John Climping (died 18 May 1262) was a medieval
Bishop of Chichester
The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's sea ...
.
Life
Climping was a clerk of
Ranulf of Wareham by 18 July 1220.
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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Unidentified Prebends
' By 1232 he was a
canon
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of
Chichester Cathedral
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and was named
Archdeacon of Chichester
The post of Archdeacon of Chichester was created in the 12th century, although the Diocese of Sussex was founded by St Wilfrid, the exiled Bishop of York, in AD 681. The original location of the see was in Selsey. The see was
moved to Chichester, ...
by December 1242.
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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Archdeacons: Chichester
' He was then
Chancellor of Chichester by 17 July 1247 as well as
rector
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of
Climping
Climping (also spelt as Clymping) is a village and civil parish containing agricultural and natural sandy land in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. The parish also contains the coastal hamlet of Atherington. It is three miles (5 km) ...
.
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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Chancellors of Chichester
'' He was elected to the
see of Chichester
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on 20 May 1253, and consecrated on 11 January 1254
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 239] at
Canterbury
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1262 deaths
Bishops of Chichester
Archdeacons of Chichester
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown
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