__NOTOC__ Leofgar (or Leosgar; died ) was a medieval

Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West ...

. Leofgar was consecrated after 1017 and died sometime before about 1026.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 He was appointed by

Cnut Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway ...

, the king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.Lawson ''Cnut'' p. 136

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* 1020s deaths 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lichfield Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub