A list of all the bishops of Exeter (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)
Veysey, John	1519		1551	resigned
Coverdale, Miles	1551		1553	deprived
Veysey, John	1553	restored	1554
Turberville, James	1555		1559	deprived
Alley, William	1560		1570
Bradbridge, William	1571		1578
Woolton, John	1579		1594
Babington, Gervase	1595	confirmed	1597	translated
Cotton, William	1598		1621
Carey, Valentine	1621		1626
Hall, Joseph	1627		1641	translated
Brownrigg, Ralph	1642		1659
Gauden, John	1660		1662	translated
Ward, Seth	1662		1667	translated
Sparrow, Anthony	1667		1676	translated
Lamplugh, Thomas	1676		1688	translated
Trelawney, Jonathan	1689	confirmed	1707	translated
Blackall, Offspring	1708		1716
Blackburn, Lancelot	1717		1724	translated
Weston, Stephen	1724		1742
Clagett, Nicholas	1742	confirmed	1746
Lavington, George	1747		1762
Keppell, Frederick	1762		1777
Ross, John	1778		1792
Buller, William	1792		1796
Courtenay, Henry Reginald	1797	confirmed	1803
Fisher, John	1803		1807	translated
Pelham, George	1807	confirmed	1820	translated
Carey, William	1820		1830	translated
Bethell, Christopher	1830	confirmed	1830	translated
Philpotts, Henry	1831		1869