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).

NAME	Year appointed	(notes on appointment date)	End of tenure	(notes on end of tenure)
Aldrich, Robert	1537		1556
Oglethorpe, Owen	1556		1559	deprived
Best, John	1561		1570
Barnes, Richard	1570	confirmed	1577	translated
May, John	1577		1598
Robinson, Henry	1598		1616
Snowden, Robert	1616		1621
Milbourne, Richard	1621	nominated	1624
Senhouse, Richard	1624		1626
White, Francis	1626		1629	translated
Potter, Barnabas	1629		1642
Ussher, James	1642	in commendam	1656
Sterne, Richard	1660		1664	translated
Rainbowe, Edward	1664		1684
Smith, Thomas	1684		1702
Nicolson, William	1702		1718	translated
Bradford, Samuel	1718		1723	translated
Waugh, John	1723		1734
Fleming, George	1735		1747
Osbaldeston, Richard	1747		1762	translated
Lyttelton, Charles	1762		1768
Law, Edmund	1769		1787
Douglas, John	1787		1791	translated
Vernon (Harcourt), Edward Venables	1791		1808	translated
Goodenough, Samuel	1808		1827
Percy, Hugh	1827	confirmed	1856