Bishop of St David's
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bishop of Saint Davids is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Saint Davids.
The office has existed since the founding, by Saint David in the 6th century, of the Cathedral Church of Saint David in the City of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, where the Episcopal seat is located. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Carl Cooper, the 127th Bishop of Saint Davids, who was consecrated at St Woolos Cathedral, Newport 20 April 2002 and enthroned in St Davids Cathedral 11 May 2002 and who signs Carl St Davids or Carl Tyddewi.
Contents |
[edit] Early times
The founding of the diocese of St Davids in the latter half of the 6th century, is traditionally attributed to that saint. Records of the history of the diocese before Norman times are very fragmentary, consisting of a few chance references in old chronicles, such as 'Annales Cambriae' and 'Brut y Tywysogion' (Rolls Series). Originally corresponding with the boundaries of Dyfed (Demetia), St Davids eventually comprised all the country south of the River Dyfi and west of the English border, with the exception of the greater part of Glamorganshire, in all some 3,500 square miles.
[edit] Middle Ages
It is unclear when St Davids came definitely under the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. About 1115 King Henry I intruded a Norman, Bernard (1115-1147), into the see. His rule was wise and vigorous; but on the death of Henry he claimed metropolitan jurisdiction over Wales, and presented his suit unsuccessfully before six successive popes. This claim was afterwards revived in the time of Giraldus Cambrensis. The building of the present cathedral of St Davids was begun under Bishop Peter de Leia (1176-1203). In the troubled times of the Reformation the former Bishop of St Davids, William Barlow (1536-1548) was a consecrator of Archbishop Matthew Parker in 1559.
[edit] Post-Reformation
The Catholic line of the old diocese came to an end with Henry Morgan in 1559, on the accession of Elizabeth I. The Anglican Bishop of St Davids continues to this day.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Saint Davids
The accounts of the earliest incumbents on the list are conflicting.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 545 to 589 | Saint David | |
| 589 to 606 | Cynog | |
| 606 to c. 610 | Saint Telio | |
| c. 610 to ??? | Saint Ceneu | |
| ??? to ??? | Morfael | |
| ??? to ??? | Haerwnen | |
| ??? to ??? | Elfaed | |
| ??? to ??? | Gwrnwen | |
| ??? to ??? | Llunwerth I | |
| ??? to ??? | Gwrgwst | |
| ??? to ??? | Gwrgan | |
| ??? to ??? | Clydog | |
| ??? to ??? | Einion | |
| ??? to ??? | Elffod | |
| ??? to ??? | Ethelman | |
| ??? to ??? | Elane | |
| ??? to ??? | Maesgwyd | |
| ??? to 831 | Sadwrnfen | |
| 831 to ??? | Cadell | |
| ??? to 840 | Sulhaithnay | |
| 840 to 874 | Nobis | |
| 874 to ??? | Idwal | |
| ??? to ??? | Arthfael | |
| ??? to ??? | Samson | |
| ??? to ??? | Ruelin | |
| ??? to ??? | Rhydderch | |
| ??? to ??? | Elwin | |
| ??? to ??? | Morbiw | |
| ??? to 873 | Llunwerth II | |
| 873 to 944 | Eneuris | |
| 944 to ??? | Sulhidyr (alias Hubert) |
|
| ??? to 978 | Ivor | |
| 978 to 999 | Morgeneu | |
| 999 to ??? | Nathan | |
| ??? to ??? | Ieuan (alias Jevan) |
|
| ??? to 1016 | Arwystl | |
| 1016 to 1023 | Erbin |
|
| 1023 to 1039 | Trahaearn | |
| 1039 to 1061 | Joseph | |
| 1061 to 1071 | Bleiddud | |
| 1071 to 1072 | Sulien | |
| 1072 to 1078 | Abraham | |
| 1078 to 1088 | Sulien | Restored |
| 1088 to ??? | Rhygyfarch ap Sulien | |
| ??? to 1115 | Wilfrid (alias Gruffydd) |
|
| 1115 to 1115 | Daniel (alias Deiniol) |
Elected but set aside; became Archdeacon of Powys |
| 1115 to 1148 | Bernard | Chancellor to Queen Adelize; first bishop to submit to the see of Canterbury |
| 1148 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 Henlaw | |
| 1214 to 1229 | Gervase (alias Iorwerth) |
Died in office |
| 1230 to 1248 | Anselm De la Grace | |
| 1248 to 1256 | Thomas Wallensis | |
| 1256 to 1280 | Richard Carew | |
| 1280 to 1298 | Thomas Bek | Archdeacon of Dorset |
| 1298 to 1328 | David Martyn | |
| 1328 to 1347 | Henry Gower | |
| 1347 to 1350 | John Thoresby | Lord Chancellor; translated to Worcester |
| 1350 to 1353 | Reginald Brian | Translated to Worcester |
| 1353 to 1361 | Thomas Fastolf | Parson of Fakenham, Norfolk |
| 1361 to 1389 | Adam Houghton | Lord Chancellor |
| 1389 | Richard Metford | Elected but set aside by the pope |
| 1389 to 1397 | John Gilbert | Translated from Hereford |
| 1397 to 1408 | Guy Mone | Lord Treasurer |
| 1408 to 1414 | Henry Chichele | Archdeacon of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1414 to 1415 | John Catterick | Translated to Lichfield |
| 1415 to 1417 | Stephen Patrington | Translated to Chichester |
| 1417 to 1433 | Benedict Nichols | Translated from Bangor |
| 1433 to 1442 | Thomas Rodburn | Archdeacon of Sudbury |
| 1442 to 1446 | William Lyndwood | Lord Privy Seal |
| January 1447 to May 1447 | John Langton | Chancellor of Cambridge; died in office |
| 15 September 1447 to 1460 | John De la Bere | 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 | Archdeacon of Wiltshire |
| 1496 to May 1504 | John Morgan (alias 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 | |
| 1926 to 1950 | David Lewis Prosser, LLD | Also Archbishop of Wales 1944-1949 |
| 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 |
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| Church of England | Archbishop of Canterbury: Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester Archbishop of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield |
| Church in Wales | Archbishop of Wales: Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon |
| Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |
[edit] 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
