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List of the bishops of Carlisle

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A list of all the bishops of Carlisle (1540–1835) arranged by date of appointment. Unless otherwise stated, the year of appointment is the year of consecration and the end of tenure is the year of death.

Source:

Fryde, E. B., Greenway, D. E., Porter, S., Roy, I. (1986), Handbook of British Chronology (RHS, Guides and Handbooks, 2, 3rd edn, London: Royal Historical Society).

ID	NAME	Year appointed	(notes on appointment date)	End of tenure	(notes on end of tenure)
94	Aldrich, Robert	1537		1556
95	Oglethorpe, Owen	1556		1559	deprived
96	Best, John	1561		1570
97	Barnes, Richard	1570	confirmed	1577	translated
98	May, John	1577		1598
99	Robinson, Henry	1598		1616
100	Snowden, Robert	1616		1621
101	Milbourne, Richard	1621	nominated	1624
102	Senhouse, Richard	1624		1626
103	White, Francis	1626		1629	translated
104	Potter, Barnabas	1629		1642
105	Ussher, James	1642	in commendam	1656
106	Sterne, Richard	1660		1664	translated
107	Rainbowe, Edward	1664		1684
108	Smith, Thomas	1684		1702
109	Nicolson, William	1702		1718	translated
110	Bradford, Samuel	1718		1723	translated
111	Waugh, John	1723		1734
112	Fleming, George	1735		1747
113	Osbaldeston, Richard	1747		1762	translated
114	Lyttelton, Charles	1762		1768
115	Law, Edmund	1769		1787
116	Douglas, John	1787		1791	translated
117	Vernon (Harcourt), Edward Venables	1791		1808	translated
118	Goodenough, Samuel	1808		1827
119	Percy, Hugh	1827	confirmed	1856

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