This is a list of University of Oxford people in religion. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the university, and others held fellowships at a college.
This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.
Excluding Cardinals who were Archbishop of Canterbury or York
Post-Reformation bishops are Anglican unless described otherwise
| Name | College | Years at Oxford | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Aubrey Aitken | Trinity | bishop of Lynn, 1972–86 | ||
| Gerald Burton Allen | Wadham (scholar and chaplain), Pembroke (fellow), St Edmund Hall (principal), Christ Church (canon) | bishop of Sherborne, 1928–36, archdeacon of Oxford and canon of Christ Church 1936–52, assistant bishop of Oxford 1936–39, bishop of Dorchester 1939–52 | ||
| Lancelot Andrewes | Jesus and Pembroke | bishop of Chichester 1605–09, bishop of Ely 1609–18, bishop of Winchester 1618–26 | ||
| John Armstrong | Lincoln | bishop of Grahamstown 1853–56 | ||
| Mervyn Armstrong | Balliol | bishop of Jarrow 1958-65 | ||
| Francis Atterbury | Christ Church | bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster 1713–23 | ||
| Richard Aungerville (Richard de Bury) | bishop of Durham 1333–45, lord high treasurer 1334–35, lord high chancellor 1335–36 | |||
| William Awdry | Balliol and The Queen's | bishop of Southampton, 1895–96, bishop of Osaka 1896–98, bishop of South Tokyo 1898–1908 | ||
| Walter Hubert Baddeley | Keble | bishop of Melanesia 1932–47, bishop of Whitby 1947–54, bishop of Blackburn 1954–60 | ||
| Paul Everard Barber | St John's | bishop of Brixworth 1989–2001 | ||
| Cuthbert Bardsley | New College | bishop of Croydon 1947–56, bishop of Coventry 1956–76 | ||
| Thomas Barlow | The Queen's | bishop of Lincoln 1675–91 | ||
| Richard Barnes | Brasenose | bishop of Nottingham 1567–70, bishop of Carlisle 1570–77, bishop of Durham 1577-87 | ||
| Shute Barrington | Merton | bishop of Llandaff 1769–82, bishop of Salisbury 1782–91, bishop of Durham 1791–1826 | ||
| Timothy John Bavin | Worcester | bishop of Johannesburg 1974–84, bishop of Portsmouth 1984-95 | ||
| Thomas Beckington | New College | bishop of Bath and Wells 1434–65, Lord Privy Seal 1443-44 | ||
| James Harold Bell | St Peter's, Wycliffe Hall, Brasenose | Undergraduate 1972–74, Academic 1976-82 | bishop of Knaresborough 2003- | [1] |
| John Bell | Balliol | bishop of Worcester 1539–43 | ||
| Colin Bennetts | Jesus | bishop of Buckingham 1994–98, bishop of Coventry 1998– | ||
| Harold Ernest Bilbrough | New College | bishop of Dover 1916–27, bishop of Newcastle 1927–41 | ||
| Edmund Bonner | Pembroke | bishop of London 1539–49, 1553–59 | ||
| Cecil Henry Boutflower | Christ Church | bishop of Dorking 1905–09, bishop of South Tokyo 1909–21, bishop of Southampton 1921–33 | ||
| Ian James Brackley | Keble | bishop of Dorking 1996- | ||
| James Brooks | Corpus Christi and Balliol | bishop of Gloucester 1554–58 | ||
| Thomas Brunce | New College | bishop of Rochester 1435–37, bishop of Norwich 1437–45 | ||
| Colin Ogilvie Buchanan | Lincoln | bishop of Aston 1985–89, bishop of Woolwich 1996–2004 | ||
| John Buckeridge | St John's | bishop of Rochester 1611–28, bishop of Ely in 1628–31 | ||
| Thomas Burgess | Corpus Christi | bishop of St Davids 1803–25, bishop of Salisbury 1825–37 | ||
| Andrew Burnham | New College and St Stephen's House | bishop of Ebbsfleet 2000-10 | ||
| Leonard Hedley Burrows | New College | bishop of Lewes 1909–14, bishop of Sheffield 1914-39 | ||
| Joseph Butler | Oriel | bishop of Bristol 1738–50, bishop of Durham 1750–52 | ||
| Henry Montgomery Campbell | Brasenose | bishop of Willesden 1940–42, bishop of Kensington 1942–49, bishop of Guildford 1949–56, bishop of London 1956–61 | ||
| Harry James Carpenter | Keble | bishop of Oxford 1955-70 | ||
| Graham Charles Chadwick | Keble | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1976-82 | ||
| William Frank Percival Chadwick | Wadham, Wycliffe Hall | bishop of Barking 1959–75 | ||
| Christopher Maude Chavasse | Trinity and St Peter's | bishop of Rochester 1940–60 | ||
| Richard Ian Cheetham | Corpus Christi | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 2002- | ||
| Alan Chesters | St Catherine's and St Stephen's House | bishop of Blackburn 1989–2003 | ||
| David Chillingworth | Oriel | bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane 2005– | ||
| George William Clarkson | New College | bishop of Pontefract 1949–54, dean of Guildford 1954–65 | ||
| Thomas Legh Claughton | Trinity | bishop of Rochester 1867–77, bishop of St Albans 1877-90 | ||
| Henry Compton | The Queen's | bishop of Oxford 1674, bishop of London 1675–1713 | ||
| David Conner | Exeter and St Stephen's | bishop of Lynn, 1994–98, dean of Windsor 1998–, bishop to the Forces 2001– | ||
| Stephen Conway | Keble | bishop of Ramsbury 2006– | ||
| Thomas William Cook | Hertford | bishop of Lewes 1926-28 | ||
| Thomas Cooper | Magdalen and Christ Church | bishop of Lincoln 1571–84, bishop of Winchester 1584–94 | ||
| Edward Copleston | Oriel | bishop of Llandaff 1827–49 | ||
| George Cotes | Balliol and Magdalen | bishop of Chester 1554–55 | ||
| Peter Courtenay | Exeter | bishop of Exeter 1478–87, bishop of Winchester 1487–92 | ||
| Richard Courtenay | Exeter | bishop of Norwich 1413–15 | ||
| Richard Cox | Cardinal College | dean of Westminster 1549–53, bishop of Ely 1559–80 | ||
| Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew | Lincoln | bishop of Oxford 1671–74, bishop of Durham 1674–1721 | ||
| Francis Whitfield Daukes | Oriel and Wycliffe Hall | bishop of Plymouth 1934–50 | ||
| Paul de Labilliere | Merton (undergraduate), Wadham (chaplain), Wycliffe Hall (lecturer) | bishop of Knaresborough 1934–38, dean of Westminster 1938–46 | ||
| Robert Deakin | bishop of Tewkesbury 1973–85 | |||
| Ivor Colin Docker | St Catherine's Society and Wycliffe Hall | 1946-49 | bishop of Horsham 1975–91 | |
| John Douglas | Balliol | bishop of Carlisle in 1787–91, bishop of Salisbury 1791–1807 | ||
| David Colin Dunlop | New College | provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh 1940–44, bishop of Jarrow 1944–49, dean of Lincoln 1949–64 | ||
| Alfred Earle | Hertford | bishop of Marlborough 1888–00, dean of Exeter 1900–18 | ||
| John Earle | Christ Church and Merton | bishop of Salisbury 1663-65 | ||
| Philip Herbert Eliot | Oriel | bishop of Buckingham 1921-44 | ||
| Gordon Fallows | St Edmund Hall and Ripon Hall | bishop of Pontefract 1968–71, bishop of Sheffield 1971–79 | ||
