Bishops of the Mercians |
c. 656 |
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Diuma, a "Scot", (i.e. an Irishman), ordained (i.e. consecrated) by Bishop Finan of Lindisfarne. He "in a short time gained many people to our Lord". (Bede) |
658 |
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Ceollach, also a "Scot," who, after a short episcopate, retired to the island of Hii (Iona). |
c. 659 |
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Trumhere, a kinsman of the good King Oswin, of Deira, and formerly abbot of the monastery of Ingethlingum (tentatively identified as Gilling in North Yorkshire). |
662 |
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Jaruman, "a religious and good man". (Bede) |
669 |
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St Chad, who became the first Bishop of Lichfield. |
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