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The Bishop of Dunwich is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

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bishop between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

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who assists a diocesan bishop

Diocesan bishop

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. The title takes its name after Dunwich

Dunwich

Dunwich is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.Dunwich was the capital of East Anglia 1500 years ago but the harbour and most of the town have since disappeared due to coastal erosion. Its decline began in 1286 when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast, and...

in the English county of Suffolk

Suffolk

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, which has now largely been lost to the sea.

Anglo-Saxon bishops

In about 630 or 631 a diocese was established by St. Felix

Felix of Burgundy

Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich , was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia...

for the Kingdom of the East Angles

Kingdom of the East Angles

The Kingdom of East Anglia, also known as the Kingdom of the East Angles , was a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom that comprised what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens...

, with his episcopal seat

Cathedra

A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...

initially, briefly established at Soham

Soham

Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket . Its population is 9,102 , and it is within the district of East Cambridgeshire.-Archaeology:...

before being transferred to Dunwich

Dunwich

on the Suffolk

Suffolk

coast. There is a possibility the unidentified Dommoc

Dommoc

Dommoc, a place not certainly identified but probably within the modern county of Suffolk, was the original seat of the Anglo-Saxon bishops of the Kingdom of East Anglia. It was established by Sigeberht of East Anglia for Saint Felix in c. 629–31 It remained the bishopric of all East Anglia...

may be Dunwich, but this is yet to be proved. In 672 the diocese was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham by St. Theodore

Theodore of Tarsus

Theodore was the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury, best known for his reform of the English Church and establishment of a school in Canterbury....

, Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

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.

The line of bishops of Dunwich continued until it was interrupted by the Danish

Denmark

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Viking

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invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid 950s the sees of Dunwich and Elmham were reunited under one bishop, with the episcopal see

Episcopal See

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at Elmham.

List of Anglo-Saxon bishops

The current list of Anglo-Saxon bishops is primarily compiled by the 3rd edition of the Handbook of British Chronology. The earlier 2nd edition mentioned two others: Alric, probably bishop of Dunwich and Husa, bishop of Dunwich or Elmham. These two are no longer considered to have been bishops and as such are not listed in the 3rd edition.

Bishops of the East Angles (purportedly established at Soham)
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes.
c.630	c.630	Felix of Burgundy Felix of Burgundy Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich , was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia...	Also known as St Felix
Bishops of the East Angles (established at Dunwich or translated from Soham)
630 x 631	647 x 648	Felix of Burgundy	Also known as St Felix.
647 x 648	652 x 653	Thomas	Deacon.
652 x 653	669 x 670	Brigilsus Brigilsus Brigilsus was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.He was consecrated between 652 and 653. He died about 669 or 670. He was consecrated by Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury.-See also:...	Also recorded as Beorhtgils, Berhtgils, and Boniface.
669 x 670	672	Bifus Bifus Bifus or Bisi was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.He was consecrated in 669 or 670. He resigned the see in 672. He was the last bishop of the East Angles....	Resigned in 672; also recorded as Bisi.
In 672, the diocese was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham
Bishops of Dunwich
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes.
672 x ?	?	Acca Acca of Dunwich Æcci or Acca of Dunwich, was a medieval bishop of Dunwich. He was consecrated after 672, however, his death or end of episcopate is not known.-External links:*...	Also recorded as Æcce and Æcci.
?	?	Ascwulf Ascwulf Ascwulf was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich. He was bishop in the 8th century, but it is not known exactly when he was consecrated or his date of death.-External links:*...
? x 716	716 x ?	Eardred Eardred Eardred was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated sometime before 716 and died after that date.-External links:*...
?	?	Cuthwine	Also recorded as Cuthwynus.
? x 731	731 x ?	Ealdbeorht I Ealdbeorht I Ealdbeorht was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated sometime before 731 and died after that date.-References:...	Also recorded as Alberht.
?	?	Ecglaf Ecglaf Ecglaf was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was bishop in the 8th century, but it is not known exactly when he was consecrated or his date of death.-External links:*...	Also recorded as Eglasius.
? x 747	747 x ?	Eardwulf	Also recorded as Heardwulf.
747 x 775	775 x 781	Ealdbeorht II Ealdbeorht II Ealdbeorht was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 747 and 775 and died between 775 and 781.-References:...	Also recorded as Alberthus and Ealdberht.
? x 781	789 x 793	Heardred	Also recorded as Hardulfus.
789 x 793	798	Ælfhun Ælfhun Ælfhun was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 789 and 793 and died about 798.-External links:*...	Also recorded as Ælphunus.
798	816 x 824	Tidfrith	Also recorded as Tidfreth, Tedfrid, and Thefridus.
816 x 824	824 x 825	Waormund Waormund Waormund was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 816 and 824 and died between 824 and 825.-External links:*...	Also recorded as Wærmund and Weremundus.
825	845 x 870	Wilred Wilred Wilred was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated in 825 and died between 845 and 870.-External links:*...	Also recorded as Wilfredus.
845 x 870	?	Æthelweald Æthelweald Æthelweald was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 845 and 870, but his death date is unknown. After Æthelweald, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, Dunwich...	Also recorded as Æthelwold.
After interruption by the Danish Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... Viking Viking The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to... invasions, Dunwich was united to the see of Elmham.
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Bishops of the East Angles (purportedly established at Soham)