| John Thornley Finney | Hertford | bishop of Pontefract 1993-98 | ||
| Anthony Fisher | Blackfriars | RC auxiliary bishop archdiocese of Sydney since 2003 | ||
| George Carnac Fisher | Brasenose | bishop of Southampton 1896–98, bishop of Ipswich 1899–1906 | ||
| Joseph Fison | The Queen's and Wycliffe Hall | 2nd in Greats, 1st in Theology, BA 1929, MA 1934, BD 1950 | bishop of Salisbury 1963-72 | [2] |
| Richard Fleming | University | bishop of Lincoln 1420–31 | ||
| Peter Forster | Merton | bishop of Chester since 1996 | ||
| Reginald Foskett | Keble | provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh 1964–67, bishop of Penrith 1967–70 | ||
| Christopher Foster | Wadham | bishop of Hertford 2001- | ||
| Edward Fowler | Corpus Christi | bishop of Gloucester 1691–1714 | ||
| Richard Foxe | Magdalen and Corpus Christi | bishop of Exeter (1487–92), Bath & Wells (1492–94), Durham (1494–1501), Winchester (1501–28) | ||
| Robert Frampton | Corpus Christi and Christ Church | bishop of Gloucester 1681–91 | ||
| James Fraser | Lincoln and Oriel | bishop of Manchester 1870–85 | ||
| Francis Fulford | Exeter | bishop of Montreal 1850–68 | ||
| John Garton | Worcester | bishop of Plymouth 1996–2005 | ||
| Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson | Trinity | bishop of Gloucester 1905–24 | ||
| Theodore Sumner Gibson | Keble | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1928–43, bishop of St John's 1943–51 | ||
| William Percy Gilpin | Keble | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1952–70 | ||
| Francis Godwin | Christ Church | bishop of Llandaff 1601–17, bishop of Hereford 1617–34 | ||
| Field Flowers Goe | Hertford | bishop of Melbourne 1887-1901 | ||
| Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon | Balliol and Christ Church | BA 1950, MA 1952 | bishop Portsmouth 1975–84, bishop Lambeth 1984–91, bishop HM Forces 1985–90, Sub Dean Christ Church 1991-96 | |
| Charles Gore | Balliol, Trinity and Pusey House | bishop of Worcester 1902–05, bishop of Birmingham 1905–32 | ||
| Neville Vincent Gorton | Balliol | bishop of Coventry 1943–52 | ||
| Arthur Greaves | Keble | bishop of Grantham 1935–37, bishop of Grimsby 1937–58 | ||
| George Lanyon Hacker | Exeter | bishop of Penrith 1979-94 | ||
| Mervyn George Haigh | New College | bishop of Coventry 1931–42, bishop of Winchester 1942-52 | ||
| Robert Hallam | bishop of Salisbury 1408–17 | |||
| Walter Kerr Hamilton | Christ Church and Merton | bishop of Salisbury 1854-69 | ||
| James Hannington | St Mary's Hall | bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa 1884–85 and martyr | ||
| John Tyrrell Holmes Hare | Corpus Christi | bishop of Bedford 1968–76 | ||
| Richard Hare | Trinity | bishop of Pontefract 1971–92 | ||
| Maurice Harland | Exeter | bishop of Croydon 1942–47, bishop of Lincoln 1947–56, bishop of Durham, 1956–66 | ||
| Frederick Ochterloney Taylor Hawkes | Magdalen | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1927–52 | ||
| Richard Stephen Hawkins | New College and St Stephen's House | bishop of Plymouth 1988–96, bishop of Crediton 1996–2004 | ||
| Robert Milton Hay | St John's | bishop of Buckingham 1944–60 | ||
| Arthur Cayley Headlam | All Souls, New College, Christ Church | bishop of Gloucester 1923-45 | ||
