Æthelwold (bishop of Dorchester)

Æthelwald
Bishop of Dorchester
Church	Catholic
Appointed	934x945
Term ended	949x950
Predecessor	Wynsige
Successor	Oskytel
Personal details
Died	950

Æthelwald (floruit 934x945–949x950) was Bishop of Dorchester. He witnessed a number of charters under kings Edmund and Eadred. The date at which he became bishop is very uncertain, but it is reasonably sure that he died in about 950 when Bishop Oskytel begins to witness charters.

External links

Æthelwald 43 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Religious titles
Preceded by Wynsige	Bishop of Dorchester 934x945–949x950	Succeeded by Oskytel

Bishops of Dorchester (Medieval and modern)

Wessex diocese	Birinus Agilbert Ætla

Mercian diocese	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel

United diocese	Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth the Younger Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp

Oxford suffragan	Gerald Allen Kenneth Riches David Loveday Peter Walker Conrad Meyer (became first area bishop)

Oxford area bishops	Conrad Meyer Anthony Russell Colin Fletcher

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