in Coventry. From 1228 Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield became the official title with seats at both cathedrals, though various older names remained in common usage. After the Reformation of the 1530s the cathedral at Coventry was demolished, and after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 the bishop used the style Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. In 1837 the ancient bishopric was divided. The archdeaconry of Coventry (comprising northern and eastern Warwickshire) was transferred to the see of Worcester and the style Bishop of Lichfield adopted. List of bishops Assistant bishops Among those called Assistant Bishop of Lichfield, or coadjutor bishop, were: 1869–1880: Edmund Hobhouse, former Anglican Bishop of Nelson 1870–1878: Charles Abraham, former Bishop of Wellington 1882–1891: Charles Bromby, Rector of Montford (until 1887), then Warden of St John's Hospital, Lichfield, and former Bishop of Tasmania Notes References Beresford, W. (n.d.). Diocesan Histories: Lichfield. London: SPCK Cahill, M. (2001). The diocese of Coventry and Lichfield 1603–1642. PhD dissertation. University of Warwick. Cooper, T. N. (1994). Oligarchy and conflict : Lichfield Cathedral clergy in the early sixteenth century in 'Midland History', 19, 40–57. Haydn, Joseph. (1894). Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894). Horace Ockerby. Stenton, Frank M. (1971) Anglo-Saxon England (Third Edition). Oxford University Press Whittaker, James. (2004). Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004. A & C Black, London. Lichfield Bishops of Lichfield Bishop of Mercia