Bishop of Norwich

List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1070 to 1086	Herfast, Bishop of Thetford
1086 to 1091	William de Beaufeu, Bishop of Thetford
1091 to 1094	Herbert Losinga, Bishop of Thetford	Moved see to Norwich 1094
1094 to 1119	Herbert Losinga, Bishop of Norwich
1121 to 1145	Everard	Deposed
1146 to 1174	William de Turbe
1175 to 1200	John of Oxford
1200 to 1214	John de Gray	Died in office
1214 to 1222	vacant
1222 to 16 September 1226	Pandulf Masca
1226 to 1236	Thomas Blunville
1236 to 1236	Ralph de Norwich
1236 to 1239	vacant
1239 to 1244	William de Raley	Translated to Winchester
1245 to 1257	Walter Suffield	Died in office
1258 to 1266	Simon de Wanton
1266 to 1278	Roger Skirnyng
1278 to 1288	William Middleton
1289 to 1299	Ralph Walpole	translated to Ely
1299 to 1325	John Salmon	Died in office
1325 to 1336	William Ayermin
1337 to 1343	Antony Bek
1344 to 1355	William Bateman
1356 to 1369	Thomas Percy
1370 to 1406	Henry Spenser	Died in office
1407 to 1413	Alexander Tottington
1413 to 1415	Richard Courtenay
1416 to 1425	John Wakering
1426 to 1436	William Alnwick	Translated to Lincoln
1436 to 1445	Thomas Brown	Bishop of Rochester
1445 to 1472	Walter Hart (Walter Le Hart)
1472 to 1498	James Goldwell
1499 to 1500	Thomas Jane
1501 to 1536	Richard Nykke (Richard Nix)
1536 to 1550	William Rugg (William Repps)	Resigned
1550 to 1554	Thomas Thirlby	Bishop of Westminster; translated to Ely
1554 to 1558	John Hopton
1560 to 1575	John Parkhurst
1575 to 1584	Edmund Freak	Bishop of Rochester; translated to Worcester
1585 to 1594	Edmund Scambler	Bishop of Peterborough
1594 to 1602	William Redman
1602 to 1617	John Jegon
1618 to 1619	John Overall	Bishop of Lichfield
1619 to 1628	Samuel Harsnet	Translated to York
1628 to 1631	Francis White	Translated to Ely
1632 to 1635	Richard Corbet	Bishop of Norwich
1635 to 1638	Matthew Wren	Translated to Ely
1638 to 1641	Richard Montague	Bishop of Chichester
1641 to 1656	Joseph Hall	Bishop of Exeter; died in office
1661 to 1676	Edward Reynolds
1676 to 1685	Antony Sparrow	Bishop of Exeter
1685 to 1691	William Lloyd	Bishop of Llandaff; Bishop of Peterborough; deposed
1691 to 1707	John Moore	Translated to Ely
1708 to 1721	Charles Trimnell	Translated to Winchester
1721 to 1723	Thomas Green	Translated to Ely
1723 to 1727	John Leng
1727 to 1732	William Baker	Bishop of Bangor
1733 to 1738	Robert Butts	Translated to Ely
1738 to 1748	Sir Thomas Gooch	Bishop of Bristol; translated to Ely
1748 to 1749	Samuel Lisle	Bishop of St Asaph
1749 to 1761	Thomas Hayter	Tranlsated to London
1761 to 1783	Philip Young	Bishop of Bristol
1783 to 1790	Lewis Bagot	Bishop of Bristol; translated to St Asaph
1790 to 1792	George Horne
1792 to 1805	Charles Manners Sutton	translated to Canterbury
1805 to 1837	Henry Bathurst
1837 to 1849	Edward Stanley
1849 to 1857	Samuel Hinds	Resigned
1857 to 1893	John Thomas Pelham
1893 to 1910	John Sheepshanks
1910 to 1942	Bertram Pollock
1942 to 1959	Percy Mark Herbert
1959 to 1971	William Lancelot Scott Fleming
1971 to 1985	Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood
1985 to 1999	Peter John Nott
1999 to present	Graham Richard James

See also

• Lists of office-holders