| Reginald Heber | Brasenose and All Souls | bishop of Calcutta 1823–26 | ||
| Herbert Hensley Henson | All Souls | bishop of Hereford 1917–20, bishop of Durham 1920–39 | ||
| Augustine John Hodson | Christ Church and St Stephen's House | Bishop of Tewkesbury 1938–55 | ||
| Crispian Hollis | Balliol | RC bishop of Portsmouth since 1987 | ||
| Campbell Richard Hone | Wadham | bishop of Pontefract 1931–38, bishop of Wakefield 1938–45 | ||
| Cecil Hook | Christ Church | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1905-15 | ||
| John Hooper | BA 1519 | bishop of Gloucester 1550–53, bishop of Worcester 1552–54, martyr | ||
| Hugh Maudslay Hordern | Christ Church | bishop of Lewes 1929–46 | ||
| Hugh Leycester Hornby | Balliol | bishop of Hulme 1945-53 | ||
| George Horne | University and Magdalen | bishop of Norwich 1790–92 | ||
| William Walsham How | Wadham | bishop of Bedford 1879–89, bishop of Wakefield 1889-97 | ||
| Harold Evelyn Hubbard | Christ Church | bishop of Whitby 1939–46 | ||
| John Hunter | Keble | bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1943–51 | ||
| Alexander Hyde | New College | bishop of Salisbury 1665–67 | ||
| John Inge | Keble | bishop of Huntingdon 2003–07, bishop of Worcester 2007- | ||
| Edgar Jacob | New College | bishop of Newcastle 1896–1903, bishop of St Albans 1903–19 | ||
| William Jacobson | Christ Church | bishop of Chester 1865–84 | ||
| Francis Jayne | Wadham | bishop of Chester 1889-19 | ||
| Francis Jeune | Pembroke | bishop of Peterborough 1864–68 | ||
| David Jenkins | The Queen's | Fellow and Chaplain | bishop of Durham 1984–94 | |
| John Jewel | Merton and Corpus Christi | bishop of Salisbury 1560–71 | ||
| Roger Jupp | St Edmund Hall | bishop of Popondota 2003–05 | ||
| Eric Waldram Kemp | Exeter, Christ Church and Pusey House | bishop of Chichester 1974–2001 | ||
| Thomas Ken | Hart Hall and New College | bishop of Bath and Wells 1685–91 | ||
| White Kennett | St Edmund Hall | bishop of Peterborough 1718-28 | ||
| George Wyndham Kennion | Oriel | bishop of Adelaide 1882–94, bishop of Bath and Wells 1894–1919 | ||
| Edward King | Oriel, Cuddesdon and Christ Church | bishop of Lincoln 1885–1910 | ||
| Kenneth E. Kirk | St John's, Magdalen, Trinity and Christ Church | bishop of Oxford 1937–54 | ||
| Edward Knapp-Fisher | Trinity | bishop of Pretoria 1960–75, canon of Westminster 1975–87 | ||
| Carey Frederick Knyvett | Trinity | bishop of Selby 1941–62 | ||
| Arthur Lake | New College | bishop of Bath and Wells 1616–26 | ||
| James Henry Langstaff | St Catherine's | bishop of Lynn 2004 | ||
| Graham Leonard | Balliol | bishop of Truro 1973–81, bishop of London 1981–91, prelate of honour 2000– | ||
| Michael Lewis | Merton | bishop of Middleton 1999–2007, bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf 2007- | [3] | |
| Martin Linton Smith | Hertford | bishop of Warrington 1918–20, Hereford 1920–30, Rochester 1930-40 | ||
| William Somers Llewellyn | Balliol | bishop of Lynn 1963-72 | ||
| Tom Longworth | University | bishop of Pontefract 1939–49, bishop of Hereford 1949–61 | ||
| Robert Lowth | New College | bishop of St Davids 1766, Oxford 1766–1777, London 1777–87, declined Canterbury 1783 | ||
