Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Bishop of Lincoln is the Church of England bishop who controls the see of Lincoln. His seat is at Lincoln Cathedral. The see of Lincoln encompasses all of the country of Lincolnshire. Bishops of Lincoln Hugh of Avalon, 1186-1200 John Russell, 1480-1494 William Smith, 1496-1514 Thomas Wolsey, 1514 John Longland, 1541-1547 Henry Holbeach, 1547-1551 John Taylor, 1552-1554 John White, 1554-1556 Thomas Watson, 1557-1559 Nicholas Bullingham, 1560-1571 Thomas Cooper, 1571-1584 William Wickham, 1584-1595 William Chadderton, 1595-1608 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.