Robert of York (died after 1219) was a medieval
Bishop of Ely
The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of nort ...
-elect.
Robert was elected to Ely about 14 April 1215
[Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 244] but his election was quashed before 11 May 1219 due to the prior election of
Geoffrey de Burgo. Both elections were quashed by Pope
Honorius III
Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of importa ...
. Robert refused to accept the decision of the pope and fled to France, where he was still styling himself bishop-elect in December 1219.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
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Bishops of Ely
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
12th-century births
13th-century deaths
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