List of University of Oxford people in religion

This is a list of University of Oxford people in religion. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the university, and others held fellowships at a college.

This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.

Christianity

Saints John Boste (The Queen's) Alexander Briant (Hart Hall) Edmund Campion (St John's) Thomas of Hereford (Chancellor) Richard of Chichester (Chancellor) Richard Gwyn Cuthbert Mayne (St John's) Thomas More (Canterbury Hall) John Henry Newman (Trinity) Edmund of Abingdon (Grammar, Arts, Theology) John Roberts (St John's) Ralph Sherwin (Exeter) Simon Stock (college or hall not known)

Blessed

Thomas Abel (college or hall not known) Thomas Cottam (Brasenose) Thomas Ford (Trinity) John Forrest (c. 1500, BD, possibly DD) John Ingram (New College) Edward James (St John's) George Nichols (Brasenose) John Duns Scotus (college or hall not known) John Shert (Brasenose) John Story (Broadgates Hall)

Antipope

Antipope Alexander V antipope 1409-10

Cardinals

Excluding Cardinals who were Archbishop of Canterbury or York

William Allen (Oriel and St Mary Hall) Cardinal 1587 Joseph Cordeiro Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan and Cardinal 1973-1994 William Heard (Balliol) Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota 1958, Cardinal 1959 Basil Hume (St Benet's Hall) archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal 1976–99 Henry Manning (Balliol) archbishop of Westminster 1865-92 and Cardinal 1875-92 John Henry Newman (Trinity) Cardinal 1879 George Pell (Campion Hall) archbishop of Melbourne 1996–2001, archbishop of Sydney 2001–14, Cardinal 2003-23 Timothy Radcliffe (St John's) Master of the Order of Preachers (i.e., head of the worldwide Dominican Order) 1992–2001, Cardinal from 2024 Philip Repyngdon bishop of Lincoln 1404–19, Cardinal 1408-24

Archbishops of Canterbury

Edmund Rich 1233-40 John Peckham 1279-92 Robert Winchelsey 1294-1313 John de Stratford 1333-48 (Merton) Thomas Bradwardine 1349-49 (Balliol) William Whittlesey 1368-74 William Courtenay 1381-96 (Stapledon Hall) Thomas Arundel 1397–98, 1397-1414 (Oriel) Henry Chichele 1414-43 (New College and All Souls) John Kemp 1452-54 (Merton) Cardinal Thomas Bourchier 1454-86 Cardinal John Morton 1486-1500 (Balliol) Cardinal Thomas Langton 1501 (The Queen's) Henry Deane 1501-03 (Exeter) William Warham 1503-32 (New College) Reginald Pole 1557-58 (Magdalen and Corpus Christi) Cardinal George Abbot 1611-33 (Balliol and University) William Laud 1633-45 (St John's) William Juxon 1660-63 (St John's) Gilbert Sheldon 1663-77 (Trinity and All Souls) William Wake 1716-37 (Christ Church) John Potter 1737-47 (University, Lincoln, and Christ Church) Thomas Secker 1758-68 (Exeter) Charles Longley 1862-68 (Balliol) Archibald Tait 1868-82 (Balliol) Frederick Temple 1896-1902 (Balliol) Randall Davidson 1903-28 (Trinity) Cosmo Lang 1928-42 (Balliol) William Temple 1942-44 (Balliol) Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth) 1945-61 (Exeter) Robert Runcie (later Baron Runcie of Cuddesdon) 1980-91 (Brasenose) Rowan Williams (later Baron Williams of Oystermouth) 2002-12 (Christ Church and Wadham)

Archbishops of York Walter de Gray 1216–55 William Greenfield 1306–15 Thomas Arundel 1388–96 (Oriel) Richard le Scrope 1398–1405 John Kemp 1426–52 (Merton) Cardinal George Neville 1465–76 (Balliol) Thomas Rotherham 1480–1500 (Lincoln) Christopher Bainbridge 1508–14 (The Queen's) Thomas Wolsey 1514–30 (Magdalen) Cardinal Thomas Young 1561–68 Tobias Matthew 1606–28 (University, Christ Church, and St John's) Accepted Frewen 1660–64 (Magdalen) John Dolben 1683–86 (Christ Church) Lancelot Blackburne 1724-43 (Christ Church) William Markham 1776–1807 (Christ Church) Charles Thomas Longley 1860–62 (Balliol) William Thomson 1862–90 (The Queen's) Cosmo Lang 1909–28 (Balliol) William Temple 1929–42 (Balliol) Cyril Garbett 1942-55 (Keble) Stuart Blanch (later Baron Blanch) 1975–83 (St Catherine's) David Hope (later Baron Hope of Thornes) 1995-2005 (Linacre)

Other archbishops, presiding bishops, and metropolitans

Hugh Boulter (Christ Church and Magdalen) bishop of Bristol 1719–24, archbishop of Armagh 1724-42 A. G. Edwards (Jesus) bishop of St Asaph 1889–1934, archbishop of Wales 1920-34 Richard FitzRalph (Balliol) archbishop of Armagh 1346-60 Francis Oliver Green-Wilkinson (Magdalen) bishop of Lusaka 1951–70, archbishop of Central Africa 1962–70 Frank Tracy Griswold (Oriel) presiding bishop, Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1997-2006 David Hand (Oriel) consecrated bishop 1950, archbishop of Papua New Guinea 1977-83 Trevor Huddleston (Christ Church) archbishop of the Indian Ocean and bishop of Mauritius 1978-83 Peter Jensen archbishop of Sydney and metropolitan of New South Wales 2001- Narcissus Marsh (Exeter and St Alban Hall) archbp of Cashel 1691–94, archbishop of Dublin 1694–1703, archbishop of Armagh 1703-13 David Moxon (St Peter's) bishop of Waikato 1993-, Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses and co-presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and the Pacific 2006- Edward Francis Paget (Christ Church) bishop of Mashonaland 1925–57, archbishop of Central Africa 1955-57 Paul Alfred Reeves (St Peter's) bishop of Waiapu 1971–79, bishop of Auckland 1979–85, archbishop and primate of New Zealand 1980-85 Glyn Simon (Jesus) bishop of Llandaff 1957–71, archbishop of Wales 1968–71 George Stone (Christ Church) archbishop of Armagh 1747-64 Timothy Ware (Kallistos) (Magdalen and Pembroke) Orthodox bishop of Diokleia 1982-, Metropolitan 2007- Gwilym Owen Williams (Jesus) bishop of Bangor 1957–82, archbishop of Wales 1971-82 Daniel Wilson (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Calcutta and metropolitan of India and Ceylon 1832-58 John Charles Wright archbishop of Sydney 1909–33, primate of Australia 1910-33

Other bishops

Post-Reformation bishops are Anglican unless described otherwise