Bishops of St. Asaph
(From 1073 to 1623)
St Asaph was a local saint whose name is found in the neighbouring Llanasa(Asa's Church), Pantasa (Asa's Hollow), Ffynnon Asa (Asa's Well), Onen Asa (Asa's Ash-tree); these place names suggest a strong religious settlement. Asaph's name and reputation was much advanced by the creation of a new territorial episcopal see at Llanelwy in the twelfth century. From about 1073 Rhuddlan was in the possession of the Normans and it was expedient that they protected their interests and those of the Province of Canterbury, Theobald, consecrated Gilbert as its first Bishop.
Office Holder |
|
Year
of appointment and termination |
Gilbert | ||
Galfredus | 1100?-1154 | |
Geoffrey of Monmouth | 1152 - | |
Adam | ||
Anian | 1268 - 1293 | |
Llywelyn of Bromfield | 1293-1315 | |
John Trevor | Bishop in 1345 | |
Llewelyn Ap Madoc | 1357 – 1375 | |
William De Spridlington | 1376 - 1382 | |
John Trevor | ||
Robert de Lancaster | Abbot of Valle Crucis | 1411 - 1433 |
Reginald Pecock | 1450 - | |
Richard Redmayne | 1471 - 1495 | |
Michael Deacon | 1496 - 1500 | |
Dafydd Ap Iorwerth | 1500 - 1503 | |
Dafydd Ap Owain | 1503 - 1513 | |
Edmund Birkhead | 1513 - 1518 | |
Henry Standish | 1518 - 1535 | |
William Barlow | Bishop of St David's 1536 - 1548 | 1536 |
Robert Wharton | 1536 - 1554 | |
Thomas Goldwell | 1555 - 1559 | |
Richard Davies | Bishop of St David's 1561 - 1581 | 1560 - 1561 |
Thomas Davies | d. 1573 | |
William Hughes | 1573 - 1600 | |
William Morgan | 1601 - 1604 | |
Richard Parry | 1604 - 1623 |
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