Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The post of Bishop of Durham has existed since the eighth century. After the Norman conquest the Bishop was made Prince-Bishop of the Palatinate of Durham. They had their own army, parliment, currency, and court system. The Prince-Bishop's authority was hedged after the English Civil War, and the Principality was abolished in 1836. The Palatinate court system, however, survived until 1971. The Bishop of Durham is still an important figure within the Church of England, and a member of the House of Lords. Table of contents 1 Catholic Bishops of Durham 2 Catholic Prince-Bishops of Durham 3 Anglican Prince-Bishops of Durham 4 Anglican Bishops of Durham 5 External Links Catholic Bishops of Durham Aldhun 995-1018 Eadmund 1021-1041 Eadred 1041-1042 Ethelric 1042-1056 Ethelwin 1056-1071 Catholic Prince-Bishops of Durham Walcher 1071-1080 William of St. Carileph 1081-1096 Ranulf Flambard 1099-1129 Geoffrey Rufus 1133-1140 William of St. Barbara 1143-1153 Hugh Pudsey 1153-1195 Philip of Poitou 1195-1208 Richard Marsh 1217-1226 Richard le Poor 1229-1237 Nicholas Farnham 1241-1249 Walter Kirkham 1249 Robert Stitchill 1260-1274 Robert of Holy Island 1274-1283 Antony Beck 1284-1310 Richard Kellaw 1311-1316 Lewis de Beaumont 1318-1333 Richard de Bury 1333-1345 Thomas Hatfield 1345-1381 John Fordham 1382-1388 Walter Skirlaw 1388-1406 Thomas Langley 1406-1437 Robert Neville 1437-1457 Laurence Booth 1457-1476 William Dudley 1476-1483 John Sherwood 1484-1494 Richard Fox 1494-1501 William Senhouse 1502-1505 Christopher Bainbridge 1507-1508 Thomas Ruthall 1509-1523 Thomas Wolsey 1523-1529 Anglican Prince-Bishops of Durham Cuthbert Tunstall 1530-1559 James Pilkington 1561-1576 Richard Barnes 1577-1587 Matthew Hutton 1589-1595 Tobias Matthew 1595-1606 William James 1606-1617 Richard Neile 1617-1627 George Monteigne 1628 John Howson 1628-1632 Thomas Morton 1632-1659 John Cosin 1660-1672 Nathaniel Crewe 1674-1722 William Talbot 1722-1730 Edward Chandler 1730-1750 Joseph Butler 1750-1752 Richard Trevor 1752-1771 John Egerton 1771-1787 Thomas Thurlow 1787-1791 Shute Barrington 1791-1826 William Van Mildert 1826-1836 Anglican Bishops of Durham Edward Maltby 1836-1856 Charles Longley 1856-1860 Henry Villiers 1860-1861 Charles Baring 1861-1879 Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1879-1889 Brooke Westcott 1890-1901 Handley Moule 1901-1920 Herbert Henson 1920-1939 Alwyn Wllliams 1939-1952 Arthur Michael Ramsey 1952-1956 Maurice Harland 1956-1966 Ian Ramsey 1966-1972 John Habgood 1973-1983 David Edward Jenkins 1984-1994 Michael Turnbull 1994-2003 Tom Wright 2003-present External Links Diocese of Durham Durham Cathedral This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.