Norwich (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Norwich
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Name Changed: 1091
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Canterbury
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: England
- Region: Great Britain
Diocese of Elmham
- Latin Name: Helmamensis
- Erected: 673
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Canterbury
- Country: England
- Region: Great Britain
Diocese of Thetford
- Name Changed: 1070
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Canterbury
- Country: England
- Region: Great Britain

Past Ordinaries

Baduvine † ( 673 Appointed - )
Nothberht † ( 693 Appointed - )
Heatholac † ( 716 Appointed - )
Eanfrith † ( 736 Appointed - )
Ethelfrith † ( 736 Appointed - )
Alcheard † ( 783 Appointed - )
Sibba † ( 811 Appointed - )
Hunferth † ( 816 Appointed - )
Hunberht † ( 817 Appointed - 20 Nov 870 Died)
Eadulf † ( 946 Appointed - )
Elfric † ( 968 Appointed - )
Elfstan † ( 995 Appointed - )
Alfgar † ( 1001 Appointed - 1016 Resigned)
Alwin † ( 1016 Appointed - )
Elfric † ( 1038 Appointed - )
Stigand † ( 1043 Appointed - 1047 Appointed, Bishop of Winchester, England)
Ethelmar † ( 1047 Appointed - )
Herfast † ( 1070 Appointed - 1085 Died)
William of Beaufeu † (25 Dec 1085 Appointed - 1091 Died)
Herbert Losinga † ( 1091 Appointed - 22 Jul 1119 Died)
Everard Montgomery † ( 1121 Appointed - 1145 Resigned)
William de Turbe † ( 1146 Appointed - 17 Jan 1174 Died)
John of Oxford † (26 Nov 1175 Appointed - 2 Jun 1200 Died)
John de Gray † ( 1200 Appointed - 18 Oct 1214 Died)
Pandulf Masca † (29 May 1222 Ordained Bishop - 16 Sep 1226 Died)
Thomas Blunville † (5 Nov 1226 Appointed - 16 Aug 1236 Died)
William de Raley † (25 Sep 1239 Ordained Bishop - 13 Sep 1243 Confirmed, Bishop of Winchester, England)
Walter Suffield † (9 Jul 1244 Appointed - 18 May 1257 Died)
Simon de Wauton † (2 Aug 1257 Confirmed - 2 Jan 1266 Died)
Roger Skerning, O.S.B. † (23 Jan 1266 Appointed - 22 Jan 1278 Died)
William Middleton † (24 Feb 1278 Appointed - 1 Sep 1288 Died)
Ralph Walpole † (1 Feb 1289 Confirmed - 15 Jul 1299 Appointed, Bishop of Ely, England)
John Salmon, O.S.B. † (15 Jul 1299 Appointed - 6 Jul 1325 Died)
William Ayermin † ( 1325 Appointed - 27 Mar 1336 Died)
Antony Beck † (14 Mar 1337 Appointed - 19 Dec 1343 Died)
William Bateman † (23 Jan 1344 Appointed - 6 Jan 1355 Died)
Thomas Percy † (4 Feb 1355 Appointed - 8 Aug 1369 Died)
Henry de Spencer † (3 Apr 1370 Appointed - 23 Aug 1406 Died)
Alexander Totington † (24 Feb 1407 Confirmed - Apr 1413 Died)
Richard Courtenay † (28 Jun 1413 Appointed - 15 Sep 1415 Died)
John Wakering † (27 May 1416 Confirmed - 9 Apr 1425 Died)
William Alnewick † (27 Feb 1426 Appointed - 19 Sep 1436 Appointed, Bishop of Lincoln, England)
Thomas Brown † (19 Sep 1436 Appointed - 6 Dec 1445 Died)
Walter Le Hert † (24 Jan 1446 Appointed - 17 May 1472 Died)
James Goldwell † (16 Jul 1472 Appointed - 15 Feb 1496 Died)
Thomas Jane † (14 Jun 1499 Appointed - Sep 1500 Died)
Richard Nykke (Nix) † (26 Feb 1501 Appointed - 14 Jan 1536 Died)
Thomas Thirlby † (1 Apr 1550 Appointed - 21 Jun 1554 Appointed, Bishop of Ely, England)
John Hopton, O.P. † (28 Oct 1554 Ordained Bishop - 24 Aug 1558 Died)

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Elmham
673	Erected	Diocese of Dunwich (East Anglia)	Diocese of Elmham (erected)
870	Territory Added	Diocese of Dunwich (East Anglia) (suppressed)	Diocese of Elmham
Diocese of Thetford
1070	Name Changed	Diocese of Elmham	Diocese of Thetford
Diocese of Norwich
1091	Name Changed	Diocese of Thetford	Diocese of Norwich