Bishop of Lindisfarne in Encyclopedia

Bishops of Lindisfarne
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
635	651	Aidan	Saint Aidan.
651	661	Finan	Saint Finan.
661	664	Colm n	Saint Colm n.
664		Tuda	Saint Tuda.
In 664 the diocese was merged to York by Wilfrid (who succeeded Tuda following his death), leaving one large diocese in the large northern Kingdom of Northumbria.
The diocese was reinstated in 678 by Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury following Wilfrid's banishment from Northumbria by King King Ecgfrith. Its new seat was initially (at least in part) at Hexham (until a new diocese was created there in 680).
678	685	Eata of Hexham	Saint Eata.
685	687	Cuthbert	Saint Cuthbert.
688	698	Eadberht	Saint Eadberht.
698	721	Eadfrith	Saint Eadfrith.
721	740	thelwold	Saint thelwold.
740	780	Cynewulf
780	803	Higbald
803	821	Egbert
821	830	Egfrid
830	845	Ecgred
845	854	Eanbert
854	875	Eardulf
The monks of Lindisfarne fled from the Danes in 875 along with the ancient remains of Saint Cuthbert and there was no seat of the Bishop of Lindisfarne for seven years. In 882 Eardulf and his monks settled in Chester-le-Street and the seat of the Bishop and diocese of Lindisfarne was based there until 995.
Bishops of Lindisfarne (at Chester-le-Street)
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
882	900	Eardulf
900	915	Cutheard
915	928	Tilred
928	944	Wilgred
944	947	Uchtred
947		Sexhelm
947	968	Aldred
968	990	lfsige	Called "Bishop of St Cuthbert".
990	995	Aldhun	Moved the see & diocese to Durham.
In 995, the King had paid the Danegeld to the Danish and Norwegian Kings and peace was restored. Aldhun was on his way to reestablish the see at Lindisfarne when he received a divine vision that the body of St Cuthbert should be laid to rest in Durham. The see and diocese of Lindisfarne was moved to Durham and the bishop's title became Bishop of Durham.

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