Æthelweald

Æthelweald
Bishop of Dunwich
Seal in the British Museum, referring to a Bishop Ethilwald, which probably belonged to Æthelweald
Church	Christian
Appointed	between 845 and 870
Term ended	unknown
Predecessor	Wilred
Successor	See united with Elmham
Orders
Consecration	between 845 and 870
Personal details
Died	unknown

Æthelweald (or Æthelwald) was a medieval Bishop of Dunwich.

Æthelweald was consecrated between 845 and 870, but his death date is unknown.^[1] After Æthelweald, there was an interruption with the episcopal succession through Danish Viking invasions in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. By the mid-10th century, Dunwich had been united to the see of Elmham.

References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

Æthelwald 25 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Medieval Bishops of the East Angles and of Dunwich

Bishops of the East Angles	Felix of Burgundy Thomas Brigilsus Bifus

Bishops of Dunwich	Acca Ascwulf Eardred Cuthwine Ealdbeorht I Ecglaf Eardwulf Ealdbeorht II Heardred Ælfhun Tidfrith Waormund Wilred Æthelweald

for the modern suffragan bishops, see Bishop of Dunwich

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