List of bishops of Chester
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List of bishops of Chester after the foundation of the modern diocese of Chester in 1546. Earlier the midland diocese had for a time had its see at Chester, for which see List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Lichfield and its precursor offices.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1542 to 1554 | John Bird | |
| 1554 to 1555 | George Cotes | |
| 1556 to 1559 | Cuthbert Scott | |
| 1561 to 1577 | William Downham | |
| 1579 to 1595 | William Chaderton | |
| 1595 to 1596 | Hugh Bellot | Translated from Bangor |
| 1597 to 1604 | Richard Vaughan | |
| 1604 to 1615 | George Lloyd | |
| 1616 to 1619 | Thomas Morton | |
| 1619 to 1652 | John Bridgeman | |
| 1660 to 1661 | Brian Walton | |
| 1662 to 1662 | Henry Ferne | |
| 1662 to 1668 | George Hall | |
| 1668 to 1672 | John Wilkins | |
| 1673 to 1686 | John Pearson | |
| 1686 to 1689 | Thomas Cartwright | |
| 1689 to 1707 | Nicholas Stratford | |
| 1708 to 1714 | Sir William Dawes, the 3rd Baronet Dawes | |
| 1714 to 1725 | Francis Gastrell | |
| 1726 to 1752 | Samuel Peploe | |
| 1752 to 1771 | Edmund Keene | |
| 1771 to 1776 | William Markham | |
| 1776 to 1787 | Beilby Porteus | |
| 1788 to 1800 | William Cleaver | |
| 1800 to 1809 | Henry Majendie | |
| 1810 to 1812 | Bowyer Sparke | |
| 1812 to 1834 | George Law | |
| 1824 to 1828 | Charles Blomfield | |
| 1828 to 1848 | John Sumner | |
| 1845 to 1865 | John Graham | |
| 1865 to 1884 | William Jacobson | |
| 1884 to 1889 | William Stubbs | |
| 1889 to 1919 | Francis Jayne | |
| 1919 to 1932 | Henry Paget | |
| 1932 to 1939 | Geoffrey Fisher | |
| 1939 to 1955 | Douglas Crick | |
| 1955 to 1973 | Gerald Ellison | |
| 1974 to 1981 | Hubert Whitsey | |
| 1982 to 1996 | Michael Baughen | Retired |
| 1996 to present | Peter Robert Forster, PhD | Enthroned 21 January 1997 |
