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Wulfheard

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Wulfheard
Bishop of Hereford
Appointedbetween 799 and 801
Term endedbetween 822 and 824
PredecessorUtel
SuccessorBeonna
Orders
Consecrationbetween 799 and 801
Personal details
Diedbetween 822 and 824

Wulfheard[a] (died c. 823) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He was consecrated between 799 and 801 and died between 822 and 824.[1] In 801 he made a profession of obedience to Æthelhard, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sometimes Wulfhard or Wulfehard

Citations

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  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
  2. ^ Brooks Early History p. 125

References

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  • Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Hereford
c. 800–c. 823
Succeeded by