Walcher

Walcher
Bishop of Durham
Appointedc. 1071
Installedprobably 3 April 1071
Term ended14 May 1080
PredecessorÆthelwine
SuccessorWilliam de St-Calais
Orders
Consecration1071
Personal details
Died14 May 1080
Gateshead
DenominationCatholic

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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  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241
  2. ^ "Durham Castle". Castles, Forts, Battles. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 66