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Bishop of Rochester

{{Short description|Diocesan bishop in the Church of England}}

{{distinguish|text=the Episcopal Bishop of Rochester or the Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester, both in New York State in the United States of America}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox diocese

| bishopric = Rochester

| border = anglican

| coat = Diocese of Rochester arms.svg

| coat_size = 200

| coat_caption = Arms of the Bishop of Rochester: Argent, on a saltire gules an escallop orDebrett's Peerage, 1968, p.945

| incumbent = Jonathan Gibbs

| province = Canterbury

| residence = Bishopscourt, Rochester

| established = 604

| cathedral = Rochester Cathedral

| first_incumbent = Justus

| diocese = Rochester

}}

The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.

The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a Catholic cathedral in 604. After the English Reformation, during the late 17th and 18th centuries, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed Dean of Westminster. Te practice ended in 1802. The diocese covers two London boroughs and West Kent, which includes Medway and Maidstone.

The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt in Rochester. His Latin episcopal signature is: "(firstname) Roffen",Debretts Peerage, 1968, p. 945. Roffensis being the genitive case of the Latin name of the see. The office was created in 604 at the founding of the diocese in the Kingdom of Kent under King Æthelberht.

Jonathan Gibbs has served as Bishop of Rochester{{cite web |website=Diocese of Rochester |title=New Bishop of Rochester announced |date=31 March 2022 |url=https://rochester.anglican.org/news/new-bishop-of-rochester-announced.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401141501/https://rochester.anglican.org/news/new-bishop-of-rochester-announced.php |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=2 April 2022 }} since the confirmation of his election, on 24 May 2022.{{cite web |website=St Mary-le-Bow |title=(Section: Forthcoming Events) |url=https://www.stmarylebow.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604233726/https://www.stmarylebow.org.uk/ |archive-date=4 June 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022 }}

History

The Diocese of Rochester was historically the oldest and smallest of all the suffragan sees of Canterbury. It was founded by St Augustine, who in 604 consecrated St Justus as its first bishop. (After two more Roman bishops, all subsequent bishops until 1066, beginning with Ithamar, were drawn from the Christianised inhabitants of Kent.) The diocesan territory consisted roughly of the western part of Kent, separated from the rest of the county by the River Medway, though the diocesan boundaries did not follow the river very closely. The restricted territory of the diocese meant that it needed only one archdeacon to supervise all 97 parishes.

From the foundation of the see, the Archbishop of Canterbury had enjoyed the privilege of nominating the bishop, but Archbishop Theobald transferred the right to the Benedictine monks of the cathedral, who exercised it for the first time in 1148.

List of bishops

=Pre-Conquest=

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colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Pre-Conquest Bishops of Rochester
style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="14%"|From

! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="14%"|Until

! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="25%"|Incumbent

! style="background-color:#D4B1BB" width="42%"|Notes

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 604

| style="text-align: center;" | 624

| Justus

| Translated to Canterbury.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 624

| style="text-align: center;" | 624 or 625

| Romanus

| Drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 624 or 625

| style="text-align: center;" | 633

| Seat vacant

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 633

| style="text-align: center;" | 644

| Paulinus

| Translated from York.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | unknown

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 655–664

| Ithamar

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 655–664

| style="text-align: center;" | c. 664

| Damianus

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | possibly 669

| style="text-align: center;" | 676

| Putta

| Resigned. Translated to Hereford.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | possibly 676

| style="text-align: center;" | 678

| Cwichelm

| Resigned.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | possibly 678

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 699–716

| Gebmund

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 699–716

| style="text-align: center;" | 726

| Tobias

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | possibly 727

| style="text-align: center;" | 739

| Ealdwulf

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | possibly 740

| style="text-align: center;" | 747

| Dunn

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 747

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 765–772

| Eardwulf

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 765–772

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 781–785

| Diora

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 781–785

| style="text-align: center;" | 803 or 804

| Waermund (I)

