A list of all the bishops of Durham (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)
Tunstall, Cuthbert	1530	provided	1559	resigned
Pilkington, James	1561		1576
Barnes, Richard	1577	confirmed	1587
Hutton, Matthew	1589		1595	translated
Matthew, Tobias	1595		1606	translated
James, William	1606		1617
Neile, Richard	1617	confirmed	1628	translated
Howson, John	1628	confirmed	1632
Montaigne (Montague, Mountain), George	1628	nominated	1628	translated
Morton, Thomas	1632	confirmed	1659
Cosin, John	1660		1672
Crew, Nathaniel	1674	confirmed	1721
Talbot, William	1721	confirmed	1730
Chandler, Edward	1730	confirmed	1750
Butler, Joseph	1750	confirmed	1752
Trevor, Richard	1752	confirmed	1771
Egerton, John	1771	confirmed	1787
Thurlow, Thomas	1787	confirmed	1791
Barrington, Shute	1791	confirmed	1826
Van Mildert, William	1826	confirmed	1836