A list of all the bishops of Chester (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)
Bird, John	1541	nominated	1554	deprived
Cotes, George	1554		1555
Scott, Cuthbert	1556	provided	1559	deprived
Downham, William	1561		1577
Chaderton, William	1579		1595	translated
Bellot, Hugh	1595	confirmed	1596
Vaughan, Richard	1597	nominated	1604	translated
Lloyd, George	1604	nominated	1615
Morton, Thomas	1616		1619	translated
Bridgeman, John	1619		1652
Walton, Brian	1660		1661
Ferne, Henry	1662		1662
Hall, George	1662		1668
Wilkins, John	1668		1672
Pearson, John	1673		1686
Cartwright, Thomas	1686		1689
Stratford, Nicholas	1689		1707
Dawes, William	1708		1714	translated
Gastrell, Francis	1714		1725
Peploe, Samuel	1726		1752
Keene, Edmund	1752		1771	translated
Markham, William	1771		1777	translated
Porteous, Beilby	1777		1787	translated
Cleaver, William	1788		1800	translated
Majendie, Henry William	1800		1809	translated
Sparke, Bowyer Edward	1810		1812	translated
Law, George Henry	1812		1824	translated
Blomfield, Charles James	1824		1828	translated
Sumner, John Bird	1828		1848	translated