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Bishops of Ely Diocese
The diocese was created in 1109 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln
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| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| 1109-1133 |
Hervey |
Translated from Bangor |
| 1133-1174 |
Nigel |
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| 1174-1189 |
Geoffrey Ridel |
Died in office |
| 1189-1198 |
William Longchamp |
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| 1198-1220 |
Eustace |
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| 1220-1225 |
John of Fountains |
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| 1225-1229 |
Geoffrey de Burgo |
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| 1229-1255 |
Hugh of Northwold |
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| 1255-1258 |
William of Kilkenny |
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| 1258-1286 |
Hugh of Balsham |
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| 1286-1290 |
John of Kirkby |
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| 1290-1299 |
William of Louth |
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| 1299-1303 |
Ralph Walpole |
Translated from Peterborough |
| 1303-1310 |
Robert Orford |
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| 1310-1316 |
John Ketton |
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| 1316-1337 |
John Hotham |
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| 1337-1345 |
Simon Montacute |
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| 1345-1362 |
Thomas de Lisle |
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| 1362-1367 |
Simon Langham |
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| 1367-1374 |
John Barnet |
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| 1374-1388 |
Thomas Arundel |
Translated to York |
| 1388-1426 |
John Fordham |
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| 1426-1428 |
Philip Morgan |
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| 1438-1444 |
Lewis of Luxembourg |
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| 1444-1454 |
Thomas Bourgchier |
Translated to Canterbury |
| 1454-1479 |
William Grey |
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| 1479-1486 |
John Morton |
Translated to Canterbury |
| 1486-1501 |
John Alcock |
Translated from Worchester |
| 1501-1505 |
Richard Redman |
Translated from Exeter; died in office |
| 1506-1515 |
James Stanley |
Constituted by Papal Bull |
| 1515-1534 |
Nicholas West |
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| 1534-1554 |
Thomas Goodrich |
Died in office |
| 1554-1559 |
Thomas Thirlby |
Translated from Norwich; deprived |
| 1559-1581 |
Richard Cox |
Died in office |
| 1600-1609 |
Martin Heton |
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| 1609-1619 |
Lancelot Andrewes |
Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| 1619-1628 |
Nicholas Felton |
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| 1628-1631 |
John Buckeridge |
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| 1631-1638 |
Francis White |
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| 1638-1667 |
Matthew Wren |
Translated from Norwich |
| 1667-1675 |
Benjamin Laney |
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| 1675-1684 |
Peter Gunning |
Translated from Chichester; died in office |
| 1684-1691 |
Francis Turner |
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| 1691-1707 |
Simon Patrick |
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| 1707-1714 |
John Moore |
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| 1714-1723 |
William Fleetwood |
Translated from St Asaph; died in office |
| 1723-1738 |
Thomas Greene |
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| 1738-1748 |
Roburt Butts |
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| 1748-1754 |
Thomas Gooch |
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| 1754-1771 |
Matthias Mawson |
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| 1771-1781 |
Edmund Keene |
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| 1781-1808 |
James Yorke |
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| 1808-1812 |
Thomas Dampier |
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| 1812-1836 |
Bowyer Edward Sparke |
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| 1836-1845 |
Joseph Allen |
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| 1845-1864 |
Thomas Turton |
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| 1864-1873 |
Edward Harold Browne |
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| 1873-1886 |
James Russell Woodford |
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| 1886-1905 |
Alwyne Frederick Compton |
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| 1905-1924 |
Frederick Henry Chase |
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| 1924-1934 |
Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson |
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| 1934-1941 |
Bernard Oliver Francis Heyward |
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| 1941-1957 |
Harold Edward Wynn |
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| 1957-1964 |
Noel Baring Hudson |
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| 1964-1977 |
Edward James Keymer Roberts |
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| 1977-1990 |
Peter Knight Walker |
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| 1990-2000 |
Stephen Whitefield Sykes |
Resigned |
| 2000-2010 |
Anthony John Russell |
Retired |
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