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before his de^th; the western transept was added be-
tween 1179 and 1200, and the eastern transept during
the reign of Henry III. The cathedral is small,
being only 30(5 feet long, but its nave is the oldest
in England and it has a fine Norman crypt . Besides
the shrine of St. Paulinus. the cathedral contained
the rehcs of St. Ithamar, the first Saxon to be con-
secrated to the episcopate, and St. William of Perth,
who was held in popular veneration. In 1130 the
cathedral was consecrated by the Archbishop of
Canterbury assisted by thirteen bishops in the pres-
ence of Henry I, but the occasion was marred by
a great fire which
nearly destroyed the
whole city and dam-
aged the new cathe-
dral. After the burial
of St. William of
Perth in 1201 the
ofTerings at his tomb
were so great, that
by their means the
choir was rebuilt and
the central tower was
added (1343), thus
completing the ca-
thedral. From the
foundation of the see
the archbishops of
Canterbury had en-
joj-ed the privilege
of nominating the
bishop, but Arch-
bishop Theobald
transferred the right
Thomas Brown, 1435
William Wells, 1437
John Lowe, 1444
Thomas Rotheram (or
Scott), 1468 John Alcock, 1472 John Russell, 1476 Edmund Audley, 1480 Thomas Savage, 1492
Bl. John Fisher
(Cardinal)
Schismatical bishops: John Hilsey, 1535 Richard Heath, 1539 Henry Holbeach, 1543 Nicholas Ridley, 1547 John Poynet, 1550 John Scory, 1551
1504
to the Benedictine monks of the cathedral who ex-
ercised it for the first time in 1148.
The following is the list of bishops with the date of their accession; but the succession from Tatnoth (844) to Siweard (1058) is obscure, and may be modi- fied b}' fresh research:
Radulphus d'Escures,
St. Ju-stus, 604
Romanus, 624
Vacancv, 625
St. Paulinus, 633
St. Ithamar, 644
Damianus, 655
Vacancy, 664
Putta, 666-9
Cwichelm, 676
Gebmund, 678
Tobias, 693-706
Ealdwulf, 727
Dunno, 741
Eardwulf, 747
Deora, 765-72
Wairmund I, 781
Befjmmod, 803-5
Tatnoth, 844
Bea<]unoth (possibly iden-
Richard Fitz James, 1496 Vacancy, 1552
The canonical line was restored by the appoint>-
ment in 1554 of Maurice Griffith, the last Catholic bishop of Rochester, who died in 1558. The diocese was so small, consisting merely of part of Kent, that it needed only one archdeacon (Rochester) to super- vise the 97 parishes. It was also the poor- est diocese in Eng- land. The cathedral was dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle. The ariiLs of the see were argent, on a sal- tire gules an Escalop shell, or.
Shrubsole and Denne, History and An- tiquities of RochcsleriLon- don, 1772); Wharton, Anglia Sacra (London, 1691), pt. i, includes annals by de Hadenham (604-1307) and de Dene (1.314- .50) ; PeaRMan, Rochester: Diocesan History (London, 1S97) ; Palmer, Rochester: The Cathedral and See (London, 1897); Hope, Architectural History of Cathedral in Ketit Archa-ological Society, XXIII, XXIV (1898-1900); ERNaLPHCs, Textus Rnffensis. ed. Hearne (London, 1720). reprinted in P. L., CLXIII; Pegoe, Account of Texttis Roffensis (London, 1784) in Nichols, Bib. Topog. Brit. (London, 1790); J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense (London, 1769); J. Thorpe, Jr., Custumale Roffense (London, 1788); Winkle, Cathedral Churches of England and Wales (Lon- don, 1860); Fairbairns, Cathedrals of England and Wales (Lon- don, 1907); Godwin, De pra-siilibus Anglia- (London, 1743); John of Canterbury 1125 Gams, Series Episcoporum (Ratisbon, 1873); Seakle, Anglo-
The Cath
Rochester, England
1108
Ernulf, 1115
John of Sees, 1137
Ascelin, 1142
Walter, 1148
Gualeran, 1182
Gilbert de Glanvill, 1185
Benedict de Sansetun,
1215 Henry Sandford, 1226 Richard de Wendover,
1235 (consecrated,
1238) Lawrence de St. Martin,
1251 Walter de Merton, 1274 John de Bradfield, 1277
Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles (Cambridge, 1899).
Edwin Burton.
Rochester, Dioce.sb of, on its establishment by separation from the See of Buffalo, 24 January, 1868, comprised the counties of Monroe, Livingston, Wajme, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Yates, and Tomp- kins in the state of New York. In 1896, after the death of Bishop Ryan of Buffalo, the boundary line of the two dioceses was somewhat (!hang(>d, the counties of Steuben, Schuj'ler, Chemung, and Tioga being d(!t a(;hed from the See of Buffalo and added to that of Ro(-hcslcr.
Bishops: (1) Rev. Bernard J. Mc(2uaid, who be- came a pioneer and leader in Catholic education and the founder of a modtsl seminary, was consecrated
tical with Warmund II) Thomas Inglethorp, 1283 bishop of Rochester in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New
Wx-rmund II, 84.5-t32
Cuthwulf, H60-8
Swithwulf (date unknown)
Ccfjlmund, S97-W4
Cynefrith (date unknown)
Burhric, 933 or 9.34
Beorhtsigc (doubtful name)
Daniel, 951-5
Aelfstan, c. 964
Godwine I, 995
Go<Jwine II (date un- known)
Siweard, 1058
AmoHt, 1076
Gundulf, 1077
Thomas de Wouldham
1292 Vacancy, 1317 Hamo de Hythe, 1319 John de Sheppey, 1352 William of Whittlesea,
1362 Thomas Trilleck, 1364 Thomas Brinton, 1373 William de Botti.sham,
13S9 John de Bottisham, MOO Richard Young, \\()\ John Kemp, 1419 fafler-
ward.s (Cardinal) John Langdon, 1421
York City, on 12 July, 1808. Four days later he
took possession of his small and poor diocese, con-
taining only sixty churches admini.stered by thirty-
eight priests, seven of whom were Redemi)lorist
Fathers. When he died, 18 Jan., 1909, after forty
years spent in a laborious episcopate, his diocese was
richly furnished with churches, schools, seminaries,
charitable institutions, answering the manifold
needs of the Catholic population, then I'stimated
at 121,000. (2) Rev. Thomas F. Hickey was con-
HC(Tat(!d in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rochester, 24
M;iy, 1905, having been appointed coadjutor to
Bishop McQuaid.
Chiihchbh: The steady growth of the Catholic population in the Diocese of Rochester, due mainly to immigration of Irish, German, French, Polish,
