A list of all the bishops of Bristol (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).

NAME	Year appointed	(notes on appointment date)	End of tenure	(notes on end of tenure)
Bush, Paul	1542		1554	resigned
Holyman, John	1554		1558
Cheyney, Richard	1562	nominated	1579
Bullingham, John	1581		1589	resigned
Fletcher, Richard	1589		1593	translated
Thornborough, John	1603	confirmed	1617	translated
Felton, Nicholas	1617		1619	translated
Searchfield, Rowland	1619		1622
Wright, Robert	1623		1632	translated
Coke, George	1633		1636	translated
Skinner, Robert	1637		1641	translated
Westfield, Thomas	1642		1644
Howell, Thomas	1644		1646
Ironside, Gilbert	1661		1671
Carleton, Guy	1672		1679	translated
Gulston, William	1679		1684
Lake, John	1684	confirmed	1685	translated
Trelawney, Jonathan	1685		1689	translated
Ironside, Gilbert	1689		1691	translated
Hall, John	1691		1710
Robinson, John	1710		1714	translated
Smalridge, George	1714		1719
Boulter, Hugh	1719		1724	translated
Bradshaw, William	1724		1732
Cecil, Charles	1733		1734	translated
Secker, Thomas	1735		1737	translated
Gooch, Thomas	1737		1738	translated
Butler, Joseph	1738		1750	translated
Conybeare, John	1750		1755
Hume, John	1756		1758	translated
Yonge, Philip	1758		1761	translated
Newton, Thomas	1761		1782
Bagot, Lewis	1782		1783	translated
Wilson, Christopher	1783		1792
Madan, Spencer	1792		1794	translated
Courtenay, Henry Reginald	1794		1797	translated
Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker	1797		1803	translated
Pelham, George	1803		1807	translated
Luxmoore, John	1807		1808	translated
Mansel, William Lort	1808		1820
Kaye, John	1820		1827	translated
Gray, Robert	1827		1834
Allen, Joseph	1834		1836	translated