| width="20%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| olspan="3"|Diocese of Dorchester on Thames |
| small>625 or 634 to 650 | Birinus | Sent from Rome by the pope, founded missionary diocese; Saint Birinius |
| small>650 to ??? | Agilbertus | |
| small>?660 to ??? | tla | |
| olspan="3"|Diocese of Leicester |
| small>737 to 764 | Totta
(Torhthelm) | Became 1st Bishop of Leicester |
| small>764 to 786 | Edbertus
(Eadberht) | |
| small>786 to 801 | Unwona | |
| small>801 to 814 | Werinbertus
(Wernberht) | |
| small>814 to 861 | Rothunus
(Rthhun) | |
| small>861 to 873 | Aldredus
(Ealdred) | |
| small>December 840 or 844 to 869 or 888 | Ceolred | See transferred to Dorchester-on-Thames in 870s |
| olspan="3"|Diocese of Dorchester on the Thames - Dioceses of Lincoln (Sidnacester) and Leicester united c.870 |
| small>869 or 888 to 893 or 896 | Harlardus
(Alhheard) | |
| small>893 or 900 to 903 or 909 | Wigmund
(Wilferth) | |
| small>873 to 905 | Ceolredus | |
| small>905 or c.909 to 909 or 925 | Ceolulfus
(Cenwulf; Kenulphus) | |
| small>909 or 925 to 934 or 945 | Wynsige | |
| small>934 or 945 to 949 or 950 | thelwald | |
| small>949 to 950 to 959 | Osketel | Translated to York |
| small>??? to ??? | ?Wulfric | |
| olspan="3"|Diocese of Dorchester and Lincoln - (formerly identified as Dorchester and Sidnacester) |
| small>949 to 960 | Leofwynus
(Leofwine) | Bishop of Lindsey; united the sees of Dorchester and Sidnacester |
| small>960 or 971 or 975 to 967 or 975 or 979 | Alnothus
(Alfnoth) | |
| small>967 or 975 or 979 to 994 or 23 April 1002 | Ascwinus
(swy; scwig) | |
| small>994 or 1002 to 1004 or 1007 or 1009 | Alfhelmus
(lfhelm) | |
| small>1004 or 1007 or 1009 to 18 October 1016 | Eadnothus
(Eadnoth) | Abbot of Ramsey; killed at the battle of Assandun |
| small>1016 to 8 December 1034 | Eadhericus
(thelric; Brihtmr) | |
| small>1034 to 18/19 September 1049 | Eadnothus, Bishop of Dorchester, Leicester, and Sidnacester
(Eadnoth) | |
| small>1052 or 1049 to 14 September 1052 | Ulfus Normanus
(Ulf) | Royal priest; suspended at the Council of Vercelli 1050; expelled |
| small>1053 to 1067 | Wulfinus
(Wufwig) | Royal priest |
| small>1070 to 1071 | Remigius de Fcamp
(Remigius de Feschamp) | Moved the see to Lincoln |
| b>Diocese of Lincoln | colspan="2"|Constituted by William the Conqueror 1072 |
| small>1072 to 1092 | Remigius de Fcamp
(Remigius de Feschamp) | Almoner of Fcamp, Normandy |
| small>1092 to 1123 | Robert Bloet
(Robert Bluet) | Lord Chancellor |
| small>1123 to 1147 | Alexander | Archdeacon of Salisbury |
| small>1147 to 1166 | Robert de Chesney
(Robert de Cheney)
alias Querceto | Died in office |
| small>1168 to 1173 | vacant | For 7 years |
| small>1173 to 1183 | Geoffrey Plantagenet | Resigned |
| small>1173 to 1184 | Walter de Constantiis
(Walter de Coutances) | Archdeacon of Oxford; translated to Rouen |
| small>1184 to 1186 | vacant | For 2 years |
| small>1186 to 16 November 1200 | Hugh, Carthusian
(Hugh of Avalon) | Prior of the Carthusians at Witham, Somerset; ordained 21 September 1181; installed 29 September 1181; died in office; canonised 1220: Saint Hugh of Lincoln |
| small>1206 to 1209 | vacant | For 3 years |
| small>1203 to 1206 | William de Blois | Prebendary of Lincoln; consecrated 1203 |
| small>1206 to 1209 | vacant | For 3 years |
| small>1209 to 1235 | Hugo Wallis
(Hugh de Wells) | Archdeacon of Wells; Lord Chancellor |
| small>1235 to 1253 | Robert Grosseteste
(Robert Grosthead; Robert Grouthed) | Archdeacon of Leicester |
| small>1254 to 1258 | Henry de Lexington | Dean of Lincoln |
| small>1258 to 1280 | Benedict
(Richard de Gravesend) | Dean of Lincoln |
| small>1281 to 1300 | Oliver Sutton | Dean of Lincoln |
| small>1300 to 1320 | John de Dalderby
(John Aldberry; John d'Aldreby) | Chancellor of Lincoln |
| small>1320 to 1341 | Henry de Burghersh | Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor |
| small>1341 to 1347 | Thomas Bek
(Thomas le Bec) | |
| small>1347 to 1363 | John Gynwell
(John Gyndell; John Gyndwelle; John Sinwell) | Archdeacon of Northampton |
| small>1363 to 1398 | John Bokyngham
(John Bokingham) | Keeper of the Privy Seal |
| small>1398 to 1405 | Cardinal Henry Beaufort | Dean of Wells and Chancellor of Oxford; Lord Chancellor of |
| small>1405 to 1420 | Philip Repyngdon
(Philip de Repingdon) | Abbot of Leicester; Chancellor of Oxford; resigned on being elevated to Cardinal |
| small>1420 to 1431 | Richard Fleming
(Richard Fleyming) | Canon of Lincoln |
| small>1431 to 1436 | William Gray
(William Grey) | Translated from London |
| small>1436 to 1450 | William of Alnwick
(William Alnewick) | Translated from Norwich |
| small>1450 to 1451 | Marmaduke Lumley | |
| small>1451 to 1452 | vacant | |
| small>1452 to 1472 | John Chadworth | |
| small>1472 to 1480 | Thomas Rotherham | |
| small>1480 to 1494 | John Russell | |
| small>1496 to 1514 | William Smith | |
| small>6 February 1514 to September 1515 | Thomas Wolsey | Priest; ordained 26 March 1514; translated to York |
| small>1514 to 1541 | William Atwater | |
| small>1541 to 1547 | John Longland | |
| small>1547 to 1552 | Henry Holbeach | |
| small>1552 to 1554 | John Taylor | |
| small>1554 to 1557 | John White | |
| small>1557 to 1560 | Thomas Watson | |
| small>1560 to 1571 | Nicholas Bullingham | |
| small>1571 to 1584 | Thomas Cooper | Last Catholic Bishop of Lincoln |
| small>1584 to 1595 | William Wickham | |
| small>1595 to 1608 | William Chadderton | |
| small>1869 to ?1885 | Christopher Wordsworth | |
| small>1956 to 1974 | Kenneth Riches, DD | |
| small>1974 to 1987 | Simon Wilton Phipps, MC, MA | |
| small>1987 to 2002 | Robert Maynard Hardy | |
| small>2002 to present | Dr John Saxbee | |