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The Bishop of Saint David's is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint David's.
The office has existed since the founding of the cathedral. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Carl Cooper, the 127th Bishop of Saint David's, who was consecrated at St Woolos Cathedral, Newport 20 April 2002 and enthroned in St David's Cathedral 11 May 2002 and who signs Carl St Davids or Carl Tyddewi.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Saint David's
The accounts of the earliest incumbents on the list are conflicting.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ??? to ??? | Kuelinus (Ruelinus) | |
| ??? to ??? | Rodheric | |
| ??? to ??? | Elguni (Elguen) | |
| ??? to ??? | Lunverd (Lywarch) | |
| ??? to ??? | Nergu (Vergu) | |
| ??? to ??? | Sulhidyr (Sulhidwr; Hubert) | |
| ??? to ??? | Everus (Eneuris) | |
| ??? to ??? | Morgeneu | |
| ??? to ??? | Nathan | |
| ??? to ??? | Jovan | |
| ??? to ??? | Argustell | |
| ??? to ??? | Morgenveth (Eurgeneu) | |
| ??? to ??? | Ervin (Hernun) | |
| ??? to ??? | Tramarin (Caermerin) | |
| ??? to ??? | Joseph | |
| ??? to ??? | Bleithud | |
| ??? to ??? | Sulgheim (Sulgeheyn) | |
| ??? to ??? | Abraham | |
| ??? to ??? | Sulgheim | Restored |
| ??? to ??? | Hythmarch | |
| ??? to ??? | Wilfride (Griffel) | |
| ??? to ??? | Bernardus (Bernard) | Chancellor to Queen Adelize; first bishop to submit to the see of Canterbury |
| 1147 to 1176 | David Fitzgerald | Archdeacon of Cardigan |
| 1176 to 1198 | Peter de Leia | Prior of Wenlock |
| 1198 to 1203 | Giraldus Cambrensis | Election disputed and not ratified by the king; resigned |
| 1203 to 1214 | Geoffrey de Henelawe | |
| 1214 to 1229 | Gervase (Iorwerth) | Died in office |
| 1230 to 1248 | Anselm le Gros | |
| 1248 to 1256 | Thomas Wallensis | |
| 1256 to 1280 | Richard de Carew | |
| 1280 to 1298 | Thomas Beck (Thomas de Beke) | Archdeacon of Dorset |
| 1298 to 1328 | David Martyn (David Martin) | |
| 1328 to 1347 | Henry de Gower | |
| 1347 to 1350 | John Thoresby | Lord Chancellor; translated to Worcester |
| 1350 to 1353 | Reginald Brian | Translated to Worcester |
| 1353 to 1361 | Thomas Falstoffe | Parson of Fakenham, Norfolk |
| 1361 to 1389 | Adam Houghton | Lord Chancellor |
| 1389 | Richard Metford | Elected but set aside by the pope |
| 1389 to c.1397 | John Gilbert | Translated from Hereford |
| c.1397 to 1401 | vacancy | For 4 years |
| 1401 to 1408 | Guy de Mona (Guy de Mohun) | Lord Treasurer |
| 1408 to 1414 | Henry Chichele (Henry Checheley; Henry Chicheley) | Archdeacon of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1414 to 1433 | Benedict Nichols | Translated from Bangor |
| 1433 to 1442 | Thomas Rodeburn | Archdeacon of Sudbury |
| 1442 to 1446 | William Lynwood | Lord Privy Seal |
| January 1447 to May 1447 | John Langton | Chancellor of Cambridge; died in office |
| 15 September 1447 to 1460 | John Delabere | Dean of Wells |
| 1460 to 1482 | Robert Tully | Monk of Gloucester |
| 1482 to 1483 | Richard Martin | Privy Councillor to Edward IV |
| 1483 to 1484 | Thomas Langton | Prebendary of Wells |
| 1484 to 1485 | Andrew … | Surname not known |
| 1485 to 1496 | Hugh Pavy (Hugh Parry) | Archdeacon of Wiltshire |
| 1496 to May 1504 | John Morgan (John Young) | Dean of Windsor; died in office |
| 1505 to 1509 | Robert Sherborne | Dean of St Paul's, London; translated to Chichester |
| 1509 to c.1521 | Edward Vaughan | Prebendary of Saint Paul's, London; died in office |
| 1523 to 1536 | Richard Rawlins | Prebendary of Saint Paul's, London |