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 804

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 842–844

| Beornmod

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 844

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| Tatnoth

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| Badenoth

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| Waermund (II)

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 845–868

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 868–880

| Cuthwulf

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 868–880

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 893–896

| Swithwulf

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 893–900

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 909–926

| Ceolmund

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 909–926

| style="text-align: center;" | 933 or 934

| Cyneferth

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 933 or 934

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 946–964

| Burgric

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 946–949

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 955–964

| Beorhtsige

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. ? – 964

| style="text-align: center;" | 994 or 995

| Ælfstan

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 994 or 995

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. c. 1013 – ?

| Godwine (I)

|

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. c. 1013 – ?

| style="text-align: center;" | bet. 1046–1058

| Godwine (II)

|

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1058

| style="text-align: center;" | 1075

| Siward

|

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|align=center colspan=4| Source(s):{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=486 |title=Historical successions: Rochester |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=2 August 2013}}{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 221.

=Conquest to Reformation=

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colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Rochester (Catholic)
style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1076

| style="text-align: center;" | 1077

| Arnost

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1077

| style="text-align: center;" | 1108

| Gundulf

| Builder of Rochester Castle, the White Tower and Father of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1108

| style="text-align: center;" | 1114

| Ralph d'Escures

| Translated to Canterbury.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1114

| style="text-align: center;" | 1124

| Ernulf

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1125

| style="text-align: center;" | 1137

| John

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1139

| style="text-align: center;" | 1142

| John II

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1142

| style="text-align: center;" | 1148

| Ascelin

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1148

| style="text-align: center;" | 1182

| Walter

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1182

| style="text-align: center;" | 1184

| Waleran

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1185

| style="text-align: center;" | 1214

| Gilbert Glanvill

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1215

| style="text-align: center;" | 1226

| Benedict of Sausetun

| Also recorded as Benedict of Sawston. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1227

| style="text-align: center;" | 1235

| Henry Sandford

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1235

| style="text-align: center;" | 1250

| Richard Wendene

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1251

| style="text-align: center;" | 1274

| Lawrence of St Martin

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1274

| style="text-align: center;" | 1277

| Walter de Merton

| Formerly Archdeacon of Bath and Lord Chancellor. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1278

| style="text-align: center;" | 1283

| John Bradfield

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1283

| John Kirkby (bishop-elect)

| Elected, but resigned without consecration. Later became Bishop of Ely.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1283

| style="text-align: center;" | 1291

| Thomas Ingoldsthorpe

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1292

| style="text-align: center;" | 1317

| Thomas Wouldham

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1319

| style="text-align: center;" | 1352

| Hamo Hethe

| Resigned.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1353

| style="text-align: center;" | 1360

| John Sheppey

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1362

| style="text-align: center;" | 1364

| William Whittlesey

| Translated to Worcester.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1364

| style="text-align: center;" | 1372

| Thomas Trilleck

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1373

| style="text-align: center;" | 1389

| Thomas Brinton

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1389

| style="text-align: center;" | 1400

| William Bottlesham

| Also recorded as William Bottisham and Botklisham.Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/0541; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no541a/bCP40no541adorses/IMG_0507.htm; third entry from the bottom; as defendant, on line 2 Translated from Llandaff. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1400

| style="text-align: center;" | 1404

| John Bottlesham

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1404

| style="text-align: center;" | 1418

| Richard Young

| Translated from Bangor. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1419

| style="text-align: center;" | 1421

| John Kemp

| Translated to Chichester.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1421

| style="text-align: center;" | 1434

| John Langdon

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1435

| style="text-align: center;" | 1436

| Thomas Brunce

| Translated to Norwich.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1437

| style="text-align: center;" | 1444

| William Wells

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1444

| style="text-align: center;" | 1467

| John Low

| Translated from St Asaph. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1468

| style="text-align: center;" | 1472

| 60px Thomas Rotherham

| Also recorded as Thomas Scott. Translated to Lincoln.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1472

| style="text-align: center;" | 1476

| John Alcock

| Translated to Worcester.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1476

| style="text-align: center;" | 1480

| John Russell

| Translated to Lincoln.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1480

| style="text-align: center;" | 1492

| Edmund Audley

| Translated to Hereford.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1493

| style="text-align: center;" | 1496

| Thomas Savage

| Translated to London.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1497

| style="text-align: center;" | 1503

| Richard FitzJames

| Translated to Chichester.