From

Until

Incumbent

Notes.

c.630

Felix of Burgundy
Felix of Burgundy
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich , was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia...

Also known as St Felix

Bishops of the East Angles (established at Dunwich or translated from Soham)

630 x 631

647 x 648

Felix of Burgundy

Also known as St Felix.

647 x 648

652 x 653

Thomas

Deacon.

652 x 653

669 x 670

Brigilsus
Brigilsus
Brigilsus was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.He was consecrated between 652 and 653. He died about 669 or 670. He was consecrated by Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury.-See also:...

Also recorded as Beorhtgils, Berhtgils, and Boniface.

669 x 670

672

Bifus
Bifus
Bifus or Bisi was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles.He was consecrated in 669 or 670. He resigned the see in 672. He was the last bishop of the East Angles....

Resigned in 672; also recorded as Bisi.

In 672, the diocese was divided into the sees of Dunwich and Elmham

Bishops of Dunwich

From

Until

Incumbent

Notes.

672 x ?

Acca
Acca of Dunwich
Æcci or Acca of Dunwich, was a medieval bishop of Dunwich. He was consecrated after 672, however, his death or end of episcopate is not known.-External links:*...

Also recorded as Æcce and Æcci.

Ascwulf
Ascwulf
Ascwulf was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich. He was bishop in the 8th century, but it is not known exactly when he was consecrated or his date of death.-External links:*...

? x 716

716 x ?

Eardred
Eardred
Eardred was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated sometime before 716 and died after that date.-External links:*...

Cuthwine

Also recorded as Cuthwynus.

? x 731

731 x ?

Ealdbeorht I
Ealdbeorht I
Ealdbeorht was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated sometime before 731 and died after that date.-References:...

Also recorded as Alberht.

Ecglaf
Ecglaf
Ecglaf was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was bishop in the 8th century, but it is not known exactly when he was consecrated or his date of death.-External links:*...

Also recorded as Eglasius.

? x 747

747 x ?

Eardwulf

Also recorded as Heardwulf.

747 x 775

775 x 781

Ealdbeorht II
Ealdbeorht II
Ealdbeorht was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 747 and 775 and died between 775 and 781.-References:...

Also recorded as Alberthus and Ealdberht.

? x 781

789 x 793

Heardred

Also recorded as Hardulfus.

789 x 793

798

Ælfhun
Ælfhun
Ælfhun was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 789 and 793 and died about 798.-External links:*...

Also recorded as Ælphunus.

798

816 x 824

Tidfrith

Also recorded as Tidfreth, Tedfrid, and Thefridus.

816 x 824

824 x 825

Waormund
Waormund
Waormund was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 816 and 824 and died between 824 and 825.-External links:*...

Also recorded as Wærmund and Weremundus.

825

845 x 870

Wilred
Wilred
Wilred was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated in 825 and died between 845 and 870.-External links:*...

Also recorded as Wilfredus.

845 x 870

Æthelweald
Æthelweald
Æthelweald was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.He was consecrated between 845 and 870, but his death date is unknown. After Æthelweald, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, Dunwich...

Also recorded as Æthelwold.

After interruption by the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

Viking
Viking
The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

invasions, Dunwich was united to the see of Elmham.