| 1536 to 1549 | William Barlow | Translated from St Asaph; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1549 to 1553 | Robert Ferrar | Consecrated 9 September 1548; deprived by Queen Mary; burned at the stake |
| 1553 to 1559 | Henry Morgan | Principal of St Edward's Hall, Oxford; deprived by Queen Elizabeth |
| 1559 to 1561 | Thomas Young | Chancellor of St David's; translated to York |
| 1561 to 7 November 1581 | Richard Davies | Translated from St Asaph; died in office |
| 1582 to 1592 | Marmaduke Middleton | Translated from Waterford; deprived and driven into exile by Queen Mary |
| 1592 to 1594 | vacant | |
| 1594 to 1615 | Anthony Rudd | Dean of Gloucester |
| 1615 to 1621 | Richard Milbourne | Dean of Rochester; translated to Carlisle |
| 1621 to 1627 | William Laud | Dean of Gloucester; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1627 to 1635 | Theophilus Field | Translated from Llandaff |
| 1635 to 1653 | Roger Mainwaring | Dean of Worcester; died in office |
| 1653 to 1660 | vacant | Until the Restoration |
| 1660 to 1677 | William Lucy | Rector of High Clere, Huntingdonshire; translated to Worcester |
| 1677 to 1686 | Lawrence Womach | Archdeacon of Suffolk |
| 1686 to 1687 | John Lloyd | Principal of Jesus College, Oxford |
| 1687 to 1699 | Thomas Watson | Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; deprived for crimes including simony |
| 1699 to 1705 | vacant | For 5 years |
| 1705 to 1710 | George Bull | Archdeacon of Llandaff |
| 1710 to 1712 | Philip Bisse | Translated to Hereford |
| 1712 to 1723 | Adam Ottley | Archdeacon of Salop and Prebendary of Hereford |
| 1723 to 1730 | Richard Smalbroke | Treasurer of Llandaff; translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 1730 to 1731 | Elias Sydall | Dean of Canterbury; translated to Gloucester |
| 1731 to 1743 | Nicholas Clagget | Dean of Rochester; translated to Exeter |
| 1743 to 1744 | Edward Willes | Dean of Lincoln; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1744 to 1752 | The Honourable Richard Trevor | Canon of Windsor; translated to Durham |
| 1752 to 1761 | Anthony Ellis | Prebendary of Gloucester |
| 1761 to 1766 | Samuel Squire | Dean of Bristol |
| 1766 to 1766 | Robert Lowth | Prebendary of Durham; translated to Oxford |
| 1766 to 1774 | Charles Moss | Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1774 to 1779 | The Honourable James York | Dean of Lincoln; translated to Gloucester |
| 1779 to 1783 | John Warren | Archdeacon of Worcester; translated to Bangor |
| 1783 to 1788 | Edward Smallwell | Translated to Oxford |
| 1788 to 1793 | Samuel Horsley | Prebendary of Gloucester; translated to Rochester |
| 1793 to 1800 | The Honourable William Stuart | Canon of Christ Church, Oxford; translated to Armagh |
| 20 December 1800 to 3 June 1803 | Lord George Murray | Died in office |
| 25 June 1803 to 1825 | Thomas Burgess | Prebendary of Durham; translated to Salisbury |
| 18 June 1825 to 7 July 1840 | John Banks Jenkinson | Died in office |
| 23 July 1840 to 1874 | Connop Thirlwall | Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1874 to 1897 | William Basil Jones, DD | |
| 1897 to 1926 | John Owen | |
| ???? to ???? | David Lewis Prosser, LLD | |
| 1950 to 1956 | William Thomas Havard, MC, TD, DD | |
| 1956 to 1971 | John Richard Richards, DD | |
| 1971 to 1982 | Eric Matthias Roberts, MA | |
| 1982 to 1995 | George Noakes | Also Archbishop of Wales 1987-1991 |
| 1995 to 2002 | David Huw Jones | |
| 2002 to present | Carl N Cooper |
Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004 Joseph Whitaker & Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
- http://tejones.net/religion/Bishops
See also
"Bishop of Saint David's"