| Henry Mackenzie | Pembroke | bishop of Nottingham 1870-77 | ||
| John Victor Macmillan | Magdalen | bishop of Dover 1927–34, bishop of Guildford 1934–49 | ||
| David Rokeby Maddock | St Catherine's Society | bishop of Dunwich 1967–76 | ||
| John Primatt Maud | Keble | bishop of Kensington 1911–32 | ||
| Malcolm Menin | University | bishop of Knaresborough 1986–97 | ||
| Peter Mews | St John's | bishop of Bath and Wells 1672–84, bishop of Winchester 1684–1706 | ||
| George Moberly | Balliol | bishop of Salisbury 1869-85 | ||
| Hugh Montefiore | St John's | bishop of Kingston upon Thames 1970–78, bishop of Birmingham 1977-87 | ||
| George Morley | Christ Church | bishop of Worcester 1660–62, bishop of Winchester 1662–84 | ||
| Peter Mumford | University | bishop of Hertford 1974–81, bishop of Truro 1981–89 | ||
| Gordon Mursell | Brasenose | bishop of Stafford 1999- | ||
| Michael Nazir-Ali | St Edmund Hall | bishop of Raiwind 1984–86, bishop of Rochester 1994– | ||
| William Nicolson | The Queen's | bishop of Carlisle 1702–18, of Derry 1718–27, appointed archbishop of Cashel and Emly before death | ||
| Owen Oglethorpe | Magdalen and Christ Church | bishop of Carlisle 1557-59 | ||
| Hugh Oldham | Exeter | bishop of Exeter 1504–19 | ||
| John Owen | Jesus | bishop of St Davids 1827–1926 | ||
| John Richard Packer | Keble | bishop of Warrington 1996–2000, bishop of Ripon and Leeds 2000– | ||
| Henry Luke Paget | Christ Church | bishop of Ipswich 1906–09, bishop of Stepney 1909–19, bishop of Chester 1919–32 | ||
| Clement George St Michael Parker | Christ Church | bishop of Aston 1954–61, bishop of Bradford 1961–71 | ||
| Samuel Parker | Wadham, Trinity and Magdalen | bishop of Oxford 1686–87 | ||
| Edward Parry (Bishop) | Balliol | bishop of Dover 1870–90 | ||
| Richard Godfrey Parsons | Magdalen and University | bishop of Middleton 1927–32, bishop of Southwark 1932–41, bishop of Hereford 1942–48 | ||
| Reginald Pecock | Oriel | bishop of St Asaph 1444–50, bishop of Chichester 1450–57 | ||
| Herbert Sidney Pelham | University | bishop of Barrow-in-Furness 1926–1944 | ||
| John Penny | Lincoln | bishop of Bangor 1504–08, bishop of Carlisle 1508-20 | ||
| George Christopher Cutts Pepys | Oriel | bishop of Buckingham 1964–74 | ||
| William Michael Dermot Persson | Oriel | bishop of Doncaster 1982–1992 | ||
| Henry Phillpotts | Corpus Christi and Magdalen | bishop of Exeter 1831–69 | ||
| Barnaby Potter | The Queen's | bishop of Carlisle 1629-42 | ||
| David Brownfield Porter | Hertford and Wycliffe | bishop of Aston 1962–72 | ||
| Grandage Edwards Powell | University | bishop of Penrith 1939-44 | ||
| John Lawrence Pritchard | St Peter's | archdeacon of Canterbury 1996–2002, bishop of Jarrow 2002–06, bishop of Oxford 2007– | ||
| Edward Rainbowe | Corpus Christi | bishop of Carlisle 1664-84 | ||
| Ronald Erskine Ramsay | St Edmund Hall | bishop of Malmesbury 1927–46 | ||
| John Randolph | Christ Church | bishop of Oxford 1799–1807, bishop of Bangor 1807–09, bishop of London 1809–13 | ||
| Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern | Christ Church | bishop of Grantham 1997–2005, bishop of Derby 2005– | ||
| Clement Mallory Ricketts | Keble | bishop of Dunwich 1945–55 | ||
| John Rider | Jesus | bishop of Killaloe 1612–1632 | ||
