Diuma

Diuma (or Dwyna or Duma) was the first Bishop of Mercia in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, during the Early Middle Ages. All that is known of Diuma's life is contained in a short account in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. After Penda's death, Diuma was consecrated a bishop by Finan. It is assumed that he established his see in Repton, but the exact boundaries of the bishopric are unclear. The Venerable Bede claimed that he was bishop of both the Middle Angles and the Mercians. In 669 the seat of the diocese was moved by a successor, Chad, to Lichfield.

Diuma

Diuma (or Dwyna or Duma) was the first Bishop of Mercia in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, during the Early Middle Ages. All that is known of Diuma's life is contained in a short account in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. After Penda's death, Diuma was consecrated a bishop by Finan. It is assumed that he established his see in Repton, but the exact boundaries of the bishopric are unclear. The Venerable Bede claimed that he was bishop of both the Middle Angles and the Mercians. In 669 the seat of the diocese was moved by a successor, Chad, to Lichfield.