A list of all the English and Welsh bishops arranged alphabetically by surname. Unless otherwise stated, the year of appointment is the year of consecration and the end of tenure is the year of death. Bishops who were translated have separate entries for each bishopric held.

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).

NAME	Year appointed	(notes on appointment date)	End of tenure	(notes on end of tenure)	Diocese
Abbot, George	1609		1610	translated	Coventry & Lichfield
Abbot, George	1610	confirmed	1611	translated	London
Abbot, George	1611	confirmed	1633		Canterbury
Abbot, Robert	1615		1618		Salisbury
Aldrich, Robert	1537		1556		Carlisle
Allen, Edmund	1559	nominated	1559		Rochester
Allen, Joseph	1834		1836	translated	Bristol
Alley, William	1560		1570		Exeter
Andrewes, Lancelot	1605		1609	translated	Chichester
Andrewes, Lancelot	1609	confirmed	1619	translated	Ely
Andrewes, Lancelot	1619	confirmed	1626		Winchester
Ashburnham, William	1754		1797		Chichester
Atterbury, Francis	1713		1723	deprived	Rochester
Aylmer, John	1577		1594		London
Babington, Gervase	1591		1595	translated	Llandaff
Babington, Gervase	1595	confirmed	1597	translated	Exeter
Babington, Gervase	1597	confirmed	1610		Worcester
Bagot, Lewis	1782		1783	translated	Bristol
Bagot, Lewis	1783	confirmed	1790	translated	Norwich
Bagot, Lewis	1790	translated	1802		St. Asaph
Bagot, Richard	1829		1845	translated	Oxford
Baker, William	1723		1727	translated	Bangor
Baker, William	1727	confirmed	1732		Norwich
Bancroft, John	1632		1641		Oxford
Bancroft, Richard	1597		1604	translated	London
Bancroft, Richard	1604	confirmed	1610		Canterbury
Barlow, Thomas	1675		1691		Lincoln
Barlow, William	1536	elected	1548	translated	St. Davids
Barlow, William	1548	nominated	1553	resigned	Bath & Wells
Barlow, William	1559	confirmed	1568		Chichester
Barlow, William	1605		1608	translated	Rochester
Barlow, William	1608	confirmed	1613		Lincoln
Barnes, Richard	1570	confirmed	1577	translated	Carlisle
Barnes, Richard	1577	confirmed	1587		Durham
Barrington, Shute	1769		1782	translated	Llandaff
Barrington, Shute	1782	confirmed	1791	translated	Salisbury
Barrington, Shute	1791	confirmed	1826		Durham
Barrow, Isaac	1663		1671	translated	Sodor and Man
Barrow, Isaac	1670	translated	1680		St. Asaph
Bathurst, Henry	1805		1837		Norwich
Bayly, Lewis	1616		1631		Bangor
Baynes, Ralph	1554		1559	deprived	Coventry & Lichfield
Beadon, Richard	1789		1802	translated	Gloucester
Beadon, Richard	1802	confirmed	1824		Bath & Wells
Beauclerk, James	1746		1787		Hereford
Beaw, William	1679		1706		Llandaff
Bell, John	1539		1543	resigned	Worcester
Bellot, Hugh	1586		1595	translated	Bangor
Bellot, Hugh	1595	confirmed	1596		Chester
Bennett, Robert	1603		1617		Hereford
Benson, Martin	1735		1752		Gloucester
Bentham, Thomas	1560		1579		Coventry & Lichfield
Berkeley, Gilbert	1560		1581		Bath & Wells
Best, John	1561		1570		Carlisle
Bethell, Christopher	1824		1830	translated	Gloucester
Bethell, Christopher	1830	translated	1859		Bangor
Bethell, Christopher	1830	confirmed	1830	translated	Exeter
Beveridge, William	1704		1708		St. Asaph
Bickley, Thomas	1586		1596		Chichester
Bilson, Thomas	1596		1597	translated	Worcester
Bilson, Thomas	1597	confirmed	1616		Winchester
Bird, John	1539	elected	1541	translated	Bangor
Bird, John	1541	nominated	1554	deprived	Chester
Bishop's Peculiar	1717		1835		Salisbury
Bisse, Philip	1710		1713	translated	St. Davids
Bisse, Philip	1713	confirmed	1721		Hereford
Blackall, Offspring	1708		1716		Exeter
Blackburn, Lancelot	1717		1724	translated	Exeter
Blackburn, Lancelot	1724	confirmed	1743		York
Blandford, Walter	1665		1671	translated	Oxford
Blandford, Walter	1671	confirmed	1675		Worcester
Blethin, William	1575		1590		Llandaff
Blomfield, Charles James	1824		1828	translated	Chester
Blomfield, Charles James	1828	confirmed	1856	resigned	London
Blyth, Geoffrey	1503		1531		Coventry & Lichfield
Bonner, Edmund	1540		1549	deprived	London
