The Bishop of Bath and Wells is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury.
The diocese covers the County of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The see is in the City of Wells in Somerset where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew.
Wells has been the seat of a bishop since 909 although the see has been located at Wells and Bath both individually and jointly (with Bath Abbey serving as co-cathedral). The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Bryan Price, the 77th Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, who signs Peter Bath & Wells.
List of the Bishops of Bath & Wells, England and its precursor offices
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
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| See at Wells
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| 1061 to 1088 | Gisa, Bishop of Wells |
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| 1088 to 1090 | John de Villula, Bishop of Wells |
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| See at Bath
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| 1090 to 1122 | John de Villula, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1123 to 1135 | Godfrey, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1136 to 1166 | Robert, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1173 to 1191 | Reginald FitzJocelin, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1191 to 1192 | Savaric FitzGeldewin, Bishop of Bath |
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| Diocese of Bath & Glastonbury
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| 1192 to 1205 | Savaric FitzGeldewin, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1206 to 1218 | Jocelin of Wells, Bishop of Bath |
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| Diocese of Bath & Wells
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| 1218 to 1242 | Jocelin of Wells, Bishop of Bath |
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| 1244 to 1245 | Roger of Salisbury, Bishop of Bath | Becoming Bishop of Bath & Wells
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| Diocese of Bath and Wells
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| 1245 to 1247 | Roger of Salisbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells | Hitherto Bishop of Bath
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| 1248 to 1264 | William of Bitton I |
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| 1265 to 1266 | Walter Giffard |
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| 1267 to 1274 | William of Bitton II |
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| 1275 to 25 October 1292 | Robert Burnell | Died in office
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| 1293 to 1302 | William of March |
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| 1302 to 1308 | Walter Haselshaw |
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| 1309 to 1329 | John Droxford |
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| 1329 to 1363 | Ralph of Shrewsbury |
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| 1363 to 1366 | John Barnet |
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| 1367 to 1386 | John Harewell |
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| 1386 to 1388 | Walter Skirlaw |
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| 1388 to 1400 | Ralph Erghum |
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| 1401 to 1407 | Henry Bowet |
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| 1407 to 1424 | Nicholas Bubwith |
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| 1424 to 1443 | John Stafford |
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| 1443 to 1465 | Thomas Beckington |
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| 1466 to 1491 | Robert Stillington |
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| 1492 to 1494 | Richard Fox |
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| 1495 to 1503 | Oliver King |
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| 1504 to 1518 | Adriano de Castello |
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| 1518 to 1523 | Thomas Wolsey |
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| 1523 to 1541 | John Clerk |
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| 1541 to 1547 | William Knight |
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| 1548 to 1553 | William Barlow |
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| 1554 to 1559 | Gilbert Bourne |
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| 1560 to 1581 | Gilbert Berkeley |
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| 1584 to 1590 | Thomas Godwin |
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| 1593 to 1608 | John Stil |
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| 1608 to 1616 | James Montague |
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| 1616 to 1626 | Arthur Lake |
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| 1626 to 1628 | William Laud |
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| 1628 to 1629 | Leonard Mawe |
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| 1629 to 1632 | Walter Curle |
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| 1632 to 1670 | William Peirs |
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| 1670 to 1672 | Robert Creighton |
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| 1673 to 1684 | Peter Mews |
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| 1685 to 1690 | Thomas Ken | Consecrated 25 January 1685
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| 1691 to 1703 | Richard Kidder |
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| 1704 to 1727 | George Hooper |
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| 1727 to 1743 | John Wynne |
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| 1743 to 1773 | Edward Willes |
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| 1774 to 1802 | Charles Moss |
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| 1802 to 1824 | Richard Beadon |
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| 1824 to 1845 | George Henry Law |
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| 1845 to 1854 | Richard Bagot |
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| 1854 to 1869 | Robert John Eden, the 3rd Baron Auckland |
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| 1869 to 1894 | Arthur Charles Hervey |
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| 1894 to 1921 | George Wyndham Kennion |
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| 1921 to 1937 | St John Basil Wynne Wilson |
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| 1937 to 1943 | Francis Underhill |
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| 1943 to 1945 | John William Charles Wand |
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| 1946 to 1960 | Harold William Bradfield |
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| 1960 to 1975 | Edward Barry Henderson |
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| 1975 to 1988 | John Monier Bickersteth |
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| 1988 to 1991 | George Carey | Translated to Canterbury
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| 1991 to 2001 | James Lawton Thomson, MA, DLitt, FCA | Resigned
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| 2001 to present | Peter Bryan Price |
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