List of the bishops of St David’s

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A list of all the bishops of St David’s (1540–1835) arranged by date of appointment. Unless otherwise stated, the year of appointment is the year of consecration and the end of tenure is the year of death.

Source:

  • Fryde, E. B., Greenway, D. E., Porter, S., Roy, I. (1986), Handbook of British Chronology (RHS, Guides and Handbooks, 2, 3rd edn, London: Royal Historical Society).
Name Year appointed Notes on appointment End of tenure Notes on end of tenure
Barlow, William 1536 elected 1548 translated
Bisse, Philip 1710 1713 translated
Bull, George 1705 1710
Burgess, Thomas 1803 1825 translated
Clagett, Nicholas 1732 1742 translated
Davies, Richard 1561 translated 1581
Ellis, Anthony 1753 1761
Ferrar, Robert 1548 1553 deprived
Field, Theophilus 1627 translated 1635 translated
Horsley, Samuel 1788 1793 translated
Jenkinson, John Banks 1825 1840
Laud, William 1621 1626 translated
Lloyd, John 1686 1687
Lowth, Robert 1766 1766 translated
Lucy, William 1660 1677
Mainwaring, Roger 1636 1653
Middleton, Marmaduke 1582 translated 1588 deprived
Milbourne, Richard 1615 1621 translated
Morgan, Henry 1554 1559
Moss, Charles 1766 1774 translated
Murray, George 1801 1803
Ottley, Adam 1713 1723
post-episcopal 1646 1660
Rudd, Anthony 1594 1615
Smalbroke, Richard 1724 1731 translated
Smallwell, Edward 1783 1788 translated
Squire, Samuel 1761 1766
Stewart (Stuart), William 1794 1800 translated
Sydall, Elias 1731 1731 translated
Thomas, William 1678 1683 translated
Trevor, Richard 1744 1752 translated
Warren, John 1779 1783 translated
Watson, Thomas 1687 1699 deprived
Willes, Edward 1743 1743 translated
Womock, Lawrence 1683 1686
Yorke, James 1774 1779 translated
Young, Thomas 1560 1561 translated