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List of the bishops of Oxford

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A list of all the bishops of Oxford (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)
King, Robert 1542 nominated 1557
Curen, Hugh 1567 confirmed 1568
Underhill, John 1589 1592
Bridges, John 1604 1618
Howson, John 1619 1628 translated
Corbet, Richard 1628 1632 translated
Bancroft, John 1632 1641
Skinner, Robert 1641 confirmed 1663 translated
Paul, William 1663 1665
Blandford, Walter 1665 1671 translated
Crew, Nathaniel 1671 1674 translated
Compton, Henry 1674 1676 translated
Fell, John 1676 1686
Parker, Samuel 1686 1688
Hall, Timothy 1688 1690
Hough, John 1690 1699 translated
Talbot, William 1699 1715 translated
Potter, John 1715 1737 translated
Secker, Thomas 1737 confirmed 1758 translated
Hume, John 1758 confirmed 1766 translated
Lowth, Robert 1766 confirmed 1778 translated
Butler, John 1777 1788 translated
Smallwell, Edward 1788 confirmed 1799
Randolph, John 1799 1807 translated
Moss, Charles 1807 1811
Jackson, William 1812 1815
Legge, Edward 1816 1827
Lloyd, Charles 1827 1829
Bagot, Richard 1829 1845 translated
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