Bishop of Bristol - Definition and Overview

The Bishop of Bristol is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire. The see is in the City of Bristol where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which was elevated to cathedral status in 1542.

The diocese was created in 1542 under King Henry VIII. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Michael Hill, the 55th Lord Bishop of Bristol, who signs Michael Bristol.

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bristol, England

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1538 to 1542	Henry Holbeach, Suffragan Bishop of Bristol	Translated to Rochester
1542 to 1554	Paul Bush (Paul Bushe)	Provincial of the Bonshommes; resigned being married, on the accession of Queen Mary
1554 to 1558	John Holyman	Monk of Reading
1558 to 1562	vacant	For 3 years
1562 to 1579	Richard Cheyney (Richard Cheney)	Archdeacon of Hereford; with dispensation also held See of Gloucester
1579 to 1581	vacant	For 2 years
1581 to 1589	John Bullingham	Prebendary of Worcester and St Paul's, London; with dispensation also held See of Gloucester; resigned
1589 to 1593	Richard Fletcher	Dean of Peterborough; translated to Worcester
1593 to 1603	vacant	For 10 years
1603 to 1617	John Thornborough	Translated from Limerick; translated to Worcester
1617 to 1619	Nicholas Felton	Prebendary of St Paul's London; translated to Ely
1619 to 1622	Rowland Searchfield	Vicar of Charlbury, Oxfordshire
1623 to 1632	Robert Wright	Canon of Wells; translated to Lichfield & Coventry
1633 to 1636	George Coke (George Cook)	Rector of Bygrave, Hertfordshire; translated to Hereford Cathedral
1637 to 1641	Robert Skinner	Rector of Launten, Oxfordshire; translated to Oxford
1642 to 1644	Thomas Westfield	Ardchdeacon of St Albans
1644 to 1646	Thomas Howell	Canon of Windsor; died in office
1646 to 1660	vacant	For 16 years
1661 to 1671	Gilbert Ironside	Prebendary of York
1672 to 1679	Guy Carleton	Dean of Carlisle; translated to Chichester
1679 to 1684	William Gulston	Rector of Symondsbury, Dorsetshire
1684 to 1685	John Lake	Translated from Sodor & Man; translated to Chichester
1685 to 1689	Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bt	Translated to Exeter
1689 to 1691	Gilbert Ironside
1691 to 1710	John Hall
1710 to 1714	John Robinson
1714 to 1719	George Smalridge
1719 to 1724	Hugh Boulter
1724 to 1732	William Bradshaw
1733 to 1734	Charles Cecil
1735 to 1737	Thomas Secker
1737 to 1738	Thomas Gooch
1738 to 1750	Joseph Butler
1750 to 1755	John Conybeare
1756 to 1758	John Hume
1758 to 1761	Philip Yonge
1761 to 1782	Thomas Newton
1782 to 1783	Lewis Bagot
1783 to 1792	Christopher Wilson
1792 to 1794	Spencer Madan
1794 to 1797	Henry Reginald Courtenay
1797 to 1803	Ffolliott Cornewall
1803 to 1807	George Pelham
1807 to 1808	John Luxmore
1808 to 1820	William Mansel
1820 to 1827	John Kaye
1827 to 1834	Robert Gray
1834 to 1836	Joseph Allen
Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol
1836 to 1856	James Henry Monk
1856 to 1861	Charles Baring
December 1861 to 1863	William Thomson
1863 to 1897	Charles John Ellicott, DD
Diocese of Bristol
1897 to 1914	George Browne
1914 to 1933	George Nickson
1933 to 1946	Clifford Woodward
1946 to 1958	Frederick Cockin
1958 to 1975	Oliver Tomkins
1976 to 1985	Ernest Tinsley
1985 to 1998	Barry Rogerson
1998 to present	Michael Hill


Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain
The Church of England
Provinces	Dioceses
Canterbury	Bath & Wells \| Birmingham \| Bristol \| Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich \| Chelmsford \| Chichester \| Coventry \| Derby \| Ely \| Exeter \| Gibraltar in Europe \| Gloucester \| Guildford \| Hereford \| Leicester \| Lichfield \| Lincoln \| London \| Norwich \| Oxford \| Peterborough \| Portsmouth \| Rochester \| Saint Albans \| Salisbury \| Southwark \| Truro \| Winchester \| Worcester
York	Blackburn \| Bradford \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Durham \| Liverpool \| Manchester \| Newcastle \| Ripon and Leeds \| Sheffield \| Sodor & Man \| Southwell \| Wakefield
The Church in Wales
Wales	Bangor \| Llandaff \| Monmouth \| Saint Asaph \| Saint David's \| Swansea & Brecon
The Scottish Episcopal Church
Primus	Aberdeen and Orkney \| Argyll & the Isles \| Brechin \| Edinburgh \| Glasgow & Galloway \| Moray, Ross & Caithness \| Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
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Bishop of Bristol - Definition and Overview

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bristol, England

See also

Example Usage of Bristol