Ælfstan (bishop of Ramsbury)

For other uses, see Ælfstan.

Ælfstan
Bishop of Ramsbury
Church	Catholic
Appointed	970
Term ended	981
Predecessor	Oswulf
Successor	Wulfgar
Orders
Consecration	970
Personal details
Died	981

Ælfstan (died 981) was a medieval Bishop of Ramsbury.

Ælfstan was consecrated in 970. He died in 981.^[1]

Citations

↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 247

References

Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

Ælfstan 38 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Oswulf	Bishop of Ramsbury 970–981	Succeeded by Wulfgar

Bishops of Ramsbury

Medieval diocesans	Aethelstan Oda of Canterbury Ælfric Oswulf Ælfstan Wulfgar Sigeric the Serious Ælfric of Abingdon Saint Bertwald Herman

Modern suffragans	John Neale (became first area bishop) see area bishops Stephen Conway (previously last area bishop) Ed Condry

Modern area bishops	John Neale Peter Vaughan Peter Hullah Stephen Conway

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