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