Bonner, Edmund	1553	restored	1559	deprived	London
Boulter, Hugh	1719		1724	translated	Bristol
Bourne, Gilbert	1554		1559	deprived	Bath & Wells
Bowers, Thomas	1722		1724		Chichester
Bowle, John	1630		1637		Rochester
Bradbridge, William	1571		1578		Exeter
Bradford, Samuel	1718		1723	translated	Carlisle
Bradford, Samuel	1723	confirmed	1731		Rochester
Bradshaw, William	1724		1732		Bristol
Brideoake, Ralph	1675		1678		Chichester
Bridgeman, John	1619		1652		Chester
Bridges, John	1604		1618		Oxford
Bridgman, Henry	1671		1682		Sodor and Man
Brooks, James	1554		1559	deprived	Gloucester
Brownrigg, Ralph	1642		1659		Exeter
Buckeridge, John	1611		1628	translated	Rochester
Buckeridge, John	1628	confirmed	1631		Ely
Buckner, John	1798		1824		Chichester
Bulkeley, Arthur	1542		1553		Bangor
Bull, George	1705		1710		St. Davids
Buller, William	1792		1796		Exeter
Bullingham, John	1581		1589	resigned	Bristol
Bullingham, John	1581		1598		Gloucester
Bullingham, Nicholas	1560		1571	translated	Lincoln
Bullingham, Nicholas	1571	confirmed	1576		Worcester
Burgess, Thomas	1803		1825	translated	St. Davids
Burgess, Thomas	1825	confirmed	1837		Salisbury
Burnet, Gilbert	1689		1715		Salisbury
Bush, Paul	1542		1554	resigned	Bristol
Butler, John	1777		1788	translated	Oxford
Butler, John	1788	confirmed	1802		Hereford
Butler, Joseph	1738		1750	translated	Bristol
Butler, Joseph	1750	confirmed	1752		Durham
Butts, Robert	1733		1738	translated	Norwich
Butts, Robert	1738	confirmed	1748		Ely
Carey, Valentine	1621		1626		Exeter
Carey, William	1820		1830	translated	Exeter
Carey, William	1830	translated	1846		St. Asaph
Carleton, George	1618		1619	translated	Llandaff
Carleton, George	1619	confirmed	1628		Chichester
Carleton, Guy	1672		1679	translated	Bristol
Carleton, Guy	1679	confirmed	1685		Chichester
Carr, Robert James	1824		1831	translated	Chichester
Carr, Robert James	1831	confirmed	1841		Worcester
Cartwright, Thomas	1686		1689		Chester
Cecil, Charles	1733		1734	translated	Bristol
Cecil, Charles	1734	translated	1737		Bangor
Chaderton, William	1579		1595	translated	Chester
Chaderton, William	1595	confirmed	1608		Lincoln
Chamber, John	1541		1556		Peterborough
Chandler, Edward	1717		1730	translated	Coventry & Lichfield
Chandler, Edward	1730	confirmed	1750		Durham
Cheyney, Richard	1562	nominated	1579		Bristol
Cheyney, Richard	1562	in commendam	1579		Gloucester
Christopherson, John	1557		1558		Chichester
Clagett, Nicholas	1732		1742	translated	St. Davids
Clagett, Nicholas	1742	confirmed	1746		Exeter
Clavering, Robert	1725		1729	translated	Llandaff
Clavering, Robert	1728	translated	1747		Peterborough
Cleaver, William	1788		1800	translated	Chester
Cleaver, William	1800	translated	1806	translated	Bangor
Cleaver, William	1806	translated	1815		St. Asaph
Clerk, John	1523		1541		Bath & Wells
Coke, George	1633		1636	translated	Bristol
Coke, George	1636	confirmed	1646		Hereford
Coldwell, John	1591		1596		Salisbury
Compton, Henry	1674		1676	translated	Oxford
Compton, Henry	1676	confirmed	1713		London
Conybeare, John	1750		1755		Bristol
Cooper, Thomas	1571		1584	translated	Lincoln
Cooper, Thomas	1584	confirmed	1594		Winchester
Copleston, Edward	1828		1849		Llandaff
Corbet, Richard	1628		1632	translated	Oxford
Corbet, Richard	1632	confirmed	1635		Norwich
Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker	1797		1803	translated	Bristol
Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker	1803	confirmed	1808	translated	Hereford
Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker	1808	confirmed	1831		Worcester
Cornwallis, Frederick	1750		1768	translated	Coventry & Lichfield
Cornwallis, Frederick	1768	confirmed	1783		Canterbury
Cornwallis, James	1781		1824		Coventry & Lichfield
Cosin, John	1660		1672		Durham
Cotes, George	1554		1555		Chester
Cotton, Henry	1598		1615		Salisbury
Cotton, William	1598		1621		Exeter
Courtenay, Henry Reginald	1794		1797	translated	Bristol
Courtenay, Henry Reginald	1797	confirmed	1803		Exeter