bishop of chichester

The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. Sussex has held a bishopric since 681 when the first cathedral was founded at Selsey on a site which is now probably submberged by the sea off the Sussex coast near Selsey. The seat was moved to the City of Chichester in 1075 under William the Conqueror. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John William Hind, BA, the 102nd Lord Bishop of Chichester, who signs John Cicestr.

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Chichester, England and its precursor offices

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

width="20%"\|Tenure	width="40%"\|Incumbent	width="20%"\|Notes
olspan="3"\|See at Selsey
small>681 to 686	Wilfrid (Wilfride)	Expelled from York; Saint Wilfrid
small>686 to 705	Hedda
small>711 to 719	Eadbeorht (Eadbertus)	Abbot of Selssey
small>719 to 753	Eolla
small>	vacant
small>733 to 753	Sigga (Sigelmus; Sigfridus)
small>761 to 790	Ealabeorht (Alubrithus; Alubertus
small>790 to 817	Osweald (Osa; Bosa)
small>c.776 to c.783	Gislhere (Giselherus)
small>c.783 or 844 to c.788 or 873	Tota
small>c.788 or 873 to c.808 or 891	Withun (Wighthun)
small>c.808 or 891 to c.820 or 905	thelwulf (Ethelulphus)
small>c.820 to c.840	Coenred (Coenredus)
small>c.840 to ???	Guthheard
small>??? to ???	Wighelm
small>905 or 909 to 923 or c.930	Beornheah (Beornegus)	In Haydn is placed between Ethelulphus and Coenredus)
small>c.930 to c.942	Wulfhun	Omitted in Haydn
small>942 to 960	Guthard
small>c.942 to c.955	lfred (Alfredus)
small>955 to ???	Daniel	Omitted in Haydn
small>??? to ???	Beorhthelm
small>??? to ???	Eadhelm
small>980 to 1009	Orifbeort
small>1009 to 1032	lfmaer
small>1032 to 1039	thelric I
small>1039 to 1047	Grimcytel
small>1047 to 1058	Heca
small>1058 to 1070	thelric II
small>1070 to 1075	Stigand	See moved to Chichester
olspan="3"\|See at Chichester
small>1075 to 1087	Stigand, Bishop of Chichester	Hitherto Bishop of Selsey
small>1088 to 1088	Godfrey
small>1091 to 1123	Ralph de Luffa
small>1125 to 1145	Seffrid I
small>1147 to 1169	Hilary
small>1174 to 1180	John of Greenford
small>1180 to 1204	Seffrid II
small>1204 to 1207	Simon of Wells
small>1215 to 1217	Richard Poore
small>1218 to 1222	Ranulf of Wareham
small>1224 to 1244	Ralph Nevill
small>1245 to 1253	Richard Wich	Saint Richard of Chichester
small>1254 to 1262	John Climping
small>1262 to 1287	Stephen Bersted
small>1288 to 1305	Gilbert of St Leonard
small>1305 to 1337	John Langton
small>1337 to 1362	Robert Stratford
small>1362 to 1368	William Lenn
small>1369 to 1385	William Reade
small>1386 to 1389	Thomas Rushock
small>1390 to 1395	Richard Mitford
small>1395 to 1396	Robert Waldby
small>1397 to 1415	Robert Reade
small>1418 to 1420	Henry Ware
small>1421 to 1421	John Kempe
small>1421 to 1426	Thomas Polton
small>1426 to 1429	John Rickingale
small>1431 to 1438	Simon Sydenham
small>1438 to 1445	Richard Praty
small>1446 to 1450	Adam Moleyns
small>1450 to 1459	Reginald Pecock
small>1459 to 1477	John Arundel
small>1478 to 1503	Edward Story
small>1503 to 1506	Richard FitzJames
small>1508 to 1536	Robert Sherburne
small>1536 to 1543	Richard Sampson
small>1543 to 1551	George Day
small>1552 to 1553	John Scory
small>1553 to 1556	George Day
small>1557 to 1558	John Christopherson
small>1559 to 1568	William Barlow
small>1570 to 1582	Richard Curtis
small>1586 to 1596	Thomas Bickley
small>1596 to 1605	Anthony Watson
small>1605 to 1609	Lancelot Andrewes
small>1609 to 1619	Samuel Harsnett
small>1619 to 1628	George Carleton
small>1628 to 1638	Richard Montague
small>1638 to 1641	Brian Duppa
small>1642 to 1669	Henry King
small>1670 to 1675	Peter Gunning
small>1675 to 1678	Ralph Brideoake
small>1679 to 1685	Guy Carleton
small>1685 to 1689	John Lake
small>1689 to 1691	Simon Patrick
small>1691 to 1696	Robert Grove
small>1696 to 1709	John Williams
small>1709 to 1722	Thomas Manningham
small>1722 to 1724	Thomas Bowers
small>1724 to 1731	Edward Waddington
small>1731 to 1740	Francis Hare
small>1740 to 1754	Matthias Mawson
small>1754 to 1797	Sir William Ashburnham
small>1798 to 1824	John Buckner
small>1824 to 1831	Robert James Carr
small>1831 to 1836	Edward Maltby
small>1836 to 1840	William Otter
small>1840 to 1842	Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth
small>1842 to 1870	Ashurst Turner Gilbert
small>1870 to 1895	Richard Durnford
small>1896 to 1907	Ernest Roland Wilberforce
small>1908 to 1919	Charles John Ridgeway
small>1919 to 1929	Winfrid Oldfield Burrows
small>1929 to 1958	George Kennedy Allen Bell
small>1958 to 1974	Roger Plumpton Wilson
small>1974 to January 2001	Eric Waldram Kemp, DD	Retired
small>2001 to present	John William Hind, BA	Bishop of the Diocese in Europe

Bishop Of Chichester

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Chichester, England and its precursor offices

See also