Walcher | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Durham | |
| Appointed | c. 1071 |
| Installed | probably 3 April 1071 |
| Term ended | 14 May 1080 |
| Predecessor | Æthelwine |
| Successor | William de St-Calais |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1071 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 14 May 1080 Gateshead |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Walcher[a] (died 14 May 1080) was the bishop of Durham from 1071,[1] a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop (appointed by the King, not the Pope).[2] He was the first non-Englishman to hold that see and an appointee of William the Conqueror following the Harrying of the North.[3] He was murdered in 1080, which led William to send an army into Northumbria to harry the region again.
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