Bishop of Carlisle
Bishop of Carlisle | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Æthelwold | |
Established | 1133 |
Diocese | Carlisle |
Cathedral | Carlisle Cathedral |
The Bishop of Carlisle is the
.The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Carlisle where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which was a collegiate church until elevated to cathedral status in 1133.
The diocese was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham. It was extended in 1856 taking over part of the Diocese of Chester. The residence of the bishop was Rose Castle, Dalston, until 2009;[1] the current bishop is the first to reside in the new Bishop's House, Keswick.
The see is vacant as of 31 August 2023, following the retirement of 67th bishop James Newcome.[2]
History
Early times
The original territory of the diocese first became a political unit in the reign of King
Of the next bishop, Bernard, little is known, and after his death, in or about 1186, there was a long vacancy, during which the diocese was administered by another Bernard,
It was important to the English government to have a reliable prelate at Carlisle, as they constantly looked to the bishop to attend to Scottish affairs, negotiate treaties, and generally play the part of diplomat. The next bishop was
A fresh beginning was made by the energetic Bishop
Tudor Period
Among this generation of scholar diplomats was Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's friend, John Kite (1521–1537), who remained faithful to his master, and who supported him in the poverty of his latter days.
The last of the bishops in communion with Rome was Owen Oglethorpe, a kindly-tempered man who was prevailed on to crown Elizabeth when no other bishop could be found to do it. This was an act he afterwards much regretted. On Christmas Day after the Queen’s accession he disobeyed the note she sent him in the Chapel Royal forbidding him to elevate the Sacred Host in her presence. His refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy led to his being deprived of his title along with the other bishops, and he died a prisoner 31 December 1559. Under Owen Ogelthorp Carlisle was a poor diocese, and when the Reformers plundered the churches they found little but a chalice in each, and even of these some were of tin.
After Ogelthorp's deprivation and death, Bernard Gilpin was to succeed him in Carlisle but he refused though much pressed to it, the Bishopric was conferred on one John Best, who was consecrated 2 March 1560. Bishop John Best was the first post-Marian Anglican Bishop at Carlisle. Bishop Best was the 31st Bishop of Carlisle from 2 May 1561 to his death on 22 May 1570.
Subsequent Centuries
The cathedral, originally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, received its current dedication at the time of the Reformation.
The diocese was extended in 1856 by the addition of part of the Diocese of Chester.
List of bishops
Bishops of Carlisle | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1133 | 1156 | Æthelwold
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Adelulf; Prior of St Oswald's, Nostell. |
1156 | 1186 | See vacant | |
1186 | Paulinus of Leeds | Master of St. Leonard's hospital, York; elected at Richard I's wish, but declined. | |
1186 | 1203 | See vacant | |
1203 | 1214 | Bernard | Translated from Ragusa by Pope Innocent III; received royal assent 1204.
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1214 | 1218 | See vacant | Scottish occupation 1216 to 1217. |
1218 | 1223 | Hugh of Beaulieu | Abbot of Beaulieu Abbey. |
1223 | 1246 | Walter Mauclerk | Walter Mauclerc; also Lord Treasurer 1227–33; resigned 1246. |
1246 | 1254 | Silvester de Everdon | Previously Archdeacon of Chester and Keeper of the Great Seal. |
1255 | 1256 | Thomas Vipont | Thomas de Veteri Ponte; previously Rector of Greystoke. |
1256 | Robert de Sancta Agatha | Previously Archdeacon of Northumberland; elected but declined; later Archdeacon of Durham. | |
1258 | 1278 | Robert de Chauncy | Robert de Chause; Previously Archdeacon of Bath; chaplain to the queen. |
1278 | William Langton | William de Langeton or William of Rotherfield; Dean of York; elected but refused. | |
1280 | 1292 | Ralph of Irton | Ralph de Ireton or Ralph Ireton; Prior of Gisborough Priory. |
1292 | 1324 | John de Halton | John de Halghton; Canon of Carlisle. |
1325 | William Ayremyn
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Canon of York; elected 7 Jan 1325, but quashed 13 Feb 1325. | |
1325 | 1332 | John Ross | John de Rosse or John Ross; son of Lord de Ros. Canon of Hereford; appointed by Pope John XXII .
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1332 | 1352 | John Kirkby | John de Kirkeby; Canon of Carlisle. |
1352 | John Horncastle | John de Horncastle; elected but set aside by Pope Clement VI before consecration. | |
1353 | 1362 | Gilbert Welton | Gilbert de Wilton. |
1363 | 1395 | Thomas Appleby | Thomas de Appleby; Canon of Carlisle. |
1396 | Robert Reed | Robert Reade; translated from Waterford and Lismore; translated to Chichester. | |
1397 | 1400 | Thomas Merke | Thomas Merkes or Thomas Merks; deprived and imprisoned 10 January 1400, pardoned the following year, thereafter served as a deputy and acting bishop in Winchester. |
1400 | 1419 | William Strickland | |
1420 | 1423 | Roger Whelpdale | Provost of Queens' College, Cambridge. |
1423 | 1429 | William Barrow | William Barrowe; translated from Bangor. |
1429 | 1449 | Marmaduke Lumley | Previously Lord Treasurer 1446–9; translated to Lincoln .
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1450 | 1452 | Nicholas Close | Previously Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry. |
1452 | 1462 | William Percy | Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1451–6.