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Suffragan bishops

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

Clive Young

Clive Young is the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford and St John's College, Durham, Young was ordained a deacon in 1972 and began his career with a curacy at Neasden...

List of Suffragan bishops

Suffragan Bishops of Dunwich
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes.
1934	1945	Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton	Formerly Bishop of Ballarat Anglican Diocese of Ballarat The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat extends across the south-west region of Victoria, Australia. It is one of the five Anglican Church of Australia dioceses in the Ecclesiastical province of Victoria. The bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat.-List of... .
1945	1955	Clement Mallory Ricketts Clement Mallory Ricketts Clement Mallory Ricketts was the second Bishop of Dunwich from 1945 to 1955.Ricketts was the son of the Rev. Richard Ernest Ricketts, sometime Vicar of Crambe, North Yorkshire and his wife Mabel Rose Williams. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Keble College, Oxford...
1955	1967	Thomas Cashmore
1967	1977	David Maddock
1977	1980	William Johnston William Johnston (bishop) The Rt Rev William Johnston was Bishop of Dunwich from 1977 to 1980. He was born on 7 July 1914 and educated at Bromsgrove School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After ordination he held curacies in Headingley and Knaresborough . Following this he was Vicar of St...
1980	1992	Eric Devenport
1992	1995	Jonathan Bailey Jonathan Bailey Jonathan Sansbury Bailey, KCVO was Bishop of Dunwich from 1992 to 1995, Bishop of Derby from 1995 to 2005, and Clerk of the Closet from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...	Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan BishopFrom Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan BishopFrom one country's Episcopate to another... to Derby Bishop of Derby The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury, UK.The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese of Southwell in 1927 under King George V and roughly covers the county of Derbyshire... .
1995	1999	Tim Stevens Tim Stevens Timothy John "Tim" Stevens is a British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Leicester.Born in Ilford, Essex, the son of Ralph Stevens and Ursula Plowman, he was educated in Chigwell School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in classics in 1968 and a...	Translated to Leicester Bishop of Leicester The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.The first bishops of Leicester were originally prelates who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 9th centuries... .
1999	present	Clive Young Clive Young Clive Young is the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford and St John's College, Durham, Young was ordained a deacon in 1972 and began his career with a curacy at Neasden...
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Suffragan Bishops of Dunwich

From

Until

Incumbent

Notes.

1934

1945

Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton

Formerly Bishop of Ballarat

Anglican Diocese of Ballarat

The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat extends across the south-west region of Victoria, Australia. It is one of the five Anglican Church of Australia dioceses in the Ecclesiastical province of Victoria. The bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat.-List of...

1945

1955

Clement Mallory Ricketts
Clement Mallory Ricketts
Clement Mallory Ricketts was the second Bishop of Dunwich from 1945 to 1955.Ricketts was the son of the Rev. Richard Ernest Ricketts, sometime Vicar of Crambe, North Yorkshire and his wife Mabel Rose Williams. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Keble College, Oxford...

1955

1967

Thomas Cashmore

1967

1977

David Maddock

1977

1980

William Johnston
William Johnston (bishop)
The Rt Rev William Johnston was Bishop of Dunwich from 1977 to 1980. He was born on 7 July 1914 and educated at Bromsgrove School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After ordination he held curacies in Headingley and Knaresborough . Following this he was Vicar of St...

1980

1992

Eric Devenport

1992

1995

Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Sansbury Bailey, KCVO was Bishop of Dunwich from 1992 to 1995, Bishop of Derby from 1995 to 2005, and Clerk of the Closet from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...

Translated

Translation (ecclesiastical)

Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...

to Derby

Bishop of Derby

The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury, UK.The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese of Southwell in 1927 under King George V and roughly covers the county of Derbyshire...

1995

1999

Tim Stevens
Tim Stevens
Timothy John "Tim" Stevens is a British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Leicester.Born in Ilford, Essex, the son of Ralph Stevens and Ursula Plowman, he was educated in Chigwell School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in classics in 1968 and a...

Translated to Leicester

Bishop of Leicester

The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.The first bishops of Leicester were originally prelates who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 9th centuries...

1999

present

Clive Young
Clive Young
Clive Young is the Anglican Bishop of Dunwich in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford and St John's College, Durham, Young was ordained a deacon in 1972 and began his career with a curacy at Neasden...

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