Official Record of Apostolic Succession of

JOHN MORTON
(as Bishop of Ely; 1486 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 May 1497:
RICHARD FITZJAMES
(as Bishop of Rochester; 1503 Chichester; 1506 London)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 25 September 1502:
WILLIAM WARHAM
(as Bishop of London; 1503 Cant)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 May 1521:
JOHN LONGLANDS
(as Bishop of Lincoln)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 30 March 1533:
THOMAS CRANMER
(as Archbishop of Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in June 1536:
WILLIAM BARLOW
(as Bishop of St. David's, Wales; 1549 Bath; 1559 Chichester)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 17 December 1559:
MATTHEW PARKER
(as Archbishop of Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 December 1559:
EDMUND GRINDAL
(as Bishop of London; 1570 York; 1576 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 April 1577:
JOHN WHITGIFT
(as Bishop of Worcester; 1583 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 8 May 1597:
RICHARD BANCROFT
(as Bishop of London; 1604 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 3 December 1609:
GEORGE ABBOT
(as Bishop of Lichfield; 1610 London; 1611 Canterbury)
assisted by Marc Anthonio de Dominis, (Dean of Windsor and
former Roman Abp. of Spolatro & Primate of Dalmatia)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 December 1617:
GEORGE MONTAIGNE
(as Bishop of Lincoln; 1621 London; 1628 Durham; 1628 York)
assisted by John Howson (Bishop of Oxford)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 18 November 1621:
Bl. WILLIAM LAUD
(as Bishop of St. David's, Wales; 1626 Bath; 1628 London; 1633 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 17 June 1638:
BRIAN DUPPA
(as Bishop of Chichester; 1641 Salisbury; 1660 Winchester)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 28 October 1660 (see note 5):
GILBERT SHELDON
(as Bishop of London; 1663 Canterbury)
Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 6 December 1674: