Bishop of Carlisle

The Bishop of Carlisle heads the Church of England diocese that covers Cumbria. The current bishop is Graham Dow.

History

The diocese was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Celtic descent in the area actually looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Athelwold, formerly the king's confessor and now prior of the Augustinian priory at Nostell in Yorkshire. Carlisle was thus the only cathedral in England to be run by Augustinians instead of Benedictines. This only lasted until the reign of Henry III however, when the Augustinians in Carlisle joined the rebels who temporarily handed the city over to Scotland and elected their own bishop. When the revolt was ended, the Augustinians were expelled

Bishops of Carlisle

• Athelwold (1133–1156)
• Bernard (1156–1186)
• Vacant (1186–1218)
• Hugh (1218–1223)
• Walter Mauclerk (1223–1246)
• Silvester de Everdon (1246–1254)
• Thomas Vipont (1255–1256)
• Robert de Chauncy (1256–1280)
• Ralph of Irton (1280–1292)
• John de Halton (1292–1324)
• John Ross (1325–1332)
• John Kirkby (1332–1352)
• John Horncastle (1352) (never consecrated)
• Gilbert Welton (1353–1362)
• Thomas Appleby (1362–1396)
• Robert Reed (1396–1397)
• Thomas Merke (1397–1400)
• William Strickland (1400–1419)
• Roger Whelpdale (1420–1423)
• William Barrow (1423–1429)
• Marmaduke Lumley (1429–1449)
• Nicholas Close (1450–1452)
• William Percy (1452–1462)
• John Kingscote (1462–1463)
• Richard Scroope (1463–1468)
• Edward Story (1468–1477)
• Richard Bell (1477–1495)
• William Senhouse (1495–1502)
• Richard Leyburn (1502–1508)
• John Penny (1508–1520)
• John Kite (1521–1537)
• Robert Aldrich (1537–1556)
• Owen Oglethorpe (1557–1559)
• John Best (1560–1570)
• Richard Barnes (1570–1577)
• John May (1577–1598)
• Henry Robinson (1598–1616)
• Robert Snoden (1616–1621)
• Richard Milbourne (1621–1622)
• Richard Senhouse (1624–1626)
• Francis White (1626–1629)
• Barnaby Potter (1629–1642)
• Vacant (1642–1660)
• Richard Sterne (1660–1664)
• Edward Rainbowe (1664–1684)
• Thomas Smith (1684–1702)
• William Nicolson (1702–1718)
• Samuel Bradford (1718–1723)
• John Waugh (1723–1734)
• George Fleming (1734–1747)
• Richard Osbaldeston (1747–1764)
• Charles Lyttelton (1764–1768)
• Edmund Law (1768–1787)
• John Douglas (1787–1791)
• Edward Venables Vernon (1791–1808)
• Samuel Goodenough (1808–1827)
• Hugh Percy (1827–1856)
• Henry Montagu Villiers (1856–1860)
• Samuel Waldegrave (1860–1869)
• Harvey Goodwin (1869–1891)
• John Bardsley (1892–1904)