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Thomas Bek (also spelled Beck) (1282 – 2 February 1347) was the
Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
from 1341 until his death. He was a member of the same family as Antony Bek,
Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler has been the Bishop of Durham ...
, and
Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's Thomas Bek, Beck, or Becke (died 12 May 1293) was a Bishop of St David's in Wales. Bek was the second son of Walter Bek of Ereseby, Lincolnshire, England and the elder brother of Antony Bek, the Bishop of Durham. Bek was educated at Oxford U ...
. Bek was elected on about 1 March 1341 and consecrated on 7 July 1342. He died on 2 February 1347.Fryde, ''et al.'' ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 255


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* 1282 births 1347 deaths Bishops of Lincoln 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub