Canterbury (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

St. Augustine of Canterbury, O.S.B. † ( 596 Appointed - 26 May 604 Died)
St. Laurence , O.S.B. † (26 May 604 Succeeded - 2 Feb 619 Died)
St. Mellitus (Meliton) , O.S.B. † ( 619 Appointed - 24 Apr 624 Died)
St. Justus † ( 624 Appointed - 10 Nov 627 Died)
St. Honorius † ( 627 Appointed - 30 Sep 653 Died)
St. Deusdedit Frithona † ( 655 Appointed - 14 Jul 664 Died)
St. Theodore of Tarsus † ( 668 Appointed - 19 Sep 690 Died)
St. Berhtwald † (1 Jul 692 Appointed - 13 Jan 731 Died)
St. Tatwine † ( 731 Appointed - 30 Jul 734 Died)
Nothelm † ( 735 Appointed - 17 Oct 740 Died)
Cuthbert † ( 740 Appointed - 26 Oct 758 Died)
Bregowine † ( 759 Appointed - 25 Aug 765 Died)
Jaenberht † ( 766 Appointed - 11 Aug 790 Died)
Æthelheard † ( 793 Appointed - )
Wulfred † ( 805 Appointed - 24 Mar 832 Died)
Feologild † ( 832 Appointed - 29 Aug 832 Died)
Ceolnoth † ( 833 Appointed - 4 Feb 870 Died)
Ethelred † ( 870 Appointed - 30 Jun 889 Died)
Plegmund † ( 890 Appointed - 2 Aug 914 Died)
Athelm † ( 914 Appointed - 8 Jan 923 Died)
Wulfhelm † ( 923 Appointed - 12 Feb 942 Died)
St. Odo (Oda) † ( 942 Appointed - 2 Jun 958 Died)
Ælfsige Lippe † ( 959 Appointed - 959 Died)
St. Dunstan , O.S.B. † ( 960 Appointed - 19 May 988 Died)
Æthelgar † ( 988 Appointed - 13 Feb 990 Died)
Sigeric † ( 990 Appointed - 28 Oct 994 Died)
Elfric † ( 995 Appointed - 16 Nov 1005 Died)
St. Ælfheah , O.S.B. † ( 1006 Appointed - 19 Apr 1012 Died)
Lifing (Elfstan, Ethelstan) † ( 1013 Appointed - 12 Jun 1020 Died)
Ethelnoth † ( 1020 Appointed - 29 Oct 1038 Died)
Eadsige † ( 1038 Appointed - 29 Oct 1050 Died)
Robert Champart † ( 1051 Appointed - 14 Sep 1052 Resigned)
Stigand † ( 1052 Appointed - 11 Apr 1070 Resigned)
Lanfranc , O.S.B. † ( 1070 Appointed - 24 May 1089 Died)
St. Anselm of Canterbury, O.S.B. † (6 Mar 1093 Appointed - 21 Apr 1109 Died)
Ralph d’Escures † (26 Apr 1114 Appointed - 20 Oct 1122 Died)
William of Corbeuil, C.R.S.A. † (4 Feb 1123 Appointed - 21 Nov 1136 Died)
Theobald † (13 Dec 1138 Appointed - 18 Apr 1161 Died)
St. Thomas Becket † (3 Jun 1162 Ordained Bishop - 29 Dec 1170 Died)
Richard of Dover † (3 Jun 1173 Appointed - 16 Feb 1184 Died)
Baldwin † (16 Dec 1184 Appointed - 19 Nov 1190 Died)
Reginald FitzJocelin † (27 Nov 1191 Appointed - 26 Dec 1191 Died)
Hubert Walter † (30 May 1193 Appointed - 13 Jul 1205 Died)
Stephen Langton † (Jun 1207 Appointed - 9 Jul 1228 Died)
Richard le Grant † (23 May 1229 Appointed - 3 Aug 1231 Died)
Edmund Rich † (10 Oct 1233 Appointed - 16 Nov 1240 Died)
Boniface of Savoy † (17 Sep 1243 Appointed - 18 Jul 1270 Died)
Robert Kilwardby, O.P. † (1 Oct 1272 Appointed - 12 Mar 1278 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina)
John Peckham, O.F.M. † (28 Jan 1279 Appointed - 8 Dec 1292 Died)
Robert of Winchelsey † (4 Sep 1294 Confirmed - 11 May 1313 Died)
Walter Reynolds † (1 Oct 1313 Appointed - 16 Nov 1327 Died)
Simon Mepeham † (25 May 1328 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1333 Died)
John Stratford † (23 Apr 1334 Confirmed - 23 Aug 1348 Died)
John de Ufford † (24 Sep 1348 Appointed - 20 May 1349 Died)
Thomas Bradwardin † (19 Jun 1349 Appointed - 26 Aug 1349 Died)
Simon Islip † (7 Oct 1349 Appointed - 26 Apr 1366 Died)
William Edendon † (10 May 1366 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Simon Langham, O.S.B. † (24 Jul 1366 Appointed - 27 Nov 1368 Resigned)
William Whittlesey † (11 Oct 1368 Appointed - 6 Jun 1374 Died)
Simon Sudbury † (4 May 1375 Appointed - 14 Jun 1381 Died)
William Courtenay † (9 Sep 1381 Appointed - 31 Jul 1396 Died)
Thomas Arundel † (24 Nov 1396 Appointed - 19 Feb 1414 Died)
Roger Walden † (3 Feb 1398 Ordained Bishop - Did Not Take Effect)
Henry Chicheley † (27 Apr 1414 Appointed - 12 Apr 1443 Died)
John Stafford † (13 May 1443 Appointed - 25 May 1452 Died)
John Kempe † (21 Jul 1452 Appointed - 22 Mar 1454 Died)
Thomas Bourchier † (21 Jun 1454 Appointed - 30 Mar 1486 Died)
John Morton † (6 Oct 1486 Appointed - 15 Sep 1500 Died)
Henry Deane † (26 May 1501 Confirmed - 15 Feb 1503 Died)
William Warham † (29 Nov 1503 Appointed - 23 Aug 1532 Died)
Thomas Cranmer † (21 Feb 1533 Appointed - 4 Dec 1555 Resigned)
Reginald Pole † (11 Dec 1555 Appointed - 17 Nov 1558 Died)

