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Apostolic Succession

Apostolic Succession of Bishops in the Church from
Jesus Christ to the Bishop of Northern California

* denotes elevation to Archbishop of Canterbury
+ denotes elevation to Presiding Bishop of the United States
. St. John the Apostle
97 St. Polycarp - Smyrna
166 St. Irenaeus - Lyons
197 Zacharias - Lyons
? Elias - Lyons
235 Trophimus - Arles
? Faustinus - Lyons
254 Martin I - Arles

266

Julius - Lyons

313

Marinus - Lyons

?

Vocius - Lyons

346

Valentine - Arles

circa (c.) 353

Tetradus - Lyons

?

Artemius - Arles
347 St. Justus - Lyons
? Heros - Arles
? Sicarius - Lyons
426 St. Honiratys - Arles
427 Eucheius I - Lyons
449 Ravenus - Arles
451 St. Patiens - Lyons
? - Arles
? Lupicinus - Lyons
492 Aeonius - Arles
499 Stephanus - Lyons
506 St. Caeserius -Arles
542 Licontius - Lyons
546 St. Aurelian - Arles
552 St. Nicetius - Lyons
557 Sepandus - Arles
573 Priscus - Lyons
588 St. Virgilius - Arles
603 Arudius - Lyos
613 Floriannus - Arles
614 Hiltigisus - Toulon
679 Felix - Arles
680 St. Lambert -Lyons
684 Volbertus - Arles
693 Godwin - Lyons
693 Brihtwald - Canterbury
705 Daniel - Winchester
731 Tatwine - Canterbury
733 Alwig - Lindsey
735 Nathelm - Canterbury
736 Cuthbert - Hereford
745 Ecgwulf - London
766 Juenberht - Canterbury
786 Cyneberht - Winchester
793 Ethelheard - Canterbury
798 Deneberht - Worcester

805

Wulfred - Canterbury

c. 809

Wigthegn - Winchester

833

Ceolnoth - Canterbury

862

Alfred - Wincester

870

Ethelred - Canterbury

873

Wereferth-Worcester
909 Anthelm - Wells *
914 Wulfhelm - Wells
c. 926 Odo - Ramsbury *
957 St. Dunstan - Worcester *
985 Segeric - Ramsbury *
990 Elfric - Ramsbury *
1003 St. Wulfstan - Worcester
1020 St. Ethelnoth - Canterbury
c. 1035 Eadsise - St. Martinís*
1043 Stiganol - Elsham*
1058 Siward - Rochester
1070 St. Lanfranc - Canterbury
1070 Thomas - York
1093 St. Anselm - Canterbury
1107 Roger - Salisbury
1139 Theobald - Canterbury
1148 Foliot - Hereford
1176 de Leis - St. David's
1189 Fitzwalter - Salisbury*
1199 William - London
1214 de Gray - Worcester
1249 Kirkham - Durham
1255 Henry - Whithern
1292 Halton - Carlisle
1322 Northburgh - Lichfield
1330 Wyvill - Salisbury
1362 Sudbury - London *
1374 Arundel - Ely *
1408 Nicholls - Bangor
1425 Stafford - Bath *
1435 Bourchier - Worcester *
1479 Morton - Ely *
1487 Fox - Exeter
1502 Warham - London *
1521 Longlands - Lincoln
1530 Stokesley - London
1537 Hodgkin - Suffr. of Bedford
1559 Grindal - London *
1577 Whitgift - Worcester *
1597 Bancroft - London *
1609 Abbot -- Lichfield *
1616 Morton - Chester
1619 Howson - Oxford
1621 Laud - St. David's *
1635 Wren - Hereford
1660 Morley - Worcester
1661 Sharpe - St. Andrew's
1663 Burnet - Glasgow
1675 Patterson - Glasgow
1705 Fullarton - Edinburgh
1722 Cant - nonjuror Bishop in Scotland
1727 Rattray - Dunkeld
1741 Falconer - Moray
1768 Kilgour - Aberdeen
1784 Seabury - Connecticut +
1792 Claggett - Maryland
1797 Bass - Massachusetts
1797 Jarvis - Connecticut
1811 Griswold - Eastern Diocese +
1832 Hopkins - Vernont +
1867 Tuttle - Montana +
1911 Perry - Rhode Island +
1930 Sherrill - Massachusetts +
1951 Lichtenerger - Missouri +
1961 Allin - Mississippi +
1968 Browning - Hawaii +
1991 Lamb - Northern California

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