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11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops

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Ealdred
Abbot of Tavistock; Bishop of Hereford; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of York
Wulfstan
bishop of Worcester and saint
Ranulf Flambard
Bishop of Durham and royal official (c. 1060 – 1128)
Osmund
Norman nobleman and member of the English clergy
William de St-Calais
Bishop of Durham
Gundulf
Norman monk and Bishop of Rochester
William Walcher
Walcher (died 14 May 1080) was the bishop of Durham from 1071, a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop (appointed by the King, not the Pope). He was the first non-Englishman to hold that see and an appointee of William the Conqueror following the Harrying of the North. He was murdered in 1080, which led William to send an army into Northumbria to harry the region again.
Leofric
Bishop of Exeter
Robert of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford
Maurice
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of London (1100-1107)
Lyfing
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Wells
Gerard
Bishop of Hereford; Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of York
Herfast
Herfast or Arfast (died 1084) was the first Lord Chancellor of Norman England. He was also Bishop of Elmham and later Bishop of Thetford, after he moved his see there.
Herbert de Losinga
Anglo-Norman Bishop of Thetford and Bishop of Norwich
Grimkjell
Grimketel (died 1047) was an English clergyman who went to Norway as a missionary and was partly responsible for the conversion of Norway to Christianity. He initiated the beatification of Saint Olaf. On his return to England he became Bishop of Selsey and also for a time Bishop of Elmham. He was accused, by some, of being guilty of simony.
Remigius de Fécamp
Bishop of Lincoln
Osbern FitzOsbern
Bishop of Exeter
Edmund of Durham
Bishop of Durham
Wulfsige III
medieval Bishop of Sherborne and is considered a saint
Siward
Bishop of Rochester; Abbot of Chertsey
Walkelin
Walkelin () was the first Norman Bishop of Winchester. He began the construction of Winchester Cathedral in 1079 and had the Old Minster demolished. He reformed the cathedral's administration, although his plan to replace the monks with priests was blocked by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lanfranc. Walkelin was important in beginning St Giles's Fair in Winchester and was greatly active in national politics. For example, he signed the Accord of Winchester, was involved in the Council of London in 1075, and sought to resolve a conflict between Anselm of Canterbury and William II. He was regent o
William the Norman
bishop of London
Robert Bloet
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Lincoln
Sulien
thumb|Plaque for Sulien, Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien was an 11th-century Bishop of St David's, for two periods (1073-1078 and 1079/80-1085/6). He died about 1090/1.