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List of the bishops of St David's

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A list of all the bishops of St David's (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)
Barlow, William 1536 elected 1548 translated
Ferrar, Robert 1548 1553 deprived
Morgan, Henry 1554 1559
Young, Thomas 1560 1561 translated
Davies, Richard 1561 translated 1581
Middleton, Marmaduke 1582 translated 1588 deprived
Rudd, Anthony 1594 1615
Milbourne, Richard 1615 1621 translated
Laud, William 1621 1626 translated
Field, Theophilus 1627 translated 1635 translated
Mainwaring, Roger 1636 1653
Lucy, William 1660 1677
Thomas, William 1678 1683 translated
Womock, Lawrence 1683 1686
Lloyd, John 1686 1687
Watson, Thomas 1687 1699 deprived
Bull, George 1705 1710
Bisse, Philip 1710 1713 translated
Ottley, Adam 1713 1723
Smalbroke, Richard 1724 1731 translated
Sydall, Elias 1731 1731 translated
Clagett, Nicholas 1732 1742 translated
Willes, Edward 1743 1743 translated
Trevor, Richard 1744 1752 translated
Ellis, Anthony 1753 1761
Squire, Samuel 1761 1766
Lowth, Robert 1766 1766 translated
Moss, Charles 1766 1774 translated
Yorke, James 1774 1779 translated
Warren, John 1779 1783 translated
Smallwell, Edward 1783 1788 translated
Horsley, Samuel 1788 1793 translated
Stewart (Stuart), William 1794 1800 translated
Murray, George 1801 1803
Burgess, Thomas 1803 1825 translated
Jenkinson, John Banks 1825 1840
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