| width="20%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="30%"|Notes |
| small>676 to 693 or 688 | Putta, Bishop of Uuestor Elih | Deprived of Rochester; may not have actually held office of Bishop of Hereford but was considered to have been such by c.800 |
| small>688 or 693 to 705 or 710 | Thyrtell
(Tyrhtel; Tirhtullus) | |
| small>710 to 727 or 731 | Torchtere
(Torhthere;Tortherus) | |
| small>727 or 731 to 731 or 736 | Walchstod
(Walhstod; Walstodus; Wastoldus) | Abbot of Glastonbury |
| small>736 to 740 | Cuthbert
(Cuthbeorht) | Abbot of Lyminge; translated to Canterbury |
| small>741 to 747 or c.758 | Podda | |
| small>747 or c.758 to 758 or 770 | Acca
(Ecca) | |
| small>758 or 770 to 770 or 777 | Headda
(Cedda) | |
| small>777 or 778 to 781 or 786 | Aldberht
(Aaldberht; Albertus; Alberus) | |
| small>781 or 786 to 793 or 788 or 786 | Esne
(Esna) | |
| small>793 or 788 or 786 to 796 or 798 or 793 | Celmundus
(Ceolmund; Celmund) | |
| small>796 or 799 to c.798/9 or 801 | Edulf | |
| small>c.798 or 799 or 793 to 803 or 801 | Utel
(Utellus) | |
| small>803 or 801 or 799 to 824 or 822 | Wulfhard, Bishop of the church of Hereford
(Wulfheard; Wulfehard) | |
| small>824 or 825 to c.825 or 832 | Benna
(Beonna) | |
| small>c.825 or 832 to 838 or 839 | Eadulf
(Eadwulf; Edulph) | |
| small>838 or 839 or 836 to c.857 or 866 | Cuthwulf
(Cuthwolf) | |
| small>c.857 or 866 to 857 or 866 | Mucellus
(Mucel) | |
| small>866 or 857 to 868 or 888 or 884 | Deorlaf | |
| small>868 to 888 or 890 | thelbert | |
| small>888 to 895 or 888 or 890 | Cunemund
(Cynemund; Ceynemundus) | |
| small>895 to c.901 | Athelstan | |
| small>c.901 or 890? or 888 to c.930 or 931 | Eadgar
(Edgar) | |
| small>c.930 or 931 to c.935 or 937, 940, 934 | Tidhelm | |
| small>c.935 934 or 937 or 940 to 941 934 or 937 or 940 | Wulfhelm
(Wulfehelm) | |
| small>941 or 934 or 937 or 940/968 to c.966 949 or 958 or 971 | Aifric
(lfric) | |
| small>c.966 or 971 to 1012 or 1013 | Athulf
(thelwulf) | monk of the Old Minster, Winchester |
| small>968 to 971 | Wulfric | omitted in some lists |
| small>1012 or 1013/1016 to 10 February 1056 | Athelstan II | |
| small>March 1056 to 16 June 1056 | Leofgar
(Leovegard) | priest of Earl Harold; Saint Leovegard |
| small>1056 to 1061/1 | Ealdred
or vacant | Ealdred omitted in some lists; Bishop of Hereford and Worcester, resigned and translated to York 1060 |
| small>1060/1 to 1079 | Walter of Lorraine
(Walter of Lotharingia) | Chaplain to Queen Edith; consecrated 15 April 1061 |
| small>1079 to 1095/6 | Robert de Losinga
(Robert Losinga of Lorraine) | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London |
| small>1096 to 1101 | Gerard | Chancellor to William the conqueror; translated to York |
| small>1101 to 1107 | vacant | |
| small>1107 to 1115 | Reynelm
(Reinhelm; Reinelm) | Chancellor to the queen |
| small>1115 to 1121 | Geoffrey de Clive
(Geoffrey de Clyve) | Chaplain to the king |
| small>1121 to 1127 | Richard de Capella | Clerk of the Seal |
| small>1127 to 1131 | vacant | |
| small>1131 to 1148 | Robert de Bethune
(Robert de Betun) | Prior of Llanthony |
| small>1148 to 1163 | Gilbert Foliot | Abbot of Gloucester; translated to London |
| small>1163 to 1166 | Robert de Maledon
(Robert de Melun) | Prior of Llanthony; died in office |
| small>1166 to 1174 | vacant | |
| small>1174 to 1186 | Robert Foliot | Archdeacon of Oxford |
| small>1186 to 1198/1200 | William de Vere | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London |
| small>1198 to 1214 | Robert Grosseteste | Archdeacon of Wilts |
| small>1200 to 17 November 1215 | Giles de Braose
(Giles de Bruse) | Died in office; buried in South aisle of Hereford |
| small>1216 to 1219 | Hugh de Mapenor | Dean of Hereford |
| small>1219 to 1234 | Hugh Foliot | Archdeacon of Salop |
| small>1234 to December 1239 | Ralph de Maydenstune
(Ralph de Maidstone) | Dean of Hereford; resigned |
| small>1240 to 1268 | Peter de Egueblank
(Peter de Egeblaunch; Peter of Savoy; Peter D'Aquablanca) | |
| small>1268 to 1275 | John de Breton | |
| small>1275 to 1283 | Thomas de Cantilupe
(Thomas Cantilupe) | Archdeacon of Stafford; Lord Chancellor of England; Chancellor of Oxford; died in office; canonized in 1320: Saint Thomas de Cantilupe |
| small>1283/1289 to 1316/1290 | Richard Swinefield
(Richard de Swinfield) | |
| small>1316 to 1327 | Adam Orleton
(Adam de Orleton) | Lord Treasurer; translated to Worcester |
| small>1316??/1327 to 11 January 1344 | Thomas Charleton
(Thomas Charlton) | Privy seal to Edward II; Lord Treasurer 1328; Lord Chancellor of Ireland; died in office |
| small>1344 to 1361 | John Trilleck | |
| small>1361 to 1370 | Lewis de Charleton | Canon of Hereford; Chancellor of Oxford |