| George Ridding | Balliol and Exeter | headmaster of Winchester 1867–84, bishop of Southwell 1884–1904 | ||
| Henry Robinson | The Queen's College and St Edmund Hall | bishop of Carlisle 1598-1616 | ||
| John Robinson | Brasenose and Oriel | bishop of Bristol 1710–14, bishop of London 1714–23, Lord Privy Seal 1711-1713 | ||
| Patrick Campbell Rodger | Christ Church | bishop of Manchester 1970–78, bishop of Oxford 1978-86 | ||
| Gordon Roe | Jesus | bishop of Huntingdon 1980–97 | ||
| Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose | Worcester | bishop of Dover 1935–56 | ||
| Geoffrey Rowell | Keble | bishop of Basingstoke 1994–2001, bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 2001– | ||
| Anthony Russell | Trinity | bishop of Dorchester 1988–2000, bishop of Ely 2000– | ||
| John Charles Ryle | Christ Church | bishop of Liverpool 1880–1900 | ||
| Wilfrid Guy Sanderson | Merton | bishop of Plymouth 1962-72 | ||
| Gordon David Savage | St Catherine's | bishop of Buckingham 1960–64, bishop of Southwell 1964–70 | ||
| Peter Selby | St John's | bp of Kingston upon Thames 1984–92, Wm Leech Professorial Fell in Applied Chr Th Univ of Durham 1992–97, bp of Worcester 1997–2007, bp to HM Prisons 2001- | ||
| William Senhouse | bishop of Carlisle 1495–1502, bishop of Durham 1502-05 | |||
| Edward Domett Shaw | Oriel | bishop of Buckingham 1914–21 | ||
| John Sheppey | bishop of Rochester 1353–60, lord high treasurer 1356-60 | |||
| George Smalridge | Christ Church | bishop of Bristol 1714–19 | ||
| George Smith | bishop of Victoria & warden of St Paul's College, Hong Kong 1849–65 | |||
| Lucius Smith | Balliol | bishop of Knaresborough 1905–34 | ||
| Miles Smith | Corpus Christi and Brasenose | bishop of Gloucester 1612–24, author of Preface to the Authorized Version | ||
| Robin Jonathan Norman Smith | Worcester | bishop of Hertford 1990-2001 | ||
| Thomas Smith | The Queen's | bishop of Carlisle 1684-1702 | ||
| Alan Smithson | The Queen's | bishop of Jarrow 1990-2001 | ||
| William Smyth | Oriel and/or Lincoln | bishop of Coventry & Lichfield 1493–96, bishop of Lincoln 1496–1514 | ||
| Stuart Snell | St Peter's | bishop of Croydon 1977–85, bishop to the Forces 1977–84 | ||
| George D'Oyly Snow | Oriel | bishop of Whitby 1961–71 | ||
| Henry Kemble Southwell | Magdalen | bishop of Lewes 1920–26 | ||
| Thomas Sprat | Wadham | bishop of Rochester 1684–1713 | ||
| Thomas Stanage | Pembroke | bishop of Johannesburg 1978–82, bishop of Bloemfontein 1982–97 | ||
| David Stancliffe | Trinity | bishop of Salisbury 1993– | ||
| Robert Stopford | Hertford | bishop of Fulham 1955–56, Peterborough 1956–61, London 1961–73, Bermuda 1976 | ||
| Neville Stuart Talbot | Christ Church and Balliol | bishop of Pretoria 1920–33, vicar of Nottingham 1933–43, chaplain RAF 1943 | ||
| Thomas Tanner | The Queen's College, All Souls and Christ Church | bishop of St Asaph 1732–35 | ||
| John Vernon Taylor | St Catherine's Society, Wycliffe Hall | Bishop of Winchester 1974-84 | [4] | |
| Frederick Stephen Temple | Balliol | bishop of Malmesbury 1973–83 | ||
| David Thomson | Keble | bishop of Huntingdon 2008- | ||
| Richard Thornden | Canterbury | bishop of Dover 1545-57 | ||
| Edward Trollope | Christ Church | bishop of Nottingham 1877-93 | ||