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1462 | 1463 | John Kingscote | John Kingscotes; previously Archdeacon of Gloucester. |
1464 | 1468 | Richard Scroope | Richard Scrope; Rector of Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire. |
1468 | 1478 | Edward Story | Also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1468–9; translated to Chichester .
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1478 | 1495 | Richard Bell | Previously Prior of Durham; resigned; died 1496. |
1495 | 1502 | William Senhouse | William Sever or William Seveyer; Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, York; translated to Durham. |
1503 | 1508 | Roger Leyburn | Richard Leyburn; Archdeacon of Durham. |
1508 | 1520 | John Penny | Translated from Bangor. |
1521 | 1537 | John Kite | Translated from Armagh; titular Archbishop of Thebes 1521–37. |
1537 | 1556 | Robert Aldrich | Provost of Eton and Canon of Windsor. |
1557 | 1559 | Owen Oglethorpe | Elizabeth I 15 January; deprived 26 June; died 31 December 1559.
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1560 | Bernard Gilpin BD | Declined the bishopric on the death of Oglethorpe. | |
1560 | 1570 | John Best | Prebendary of Wells. |
1570 | 1577 | Richard Barnes | Previously suffragan Bishop of Nottingham 1567–70; later translated to Durham. |
1577 | 1598 | John May | Prebendary of Ely. |
1598 | 1616 | Henry Robinson | Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford. |
1616 | 1621 | Robert Snoden | Robert Snowden or Snowdon; Prebendary of Southwell. |
1621 | 1624 | Richard Milbourne | Translated to St David's .
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1624 | 1626 | Richard Senhouse | Dean of Gloucester. |
1626 | 1629 | Francis White | Dean of Carlisle; translated to Norwich. |
1629 | 1642 | Barnaby Potter | Provost of Queen's College, Oxford. |
1642 | 1646 | James Ussher | in commendam only; Archbishop of Armagh; deprived of the see when the English episcopy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646; died 1656. |
1646 | 1660 | The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[4][5] | |
1656 | 1660 | See vacant | Episcopacy abolished during the English Interregnum .
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1660 | 1664 | Richard Sterne | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; translated to York. |
1664 | 1684 | Edward Rainbowe | Edward Rainbow; Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. |
1684 | 1702 | Thomas Smith | Dean of Carlisle. |
1702 | 1718 | William Nicolson | Archdeacon and Prebendary of Carlisle; translated to Derry. |
1718 | 1723 | Samuel Bradford | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester. |
1723 | 1734 | John Waugh | Dean of Gloucester. |
1734 | 1747 | Sir George Fleming, Bt. | Dean of Carlisle. |
1747 | 1762 | Richard Osbaldeston | Dean of York; translated to London. |
1762 | 1768 | Charles Lyttelton | Dean of Exeter. |
1769 | 1787 | Edmund Law | Archdeacon of Carlisle. |
1787 | 1791 | John Douglas | Canon-resident of St Paul's; translated to Salisbury. |
1791 | 1808 | The Hon Edward Venables-Vernon | Later Venables-Vernon-Harcourt; translated to York. |
1808 | 1827 | Samuel Goodenough | Died in office. |
1827 | 1856 | The Hon Hugh Percy | Translated from Rochester; died in office. |
1856 | 1860 | The Hon Henry Montagu Villiers | Canon of St Paul's; translated to Durham. |
1860 | 1869 | The Hon Samuel Waldegrave | Canon of Salisbury; died in office. |
1869 | 1891 | Harvey Goodwin | Dean of Ely. |
1892 | 1904 | John Bardsley | Translated from Sodor and Man. |
1905 | 1920 | John Diggle | |
1920 | 1946 | Henry Williams | Resigned 1946; died 1961. |
1946 | 1966 | Thomas Bloomer | Resigned 1966; died 1984. |
1966 | 1972 | Cyril Bulley
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Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith; resigned 1972; died 1989. |
1972 | 1989 | David Halsey | Previously suffragan Bishop of Tonbridge; died 2009. |
1989 | 1999 | Ian Harland | Previously suffragan Bishop of Lancaster; died 2008. |
2000 | 2009 | Graham Dow | Previously suffragan Bishop of Willesden. |
2009 | 2023 | James Newcome | Previously suffragan Bishop of Penrith. |
2023 | acting | Rob Saner-Haigh, Bishop of Penrith | Acting diocesan bishop during vacancy in See. |
Assistant bishops
Among those who served as assistant bishops of the diocese were:
- 1931–1938: Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak; later Bishop of Edinburgh[6]
- 1997–2021: Alec Graham, retired Bishop of Newcastle[7]
References
- Notes
- ^ "Talks held over future of Rose Castle". BBC. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "New Bishop of Carlisle is set to be enthroned". Westmorland Gazette. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ISBN 0900811153
- ^ Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- JSTOR 564164.
- ^ "Danson, Ernest Denny Logie". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Graham, Andrew Alexander Kenny". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Bibliography
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 235–237. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Bishops of Carlisle: 1133-1324. British History Online
- Bishops of Carlisle: 1292-1556. British History Online
- Bishops of Carlisle: 1537-1860. British History Online
- 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
- Crockfords 1858 to 2003/4 Church Commissioners
- The above text is in part adapted freely from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908.