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Leofgar

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For the mid 11th century bishop of Hereford, seeLeofgar of Hereford.

Leofgar
Bishop of Lichfield
Appointed	after 1017
Term ended	c. 1026
Predecessor	Godwin
Successor	Brihtmær
Orders
Consecration	after 1017
Personal details
Died	c. 1026

Leofgar (orLeosgar; diedc. 1026) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.

Leofgar was consecrated after 1017 and died sometime before about 1026.^[1] He was appointed byCnut, the king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.^[2]

Citations

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^Fryde, et al.Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
^LawsonCnut p. 136

References

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Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996).Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Lawson, M. K. (2000).Cnut: England's Viking King. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Limited.ISBN 0-7524-2964-7.

External links

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Leofgar 3 atProsopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles

Preceded by

Godwin

Bishop of Lichfield
c. 1017–c. 1026

Succeeded by

Brihtmær

v t e Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)
Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman Chad, Bishop of the Mercians & the Lindisfaras
Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (became Bishop of Chester) Peter, Bishop of Chester
Coventry	Robert de Limesey, Bishop of Chester Robert de Limesey (previously Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby
Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee
Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler
Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave

11th-century Bishop of Lichfield

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