| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| c546 to 572 |
Deiniol |
Saint Deiniol; founded monastery at Bangor 525; according to Haydn's bishop from 516 |
| 572 to c768 |
unknown |
|
| c768 to 809 |
Elfodd |
described in the annals as Chief bishop of Gwynedd; probably Bishop of Bangor but not described as such. |
| 809 to c904 |
unknown |
|
| c904 to 944 |
Morlais |
|
| ??? to 1055 |
unknown |
|
| c1050 to ???? |
Dyfan |
|
| c1081 to ???? |
Revedun |
|
| 1092 to 1109 |
Hervey le Breton |
Forced to flee diocese in late 1090s. Translated to Ely |
| 1109 to 1120 |
Christopher Meare |
|
| 1120 to 1139 |
David the Scot |
Presided over the building of Bangor cathedral |
| 1139 to 1161 |
Meurig |
|
| 1162 to 1177 |
vacant
|
For 16 years. Arthur of Bardsey chosen by Owain Gwynedd c. 1165 and consecrated in Ireland, but not accepted by Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 1177 to c1190 |
Guy Rufus
(Gwion) |
|
| c1191 to 1195 |
vacant |
For 4 years |
| 1195 to 1197 |
Alban
(Alan) |
Prior of St John of Jerusalem |
| 1197 to 1212 |
Robert of Shrewsbury |
|
| 1215 to 1236 |
Cadwgan I of Llandyfai
(Martin) |
|
| 1236 to 1240 |
Hywel |
|
| 1240 to 1267 |
Richard |
|
| 1267 to 1303 (or 1307) |
Einion I, Bishop of Bangor |
Archdeacon of Anglesey |
| 1303 to 1306 |
Cadwgan II |
|
| 1307 to 1300 |
Gruffydd ap Iorwerth |
According to Haydn's: 1306 to 1320 |
| 1320 to 1327 |
Lewis |
According to Heylyn |
| 1309 to 1328 |
Einion Sais |
According to Le Neve |
| 1327 to 1357 |
Matthew de Englefeld
(Madog ap Iowerth) |
|
| 1357 to 1366 |
Thomas de Ringstead |
|
| 1366 to 1370 |
Gervase de Castro |
|
| 1370 to 1371 |
Hywel ab Goronwy |
|
| 1371 to 1375 |
John Gilbert |
|
| 1375 to 1400 |
John Swaffham
styled John Clovensis by Heylyn |
Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland |
| 1400 to 1405 |
Richard Young |
Translated to Rochester |
| 1405 to 1408 |
Llywelyn Byford |
|
| 1408 to 1418 |
Benedict Nicholls |
|
| 1418 to 1424 |
William Barrow |
Canon of Lincoln; translated to Carlisle |
| 1424 to 1436 |
Nicholas Clitherow
(alias John Clitherow) |
Canon of Chichester |
| 1436 to 1448 |
Thomas Cheriton |
|
| 1448 to 1454 |
John Stanberry |
|
| 1454 to 1464 |
James Blakedon |
Bishop of Achad-Fobhair |
| 1464 to 1496 |
Thomas Edenham
(alias Richard Evendon) |
|
| 1496 to 1500 |
Henry Deane |
Prior of Llanthony and Lord Chancellor of Ireland |
| 1500 to 1504 |
Thomas Pigot |
|
| 1504 to 1509 |
John Penny |
Translated to Carlisle |
| 1509 to 1534 |
Thomas Skeffington |
Abbot of Waverley |
| 1534 to 1539 |
John Salcott
alias Capon |
|
| 1539 to 1541 |
John Bird |
Last Provincial of the Carmelites; translated to Chester |
| 1541 to March 1552 |
Arthur Bulkeley |
Died in office |
| March 1552 to 1555 |
vacant |
for 3 years |
| 1555 to 1559 |
William Glyn |
President of Queens' College, Cambridge |
| 1559 to 1566 |
Rowland Merrick |
Chancellor and Residentiary of St David's |
| 1566 to 1585 |
Nicholas Robinson |
|
| 1585 to 1595 |
Hugh Bellot |
Translated to Chester |
| 1595 to 1598 |
Richard Vaughan |
Archdeacon of Middlesex; translated to Chester |
| 1598 to 1616 |
Henry Rowlands |
|
| 1616 to 1631 |
Lewis Bayley |
|
| 1631 to 1633 |
David Dolben |
|
| 1633 to 1637 |
Edmund Griffith |
Dean of Bangor |
| 1637 to 1666 |
William Roberts |
Sub-dean of Wells |
| 1666 to 1673 |
Robert Morgan |
Archdeacon of Merioneth |
| 1673 to 1689 |
Humphrey Lloyd |
Dean of St Asaph |
| 1689 to 1701 |
Humphrey Humphreys |
Dean of Bangor; translated to Hereford |
| 1701 to 1715 |
John Evans |
Translated to Meath, Ireland |
| 1715 to 1721 |
Benjamin Hoadley |
Rector of St Peter's-le-Poor, London; translated to Hereford |
| 1721 to 1723 |
Richard Reynolds |
Dean of Peterborough; translated to Lincoln |
| 1723 to 1728 |
William Baker |
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford; translated to Norwich |
| 1728 to 1734 |
Thomas Sherlock |
Dean of Chichester; translated to Salisbury |
| 1734 to 1737 |
Charles Cecil |
Translated from Bristol |
| 1737 to 1743 |
Thomas Herring |
Dean of Rochester; translated to York |
| 1743 to 1748 |
Matthew Hutton |
Translated to York |
| 1748 to 1756 |
Zachary Pearce |
Dean of Winchester; translated to Rochester |
| 1756 to 1769 |
John Egerton |
Dean of Hereford; translated to Lichfield and Coventry |
| 1769 to 1774 |
John Ewer |
Translated from Llandaff |
| 1774 to 1783 |
John Moore |
Dean of Canterbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1783 to 1800 |
John Warren |
Translated from St David's |
| 5 April 1800 to 1806 |
William Cleaver |
Translated from Chester; translated to St Asaph |
| 13 December 1806 to 1809 |
John Randolph |
Translated from Oxford; translated to London |
| 12 August 1809 to 9 July 1830 |
Henry William Majendie |
Translated from Chester; died in office |
| 10 October 1830 to 19 April 1859 |
Christopher Bethell |
Translated from Exeter; died in office |
| 12 May 1859 to 1890 |
James Colquhoun Campbell |
Archdeacon of Llandaff |
| 1890 to 1898 |
Daniel Lewis Lloyd |
Previously Headmaster of Friars School, Bangor and Christ College, Brecon |
| 1899 to 1924 |
Watkin Herbert Williams |
|
| 1925 to 1928 |
Daniel Davies |
|
| 1928 to 1944 |
Charles Alfred Howell Green |
Also Archbishop of Wales 1934-1944 |
| 1944 to 1948 |
David Edwards Davies |
|
| 1949 to 1956 |
John Charles Jones |
|
| 1957 to 1982 |
Gwilym Owen Williams |
Also Archbishop of Wales 1971-1982 |
| 1982 to 1992 |
John Cledan Mears |
|
| 1992 to 1999 |
Barry Cennydd Morgan |
Later Bishop of Llandaff and Archbishop of Wales 2002- |
| 2000 to 2004 |
Francis James Saunders Davies |
Elected 1999 |
| 2004 to 2008 |
Phillip Anthony Crockett |
Archdeacon of Carmarthen and Vicar of Cynwyl Elfed, Cwm Duad and Newchurch; enthroned 18 September 2004; died in office of cancer. |