| Cuthbert Tunstall | bishop of London 1522–30, Lord Privy Seal 1523–30, bishop of Durham 1530-52 & 1553–58 | |||
| Michael Turnbull | Keble | bishop of Rochester 1988–94, bishop of Durham 1994-2003 | ||
| Herbert Victor Turner | Merton | bishop of Penrith 1944-58 | ||
| William Van Mildert | Christ Church | bishop of Llandaff 1819–26, bishop of Durham 1826-36 | ||
| Stephen Venner | Linacre and St Stephen's House | bishop of Middleton 1994–99, bishop of Dover 1999- | [5] | |
| John Vesey | Magdalen | bishop of Exeter 1519–51 | ||
| Michael Edwin Vickers | Worcester | bishop of Colchester 1988–94 | ||
| Samuel Waldegrave | Balliol | bishop of Carlisle 1860-69 | ||
| Eric Wall | Brasenose | bishop of Huntingdon 1972–80 | ||
| William Walsh | Merton | bishop of Mauritius 1891–97, bishop of Dover 1898–16 | ||
| Seth Ward | Trinity (Master) | Savilian Professor, bishop of Exeter 1662–67, of Salisbury 1667–89 | ||
| Geoffrey Hodgson Warde | Keble | dean of Gibraltar 1928–33, bishop of Lewes 1946–59 | ||
| Richard Charles Challinor Watson | New College | bishop of Burnley 1970–88 | ||
| William Waynflete | New College (possibly), founder of Magdalen | bishop of Winchester 1447–86, Lord Chancellor 1456-60 | ||
| John Stewart Went | Wycliffe Hall (Vice-Principal) | bishop of Tewkesbury 1996–2005 | ||
| Herbert Westfaling | Christ Church | bishop of Hereford 1586–1602 | ||
| Frank Weston | Trinity | bishop of Zanzibar 1908–1924, Major commanding Zanzibar Carrier Corps 1916, mentioned in despatches 1917, OBE 1918 | [6] | |
| Frank Valentine Weston | The Queen's and Christ Church | bishop of Knaresborough 1997–2003 | ||
| Martin Wharton | Linacre | bishop of Newcastle 1997– | ||
| Peter Wheatley | The Queen's | bishop of Edmonton 1999– | ||
| Hubert Whitsey | St Edmund Hall | bishop of Hertford 1971–74, bishop of Chester 1974–81 | ||
| Samuel Wilberforce | Oriel | bishop of Oxford 1845–70, bishop of Winchester 1870-73 | ||
| David Peter Wilcox | St John's | bishop of Dorking 1986–95 | ||
| John Wilkins | Magdalen and Wadham | bishop of Chester 1668–72 | ||
| Alwyn Williams | Jesus, All Souls, Christ Church | Triple 1st in Mods 1908, Greats 1910, History 1911, Fellow All Souls 1911–18, Dean Christ Church 1934-39 | bishop of Durham 1939–52, bishop of Winchester 1952–61 | [7] |
| Trevor Willmott | St Peter's | bishop of Basingstoke 2002- | ||
| Alan Wilson | Balliol and Wycliffe Hall | bishop of Buckingham 2003- | ||
| John Leonard Wilson | The Queen's and Wycliffe Hall | bishop of Birmingham 1953–69 | ||
| Colin Winter | Lincoln | bishop of Damaraland 1968–81 | ||
| Kenneth John Woollcombe | St John's | Bishop of Oxford 1971–78 | ||
| John Wordsworth | New College, Brasenose and Oriel | bishop of Salisbury 1885–1911 | ||
| Robert Wright | Trinity and Wadham | bishop of Bristol 1623–32, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1632–43 | ||
| Tom Wright | Exeter, Merton, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall | bishop of Durham 2003– |
The following are clergymen and other Christian ministers who are primarily known for their non-theological contributions to the Church, although some may also have been significant scholars
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