Wigred (or Wilgred) (died c. 942) was appointed

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around 925. He was also known as the Bishop of the Church of St Cuthbert. He attested charters of King Æthelstan between 928 and 934, and the bishopric in his time was probably the greatest landholder between the Tees and the Tyne.Keynes, Attestations, Table XXXVII; Molyneaux, ''The Formation of the English Kingdom'', p. 30

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The Catholic Encyclopedia
accessed on 29 August 2007 * * *

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* 940s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain Bishops of Lindisfarne 10th-century English bishops {{England-bishop-stub