Henry Ryder (1815-1824). Was Dean of Wells, previously Canon of Windsor. He was made Bishop of Gloucester in 1815 and was translated to Lichfield in 1824.
Christopher Bethell (1824-1830). Formerly Dean of Chichester. Was Bishop of Exeter for one year, 1830-1831, and was then translated to Bangor.
James Henry Monk (1830-1856). Dean of Peterborough in 1822. Consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 1830, and from 1836, when the sees of Gloucester and Bristol were united, was Bishop till his death in 1856.
Charles Baring (1856-1861). Translated to Durham in 1861.
William Thomson (1861-1862). Became Archbishop of York in 1862.
Charles John Ellicott (1863-). One of the ablest of modern divines. He was chairman for eleven years of the New Testament Revision Committee. He has published commentaries on various epistles; also works on "Scripture and its Interpretation," "Modern Scepticism"; also a commentary for English Readers on the Old and also on the New Testament.
The sees of Gloucester and Bristol were separated in 1897, and the separation took effect as from January 1st, 1898.