valign=top bgcolor="white"

|align=center colspan=4| Source(s):{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 266–268.{{Harvnb|Greenway|1971}}, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, volume 2, pp. 75–78.{{Harvnb|Jones|1962}}, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, volume 4, pp. 37–40.

=During the Reformation=

class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Rochester (Catholic)
style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1504

| style="text-align: center;" | 1535

| 78x78px John Fisher

| Cardinal, martyr and saint. Executed.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1535

| style="text-align: center;" | 1539

| John Hilsey

| Also recorded as John Hildesleigh. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1540

| style="text-align: center;" | 1544

| 82x82px Nicholas Heath

| Translated to Worcester.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1544

| style="text-align: center;" | 1547

| Henry Holbeach

| Translated from Bristol. Afterwards translated to Lincoln.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1547

| style="text-align: center;" | 1550

| 80x80px Nicholas Ridley

| Translated to London. Martyr. Executed.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1550

| style="text-align: center;" | 1551

| John Ponet

| Also recorded as John Poynet. Translated to Winchester.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1551

| style="text-align: center;" | 1552

| John Scory

| Translated to Chichester.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1554

| style="text-align: center;" | 1558

| Maurice Griffith

| Also recorded Maurice Griffin. Died in office.

valign=top bgcolor="white"

|align=center colspan=4| Source(s):{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 268.{{Harvnb|Horn|1974}}, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, volume 3, pp. 50–54.

=Post-Reformation=

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colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Rochester (Church of England)
style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 30%;" | Incumbent

! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1559

| Edmund Allen (bishop-elect)

| Elected, but died before consecration.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1560

| style="text-align: center;" | 1571

| 60px Edmund Gheast

| Also recorded as Edmund Guest. Translated to Salisbury.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1572

| style="text-align: center;" | 1575

| 60px Edmund Freke

| Translated to Norwich.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1576

| style="text-align: center;" | 1577

| 60px John Piers

| Translated to Salisbury.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1578

| style="text-align: center;" | 1605

| 60px John Young

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1605

| style="text-align: center;" | 1608

| 60px William Barlow

| Translated to Lincoln.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1608

| style="text-align: center;" | 1610

| 60px Richard Neile

| Translated to Lichfield and Coventry.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1611

| style="text-align: center;" | 1628

| 60px John Buckeridge

| Translated to Ely.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1628

| style="text-align: center;" | 1629

| 60px Walter Curle

| Translated to Bath and Wells.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1630

| style="text-align: center;" | 1637

| 60px John Bowle

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1638

| style="text-align: center;" | 1646

| 60px John Warner

| Deprived when the English episcopate was abolished by Parliament.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1646

| style="text-align: center;" | 1660

| colspan="2" | The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.{{cite web |last=Plant |first=David |year=2002 |url=http://bcw-project.org/church-and-state/sects-and-factions/episcopalians |title=Episcopalians |website=BCW Project |access-date=25 April 2021 }}{{cite journal |last=King |first=Peter |date=July 1968 |title=The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642-1649 |journal=The English Historical Review |volume= 83 |issue= 328 |pages=523–537 |publisher=Oxford University Press |jstor=564164 |doi=10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523}}

