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



Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain
The Church of England
    ProvincesDioceses
    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
    YorkBlackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield
The Church in Wales
    WalesBangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon
The Scottish Episcopal Church
    PrimusAberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
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Example Usage of Bristol

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