Ralph Walpole (died 1302) was a medieval
Bishop of Norwich
The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher.
The see is in the ...
and
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 ...
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Life
Walpole was
Archdeacon of Ely
The Archdeacon of Cambridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Cambridge.
The archdeaconry has existed, as the Archdeaconry of ...
by 6 February 1272.
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Walpole was elected to the
see of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Church of England that forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
History
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the East ...
on 11 November 1288 and consecrated on 20 March 1289.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 261][Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops
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Walpole was translated to the
see of Ely
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on 5 June 1299. He died on 20 March 1302.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 244][Greenway ]
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Further reading
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Bishops of Ely
1302 deaths
Bishops of Norwich
Year of birth unknown
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
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