Page "Wilfrid" Paragraph 29

While at York, Wilfrid was considered the " bishop of the Northumbrian peoples "; Bede records that Wilfrid's diocese was contiguous with the area ruled by Oswiu.

The diocese was restricted to north of the Humber, however.

Wilfrid may also have sought to exercise some ecclesiastical functions in the Pictish kingdom, as he is accorded the title " bishop of the Northumbrians and the Picts " in 669.