Zealand; died in office.
24 June 1878	28 July 1891	[[File:Apb William Dalrymple Maclagan.jpg	60px]] William Maclagan	Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington; translated to York.
29 September 1891	15 March 1913	[[File:Bp Augustus Legge.jpg	60px]] Augustus Legge		Confirmed 28 September 1891; died in office.
13 June 1913	15 June 1937	[[File:John Augustne Kempthorne Bishop of Lichfield.jpg	60px]] John Kempthorne
29 July 1937	11 January 1953	[[File:Edward Sydney Woods by Epstein.jpg	60px]] Edward Woods	Died in office.
29 September 1953	1 December 1974	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Stretton Reeve
2 January 1975	29 February 1984	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Kenneth Skelton	former Bishop of Matabeleland and Assistant Bishop of Durham; retired.
12 October 1984	2003	[[File:Bishop Keith - As a younger Clergyman in the 1980s.jpg	60px]] Keith Sutton
2003	30 September 2015	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Jonathan Gledhill	url=https://archive.today/20150308121807/http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/ournews/40-years-seem-a-good-stint/	date=8 March 2015 }} (Accessed 2 March 2015)
30 September 2015	10 June 2016	[[File:Paul Uppal, Bishop Clive Gregory and Supporters Cheer for Tax Justice (7898779326) (bishop cropped).jpg	60px]] Clive Gregory	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119120045/http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/ourpeople/bishops-and-archdeacons/the-bishop-of-lichfield/	date=19 November 2015 }} (Accessed 18 November 2015)
10 June 2016	incumbent	[[File:No image.svg	60px]] Michael Ipgrave

Assistant bishops

Among those called Assistant Bishop of Lichfield, or coadjutor bishop, were:

1869–1880: Edmund Hobhouse, former Anglican Bishop of Nelson
1870–1878: Charles Abraham, former Bishop of Wellington
1882–1891: Charles Bromby, Rector of Montford (until 1887), then Warden of St John's Hospital, Lichfield, and former Bishop of Tasmania

Notes

References

Beresford, W. (n.d.). Diocesan Histories: Lichfield. London: SPCK
Cahill, M. (2001). The diocese of Coventry and Lichfield 1603–1642. PhD dissertation. University of Warwick.
Cooper, T. N. (1994). Oligarchy and conflict : Lichfield Cathedral clergy in the early sixteenth century in 'Midland History', 19, 40–57.
Haydn, Joseph. (1894). Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894). Horace Ockerby.
Stenton, Frank M. (1971) Anglo-Saxon England (Third Edition). Oxford University Press
Whittaker, James. (2004). Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004. A & C Black, London.

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