Bishop of Bangor
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The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.
The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire. The see is in the City of Bangor where the seat is located at Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol.
The Bishop's residence is Tŷ'r Esgob in Bangor.
The diocese in the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd was founded around 546 by Saint Deiniol. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Phillip Anthony Crockett, the 80th Bishop of Bangor, who was enthroned at Bangor Cathedral on 18 September 2004 and who signs Anthony Bangor.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bangor
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| c546 to 572 | Deiniol | Saint Deiniol; founded monastery at Bangor 525; according to Haydn's bishop from 516 |
| 572 to c768 | unknown | |
| c768 to 809 | Elfodd | described in the annals as Chief bishop of Gwynedd; probably Bishop of Bangor but not described as such. |
| 809 to c904 | unknown | |
| c904 to 944 | Morlais | |
| ??? to 1055 | unknown | |
| c1050 to ???? | Dyfan | |
| c1081 to ???? | Revedun | |
| 1092 to 1109 | Hervey le Breton | Forced to flee diocese in late 1090s. Translated to Ely |
| 1109 to 1120 | Christopher Meare | |
| 1120 to 1139 | David the Scot | Presided over the building of Bangor cathedral |
| 1139 to 1161 | Meurig | |
| 1162 to 1177 | vacant |
For 16 years. Arthur of Bardsey chosen by Owain Gwynedd c. 1165 and consecrated in Ireland, but not accepted by Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 1177 to c1190 | Guy Rufus (Gwion) |
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| c1191 to 1195 | vacant | For 4 years |
| 1195 to 1197 | Alban (Alan) |
Prior of St John of Jerusalem |
| 1197 to 1212 | Robert of Shrewsbury | |
| 1215 to 1236 | Cadwgan I of Llandyfai (Martin) |
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| 1236 to 1240 | Hywel | |
| 1240 to 1267 | Richard | |
| 1267 to 1303 (or 1307) | Einion I, Bishop of Bangor | Archdeacon of Anglesey |
| 1303 to 1306 | Cadwgan II | |
| 1307 to 1300 | Gruffydd ap Iorwerth | According to Haydn's: 1306 to 1320 |
| 1320 to 1327 | Lewis | According to Heylyn |
| 1309 to 1328 | Einion Sais | According to Le Neve |
| 1327 to 1357 | Matthew de Englefeld (Madog ap Iowerth) |
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| 1357 to 1366 | Thomas de Ringstead | |
| 1366 to 1370 | Gervase de Castro | |
| 1370 to 1371 | Hywel ab Goronwy | |
| 1371 to 1375 | John Gilbert | |
| 1375 to 1400 | John Swaffham styled John Clovensis by Heylyn |
Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland |
| 1400 to 1405 | Richard Young | Translated to Rochester |
| 1405 to 1408 | Llywelyn Byford | |
| 1408 to 1418 | Benedict Nicholls | |
| 1418 to 1424 | William Barrow | Canon of Lincoln; translated to Carlisle |
| 1424 to 1436 | Nicholas Clitherow (alias John Clitherow) |
Canon of Chichester |
| 1436 to 1448 | Thomas Cheriton | |
| 1448 to 1454 | John Stanberry | |
| 1454 to 1464 | James Blakedon | Bishop of Achad-Fobhair |
| 1464 to 1496 | Thomas Edenham (alias Richard Evendon) |
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| 1496 to 1500 | Henry Deane | Prior of Llanthony and Lord Chancellor of Ireland |
| 1500 to 1504 | Thomas Pigot | |
| 1504 to 1509 | John Penny | Translated to Carlisle |
| 1509 to 1534 | Thomas Skeffington | Abbot of Waverley |
| 1534 to 1539 | John Salcott alias Capon |
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| 1539 to 1541 | John Bird | Last Provincial of the Carmelites; translated to Chester |
| 1541 to March 1552 | Arthur Bulkeley | Died in office |
| March 1552 to 1555 | vacant | for 3 years |
| 1555 to 1559 | William Glynn | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1559 to 1566 | Rowland Merrick | Chancellor and Residentiary of St David's |
| 1566 to 1585 | Nicholas Robinson | |
| 1585 to 1595 | Hugh Bellot | Translated to Chester |
| 1595 to 1598 | Richard Vaughan | Archdeacon of Middlesex; translated to Chester |
| 1598 to 1616 | Henry Rowlands | |
| 1616 to 1631 | Lewis Bayley | |
| 1631 to 1633 | David Dolben | |
| 1633 to 1637 | Edmund Griffith | Dean of Bangor |
| 1637 to 1666 | William Roberts | Sub-dean of Wells |
| 1666 to 1673 | Robert Morgan | Archdeacon of Merioneth |
| 1673 to 1689 | Humphrey Lloyd | Dean of St Asaph |
| 1689 to 1701 | Humphrey Humphreys | Dean of Bangor; translated to Hereford |
| 1701 to 1715 | John Evans | Translated to Meath, Ireland |
| 1715 to 1721 | Benjamin Hoadley | Rector of St Peter's-le-Poor, London; translated to Hereford |
| 1721 to 1723 | Richard Reynolds | Dean of Peterborough; translated to Lincoln |
| 1723 to 1728 | William Baker | Warden of Wadham College, Oxford; translated to Norwich |
| 1728 to 1734 | Thomas Sherlock | Dean of Chichester; translated to Salisbury |
| 1734 to 1737 | Charles Cecil | Translated from Bristol |
| 1737 to 1743 | Thomas Herring | Dean of Rochester; translated to York |
| 1743 to 1748 | Matthew Hutton | Translated to York |
| 1748 to 1756 | Zachary Pearce | Dean of Winchester; translated to Rochester |
| 1756 to 1769 | John Egerton | Dean of Hereford; translated to Lichfield and Coventry |
| 1769 to 1774 | John Ewer | Translated from Llandaff |
| 1774 to 1783 | John Moore | Dean of Canterbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1783 to 1800 | John Warren | Translated from St David's |
| 5 April 1800 to 1806 | William Cleaver | Translated from Chester; translated to St Asaph |
| 13 December 1806 to 1809 | John Randolph | Translated from Oxford; translated to London |
| 12 August 1809 to 9 July 1830 | Henry William Majendie | Translated from Chester; died in office |
| 10 October 1830 to 19 April 1859 | Christopher Bethell | Translated from Exeter; died in office |
| 12 May 1859 to 1890 | James Colquhoun Campbell | Archdeacon of Llandaff |
| 1890 to 1898 | Daniel Lewis Lloyd | |
| 1899 to 1924 | Watkin Herbert Williams | |
| 1925 to 1928 | Daniel Davies | |
| 1928 to 1944 | Charles Alfred Howell Green | Also Archbishop of Wales 1934-1944 |
| 1944 to 1948 | David Edwards Davies | |
| 1949 to 1956 | John Charles Jones | |
| 1957 to 1982 | Gwilym Owen Williams | Also Archbishop of Wales 1971-1982 |
| 1982 to 1992 | John Cledan Mears | |
| 1992 to 1999 | Barry Cennydd Morgan | Later Bishop of Llandaff and Archbishop of Wales 2002- |
| 2000 to 2004 | Francis James Saunders Davies | Elected 1999 |
| 2004 to present | Phillip Anthony Crockett | Archdeacon of Carmarthen and Vicar of Cynwyl Elfed, Cwm Duad and Newchurch; enthroned 18 September 2004 |
[edit] Sources
- M.L. Clarke (1969) Bangor Cathedral (History of Bsangor Diocese Vol. 1) (University of Wales Press)
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
- http://www.esgobaethbangordiocese.org
