Religion: Dioceses and Bishops

These tables show the bishop of each diocese during the reign of King Stephen.   This information came from English Historical Documents 1042-1189, edited by David C. Douglas.
 

Province of Canterbury

Diocese	Name	Accession	Translation or death
Canterbury	William (of Corbeil)	1123	21 Nov 1136
	Theobald (of Bec)	1139	18 Apr 1161
Bath and Wells	Robert	1136	31 Aug 1166
Chichester	Seffrid I	1125	1145 (deprived)
	Hilary	1147	19 Jul 1169
Ely	Nigel	1133	30 May 1169
Exeter	William Warelwast	1107	27 Sep 1137
	Robert Chichester	1138	28 Mar 1155
Hereford	Robert of Bethune	1131	16 Apr 1148
	Gilbert Foliot	1148	1163 (to London)
Coventry	Roger "de Clinton"	1129	16 Apr 1148
	Walter Durdent	1149	7 Dec 1160
Lincoln	Alexander	1123	20 Feb 1148
	Robert "de Chesney"	1148	27 Dec 1166
London	Robert "de Sigillo"	1141	1151
	Richard "of Beaumais" II	1152	4 May 1162
Norwich	Everard of Montgomery	1121	1145 (deprived)
	William "de Turbe"	1146	17 Jan 1174
Rochester	John	1125	22 Jun 1137
	Ascelin	1142	24 Jan 1148
	Walter	1148	26 Jul 1182
Salisbury	Roger	1107	4 or 11 Dec 1139
	Jocelyn "de Bohun"	1142	18 Nov 1184
Winchester	Henry of Blois	1129	9 Aug 1171
Worcester	Simon	1125	20 Mar 1150
	John (of Pagham)	1151	31 Mar 1158

 
 

Province of York

Diocese	Name	Accession	Translation or death
York	Thurstan	1119	5 Feb 1140
	William "fitz Herbert"	1143	1147 (deprived)
	Henry Murdac	1147	14 Oct 1153
	William "fitz Herbert"	1153	8 Jun 1154
	Roger of Pont l'Eveque	1154	26 Nov 1181
Carlisle	Adelulf	1133	1157
Durham	Geoffrey Rufus	1133	6 May 1140
	William of Sainte-Barbe	1143	24 Nov 1152
	Hugh of Le Puiset	1153	3 Mar 1195

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