| small>1370 to 1375 | William Courtenay | Bishop of York; translated to London |
| small>1375 to 1389 | John Gilbert | Translated from Bangor; translated to St David's |
| small>1389 to 1404 | Thomas Trevenant
(Thomas Treffnant) | Canon of St Asaph and Lincoln |
| small>1404 to 1417 | Robert Mascall
(Robert Maschal) | Confessor to the king |
| small>1417 to 1420 | Edmund Lacy | Canon of Windsor; translated to Exeter |
| small>1420 to 1421 | Thomas Polton | Dean of York; translated to Chichester |
| small>1421 to 1448 | Thomas Spofford | Abbot of St Mary's, York; Bishop-elect of Rochester: removed to Hereford before consecration |
| small>1448 to 1450 | Richard Beauchamp | Archdean of Suffolk; translated to Salisbury |
| small>1450 to 1453 | Reginald Buller
(Richard Botteler) | Abbot of Gloucester; translated to Lichfield and Coventry |
| small>1453 to 1474 | John Stanberry
(... Stanbury) | Translated from Bangor; died in office |
| small>1474 to 1492 | Thomas Mylling
(Thomas Milling) | Abbot of Westminster |
| small>1492/3 to 1502 | Edmund Audley
(Edmund Touchet) | Translated from Rochester |
| small>1502/3 to 1504 | Adrian de Castello
(Adriano of Castelli) | Prebendiary of St Paul's, London; translated to Bath & Wells |
| small>1504 to 1516 | Richard Mayhew
(Richard Mayeu; Richard Mayo) | President of Magdalen College, Oxford |
| small>1516 to 1535 | Charles Booth | Prebendiary of Lincoln |
| small>1535 to 1538 | Edward Foxe
(Edward Fox) | Protestant; Provost of King's College, Cambridge |
| small>1538 to 1539 | Edmund Bonner | Protestant; Archdeacon of Leicester; translated to London before consecration |
| small>1539 to 1552 | John Skypp
(John Skip) | Protestant; Archdeacon of Dorset |
| small>1553 to 1554 | John Harley | Protestant; Prebendiary of Worcester; deprived for being married |
| small>1554 to 1557 | Robert Parfew
(Robert Purfoy; Robert Wharton) | Catholic; translated from St Asaph |
| small>1557 to 1558 | Thomas Reynolds | Nominated by Queen Mary but set aside by Queen Elizabeth and died a prisoner of the faith before consecration |
| small>1559 to 1585 | John Scory | Catholic; deprived Bishop of Chichester |
| small>1585 to 1602 | Herbert Westphaling | Canon of Windsor |
| small>1602 to 1617 | Robert Bennet | Dean of Windsor |
| small>1617 to 1634 | Francis Godwin | Translated from Llandaff |
| small> | William Juxton | Dean of Worcester; elected but translated to London before consecration |
| small> | Godfrey Goodman | Bishop of Gloucester; elected but declined the office |
| small>1634 to 1634 | Augustin Lindsell | Translated from Peterborough; died in office |
| small>December 1635 to June 1636 | Theophilus Field | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| small>1636 to 1646 | George Cook
(George Coke) | Translated from Bristol; died in office |
| small>1646 to 1660 | vacant | |
| small>1660 to 1661 | Nicholas Monk | Provost of Eton |
| small>1661 to 1692 | Herbert Croft | Dean of Hereford |
| small>1691 to 1701 | Gilbert Ironside | Translated from Bristol |
| small>1701 to 1712 | Humphrey Humphreys | Translated from Bangor |
| small>1712 to 1721 | Philip Bisse | Translated from St David's |
| small>1721 to 1723 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Bangor; translated to Salisbury |
| small>1723 to 1746 | The Honourable Henry Egerton | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford |
| small>1746 to 1787 | Lord James Beauclerc | Canon of Windsor; died in office |
| small>1787 to 1788 | The Honourable John Harley | Dean of Windsor; died in office |
| small>1788 to 1802 | John Butler | Translated from Oxford; died in office |
| small>1802 to 1808 | Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall | Translated from Bristol; translated to Worcester |
| small>16 July 1808 to 1815 | John Luxmore | Translated from Bristol; translated to St Asaph |
| small>23 July 1815 to April 1832 | George Isaac Huntingford | Translated from Gloucester; died in office |
| small>7 May 1832 to 24 June 1837 | The Honourable Edward Grey | Dean of Hereford; died in office |
| small>7 August 1837 to 1847 | Thomas Musgrave | Translated to York |
| small>11 December 1847 to 23 April 1868 | Renn Dickson Hampden | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; died in office |
| small>13 May 1868 to ???? | James Atlay, DD | Vicar of Leeds |
| small>???? to 1961 | | |
| small>1961 to 1974 | Mark Allin Hodson, BA | |
| small>1974 to 1990 | John Richard Gordon Eastaugh | |
| small>1990 to 30 November 2003 | John Keith Oliver, MA | Retired |
| small>2004 to present | Anthony Martin Priddis, MA, Dip.Theol. | Suffragan Bishop of Warwick; inaugurated 26 June 2004 |