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Above Will’s cigarette card showing the
Arms of the Bishopric

Below: Back of the same card, with a brief
description about the founding of the See

Links are to Wikipedia entries. Those marked with an asterisk have a better entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

1542–1558:
Robert King*

1558:
Thomas Goldwell*
Nominated as Bishop of Oxford, but the death of Queen Mary on 17 November 1558 prevented his institution

1558–1567:
The See was vacant for nine years

1567–1568:
Hugh Coren or Curwen*

1568–1589:
The See was vacant for 21 years

1589–1592:
John Underhill*

1592–1604:
The See was vacant for eleven years

1604–1619:
John Bridges*

1619–1628:
John Howson*

1628–1632:
Richard Corbet*

1632–1641:
John Bancroft*

1641–1663:
Robert Skinner*
But deprived during Commonwealth, 1649–1606

1663–1665:
William Paul*

1665–1671:
Walter Blandford

1671–1674:
Nathaniel, Lord Crew*

1674–1676:
Henry Compton*

1676–1686:
John Fell*

1686–1688:
Samuel Parker*

1688–1690:
Timothy Hall*
Denied installation by the chapter of Christ Church

1690–1699:
John Hough*

1699–1715:
William Talbot*

1715–1737:
John Potter*

1737–1758:
Thomas Secker*

1758–1766:
John Hume

1766–1777:
Robert Louth or Lowth*

1777–1788:
John Butler*

1788–1799:
Edward Smallwell

1799–1807:
John Randolph*

1807–1811:
Charles Moss*

1812–1815:
William Jackson*

1816–1827:
Hon. Edward Legge

1827–1829:
Charles Lloyd*

1829–1845:
Richard Bagot*

1845–1869:
Samuel Wilberforce*
       Photographs

1870–1888:
John Fielder Mackarness*

1888–1901:
William Stubbs*
       Grave of his three children in Oxford

1901–1911:
Francis Paget*
       Photograph and letter

1911–1919:
Charles Gore*

1919–1925:
Hubert Murray Burge*

1925–1937:
Thomas Banks Strong*

1937–1954:
Kenneth Escott Kirk*

1955–1971:
Harry James Carpenter

1971–1978:
Kenneth John Woollcombe

1978–1987:
Patrick Campbell Rodger

1987–2006:
Richard Douglas Harries

2007–2014:
John Pritchard

2014–2016:
Acting Bishop Colin William Fletcher

2016–present:
Steven John Lindsey Croft