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1660

| style="text-align: center;" | 1666

| 60px John Warner (restored)

| Reinstated on the restoration of the episcopate. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1666

| style="text-align: center;" | 1683

| 60px John Dolben

| Translated to York.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1683

| style="text-align: center;" | 1684

| 60px Francis Turner

| Translated to Ely.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1684

| style="text-align: center;" | 1713

| 60px Thomas Sprat

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1713

| style="text-align: center;" | 1723

| 60px Francis Atterbury

| Deprived.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1723

| style="text-align: center;" | 1731

| 60px Samuel Bradford

| Translated from Carlisle.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1731

| style="text-align: center;" | 1756

| 60px Joseph Wilcocks

| Translated from Gloucester. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1756

| style="text-align: center;" | 1774

| 60px Zachary Pearce

| Translated from Bangor. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1774

| style="text-align: center;" | 1793

| 60px John Thomas

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1793

| style="text-align: center;" | 1802

| 60px Samuel Horsley

| Translated from St David's. Afterwards translated to St Asaph.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1802

| style="text-align: center;" | 1808

| 60px Thomas Dampier

| Translated to Ely.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1809

| style="text-align: center;" | 1827

| 60px Walker King

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1827

| 60px Hugh Percy

| Translated to Carlisle.

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| style="text-align: center;" | 1827

| style="text-align: center;" | 1860

| 60px George Murray

| Translated from Sodor and Man. Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1860

| style="text-align: center;" | 1867

| 60px Joseph Wigram

| Died in office.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1867

| style="text-align: center;" | 1877

| 60px Thomas Legh Claughton

| Translated to St Albans.

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| style="text-align: center;" | 1877

| style="text-align: center;" | 1891

| 60px Anthony Thorold

| Translated to Winchester.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1891

| style="text-align: center;" | 1895

| 60px Randall Davidson

| Translated to Winchester.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1895

| style="text-align: center;" | 1905

| 60px Edward Talbot

| Translated to Southwark.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1905

| style="text-align: center;" | 1930

| 60px John Harmer

| Translated from Adelaide. Retired.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1930

| style="text-align: center;" | 1939

| 60px Linton Smith

| Translated from Hereford. Retired.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1940

| style="text-align: center;" | 1960

| 60px Christopher Chavasse

| Retired.

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1961

| style="text-align: center;" | 1988

| 60px David Say

| Retired

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1988

| style="text-align: center;" | 1994

| 60px Michael Turnbull

| Translated to Durham

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1994

| style="text-align: center;" | 2009

| 60px Michael Nazir-Ali

| Retired. Later received into the Catholic Church as a priest of the Ordinariate.

valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2010

| style="text-align: center;" | 2021

| 60px James Langstaff

| Translated from Lynn; retired 31 July 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.rochester.anglican.org/communications/news/bishop-james-announces-his-retirement.php|title = Diocese of Rochester | Bishop James announces his retirement}}

valign="top" style="background-color: white;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2021

| style="text-align: center;" | 2022

| 60px Simon Burton-Jones, Bishop of Tonbridge

| Acting diocesan bishop during vacancy.

valign=top style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2022

| style="text-align: center;" | present

| 60px Jonathan Gibbs

| Translated from Huddersfield; election confirmed 24 May 2022.

valign=top style="background-color: white;"

|align=center colspan=4| Source(s):{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 268–269.

Assistant bishops

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Among those called Assistant Bishop of Rochester, or coadjutor bishop, were:

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
  • {{Cite book |last1=Greenway |first1=D. E. |year=1971 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 |chapter=Bishops of Rochester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 |volume=2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces) |publisher=British History Online }}
  • {{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=B. |year=1962 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32723 |chapter=Bishops of Rochester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 |volume=4: Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province) |publisher=British History Online }}
  • {{Cite book |last1=Horn |first1=J. M. |year=1974 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34603 |chapter=Bishops of Rochester |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 |volume=3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester Dioceses |publisher=British History Online }}

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External links

  • [http://www.rochester.anglican.org/ Diocese of Rochester website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090330221554/http://www.rochestercathedral.org/index.asp Rochester Cathedral website]

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