Date	Event	From	To
597	Erected		Archdiocese of Canterbury (erected)
604	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Canterbury	Diocese of Rochester (erected)
1558	Lost	Archdiocese of Canterbury

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Thomas Arundel † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1396 to 19 Feb 1414)
John Ayobanene † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1369)
St. Thomas Becket † (Priest: 2 Jun 1162; Archbishop: 3 Jun 1162 to 29 Dec 1170)
John Bell, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1503 to 1507)
Thomas Bourchier † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1454 to 30 Mar 1486)
Thomas Bradwardin † (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1349 to 26 Aug 1349)
St. Anselm of Canterbury, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 6 Mar 1093 to 21 Apr 1109)
St. Augustine of Canterbury, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 596 to 26 May 604)
Robert Champart † (Archbishop: 1051 to 14 Sep 1052)
Thomas Chetham, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jan 1526 to 1553)
Henry Chicheley † (Archbishop: 27 Apr 1414 to 12 Apr 1443)
William of Corbeuil, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 4 Feb 1123 to 21 Nov 1136)
William Courtenay † (Archbishop: 9 Sep 1381 to 31 Jul 1396)
Thomas Cranmer † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1533 to 4 Dec 1555)
Henry Deane † (Archbishop: 26 May 1501 to 15 Feb 1503)
Ralph d’Escures † (Archbishop: 26 Apr 1114 to 20 Oct 1122)
Richard of Dover † (Archbishop: 3 Jun 1173 to 16 Feb 1184)
William Edendon † (Archbishop: 10 May 1366 - Did Not Take Effect)
Reginald FitzJocelin † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1191 to 26 Dec 1191)
St. Deusdedit Frithona † (Archbishop: 655 to 14 Jul 664)
John Grene, C.R.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1465 to 1467)
Simon Islip † (Archbishop: 7 Oct 1349 to 26 Apr 1366)
John Kempe † (Archbishop: 21 Jul 1452 to 22 Mar 1454)
Robert Kilwardby, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1272 to 12 Mar 1278)
Simon Langham, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1366 to 27 Nov 1368)
Stephen Langton † (Archbishop: Jun 1207 to 9 Jul 1228)
Thomas Langton †
Richard le Grant † (Archbishop: 23 May 1229 to 3 Aug 1231)
Ælfsige Lippe † (Archbishop: 959 to 959)
Christopher Lord, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Aug 1533 to 18 May 1534)
William Macclesfield, O.P. †
Simon Mepeham † (Archbishop: 25 May 1328 to 12 Oct 1333)
John Morton † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1486 to 15 Sep 1500)
John Peckham, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1279 to 8 Dec 1292)
Reginald Pole † (Administrator: 11 Dec 1555; Archbishop: 1556 to 17 Nov 1558)
Walter Reynolds † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1313 to 16 Nov 1327)
Edmund Rich † (Archbishop: 10 Oct 1233 to 16 Nov 1240)
Cesaire de Rosis † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1349)
Boniface of Savoy † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1243 to 18 Jul 1270)
Thomas Scrope, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1469)
John Stafford † (Archbishop: 13 May 1443 to 25 May 1452)
John Stratford † (Archbishop: 23 Apr 1334 to 23 Aug 1348)
Simon Sudbury † (Archbishop: 4 May 1375 to 14 Jun 1381)
St. Theodore of Tarsus † (Archbishop: 668 to 19 Sep 690)
John Thoruten, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Apr 1505 to 1516)
John de Ufford † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1348 to 20 May 1349)
Roger Walden † (Archbishop: 3 Feb 1398 - Did Not Take Effect)
Hubert Walter † (Archbishop: 30 May 1193 to 13 Jul 1205)
William Warham † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1503 to 23 Aug 1532)
William Westkarre, C.R.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1480 to 1486)
William Whittlesey † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1368 to 6 Jun 1374)
Robert of Winchelsey † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1294 to 11 May 1313)
St. Ælfheah , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 1006 to 19 Apr 1012)
Æthelgar † (Archbishop: 988 to 13 Feb 990)
Æthelheard † (Archbishop: 793 - )
Athelm † (Archbishop: 914 to 8 Jan 923)
Baldwin † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1184 to 19 Nov 1190)
St. Berhtwald † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 692 to 13 Jan 731)
Bregowine † (Archbishop: 759 to 25 Aug 765)
Ceolnoth † (Archbishop: 833 to 4 Feb 870)
Cuthbert † (Archbishop: 740 to 26 Oct 758)
St. Dunstan , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 960 to 19 May 988)
Eadsige † (Archbishop: 1038 to 29 Oct 1050)
Elfric † (Archbishop: 995 to 16 Nov 1005)
Ethelnoth † (Archbishop: 1020 to 29 Oct 1038)
Ethelred † (Archbishop: 870 to 30 Jun 889)
Feologild † (Archbishop: 832 to 29 Aug 832)
Henry † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1469)
St. Honorius † (Archbishop: 627 to 30 Sep 653)
Jaenberht † (Archbishop: 766 to 11 Aug 790)
St. Justus † (Archbishop: 624 to 10 Nov 627)
Lanfranc , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 1070 to 24 May 1089)
St. Laurence , O.S.B. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 604; Archbishop: 26 May 604 to 2 Feb 619)
Lifing (Elfstan, Ethelstan) † (Archbishop: 1013 to 12 Jun 1020)
St. Mellitus (Meliton) , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 619 to 24 Apr 624)
Nothelm † (Archbishop: 735 to 17 Oct 740)
St. Odo (Oda) † (Archbishop: 942 to 2 Jun 958)
Plegmund † (Archbishop: 890 to 2 Aug 914)
Richard , O. Min. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Oct 1348)
Sigeric † (Archbishop: 990 to 28 Oct 994)
Siward † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1044 to 23 Oct 1048)
Stigand † (Archbishop: 1052 to 11 Apr 1070)
St. Tatwine † (Archbishop: 731 to 30 Jul 734)
Theobald † (Archbishop: 13 Dec 1138 to 18 Apr 1161)
Wulfhelm † (Archbishop: 923 to 12 Feb 942)
Wulfred † (Archbishop: 805 to 24 Mar 832)

Source(s)

Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 163
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 117
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 150
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 182, to Page 183

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