List of college visitors of the University of Oxford

This is a list of visitors of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Three of the university's 39 colleges, Kellogg College, Reuben College and St Cross College, do not have visitors, as they are societies of the university rather than independent colleges with a royal charter.

See also: List of college visitors of the University of Cambridge

College	Visitor	Appointment	Since
All Souls College	Vacant	The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio [1]	2025
Balliol College	The Lord Reed of Allermuir	Elected by the Master and Fellows of the college [2] [note 1]	2011
Brasenose College	Stephen Conway	The Bishop of Lincoln ex officio [3]	2023
Christ Church	The Crown	The Crown [4]
Corpus Christi College	Philip Mounstephen	The Bishop of Winchester ex officio	2023
Exeter College	Vacant	The Bishop of Exeter ex officio [5]	2023
Green Templeton College	Sir John Chadwick	Elected by the governing body of the college [6]	2011
Harris Manchester College	Saphié Ashtiany [7]	Elected by the governing body of the college [8]
Hertford College	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio [9]	2025
Jesus College	The Earl of Pembroke	The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery ex officio [10]	2003
Keble College	Vacant	The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio [11]	2025
Kellogg College	None	N/A	N/A
Lady Margaret Hall	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio [12]	2025
Linacre College	The Lord Reed of Allermuir	The High Steward of the University ex officio	2018
Lincoln College	Stephen Conway	The Bishop of Lincoln ex officio	2023
Magdalen College	Philip Mounstephen	The Bishop of Winchester ex officio	2023
Mansfield College	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio	2025
Merton College	Vacant	The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio	2025
New College	Philip Mounstephen	The Bishop of Winchester ex officio	2023
Nuffield College	Sir Geoffrey Vos	The Master of the Rolls ex officio [13]	2021
Oriel College	The Crown	The Crown
Pembroke College	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio [14]	2025
The Queen's College	Stephen Cottrell	The Archbishop of York ex officio	2020
Reuben College	None	N/A	N/A
St Anne's College	Steven Croft	The Bishop of Oxford ex officio [15]	2016
St Antony's College	The Crown	The Crown
St Catherine's College	Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale [16] [note 2]	Elected by the governing body of the college [17]
St Cross College	None	N/A	N/A
St Edmund Hall	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio	2025
St Hilda's College	The Baroness Butler-Sloss	Elected by the governing body of the college from among "any person who holds or has held high judicial or ecclesiastical office or is a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council" [18] [note 3]	2002
St Hugh's College	Ingrid Simler, Lady Simler [19]	Elected by the governing body of the college from among "any person who holds or has held high judicial or ecclesiastical office or is a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council" [20] [note 4]	2024
St John's College	Philip Mounstephen	The Bishop of Winchester ex officio [21]	2023
St Peter's College	Libby Lane	Appointed by the trustees of the college from among the diocesan bishops of the Church of England [22] [note 5]
Somerville College	William Hague	The Chancellor of the University ex officio [23]	2025
Trinity College	Philip Mounstephen	The Bishop of Winchester ex officio	2023
University College	The Crown	The Crown
Wadham College	Michael Beasley	The Bishop of Bath and Wells ex officio [24]	2022
Wolfson College	The Lord Reed of Allermuir	The High Steward of the University ex officio [25]	2018
Worcester College	Sir Geoffrey Vos	The Master of the Rolls ex officio [26]	2021

Notes

1. When elected Visitor of Balliol, Lord Reed was serving as a Senator of the College of Justice. On becoming High Steward of the University in 2018, he became ex officio Visitor of Linacre and of Wolfson
2. Following the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was named as Visitor in the statutes at the foundation of the college in 1962.
3. When elected, Lady Butler-Sloss was serving as President of the Family Division of the High Court.
4. When elected, Lord Brown was serving as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
5. Lane is the incumbent Bishop of Derby.

References

1. "All Souls College Statutes" (PDF).
2. "Statutes made for Balliol College Oxford" (PDF).
3. "Statutes of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford" (PDF).
4. "Statutes of Christ Church Oxford" (PDF).
5. "Statutes Made for Exeter College, Oxford" (PDF).
6. "Green Templeton College Charter and Statutes" (PDF).
7. "Saphieh Ashtiany - Visitor".
8. "STATUTES OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE".
9. "Statutes of Hertford College Oxford" (PDF).
10. "Statutes of Jesus College, Oxford" (PDF).
11. "Keble College Charter and Statutes".
12. "Statutes of Lady Margaret Hall" (PDF).
13. "Nuffield College Charter Statutes and By-Laws" (PDF).
14. "Pembroke College" (PDF).
15. "St Anne's College The Statutes" (PDF).
16. Zaleski, Alexandra (27 October 2023). "Lord Victor Olufemi Adebowale, CBE elected as Visitor of St Catherine's College". St Catherine's College. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
17. "St Catherine's College, Oxford Statutes" (PDF).
18. "St Hilda's College Oxford Statutes". St Hilda's College Oxford.
19. Wood, Tessa (12 November 2024). "St Hugh's College appoints Lady Simler as its Visitor". St Hugh's College. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
20. "Statutes" (PDF).
21. "St. John Baptist College Oxford Statutes" (PDF).
22. "College Statutes" (PDF).
23. "Charter and Statutes of Somerville College Oxford" (PDF).
24. "17th Issue of the Statutes of Wadham College" (PDF).
25. "College Statutes" (PDF).
26. "Worcester College Statutes 2011" (PDF).