Thomas Hemenhale (or Thomas Hempnall
[) 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 t ...
-elect and then Bishop of Worcester.
Hemenhale was elected to the see of Norwich on 6 April 1336 but was transferred to the see of Worcester
The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many ...
on 14 March 1337 before he was consecrated at Norwich.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 262]
Hemenhale was consecrated as Bishop of Worcester on 30 March 1337. He died on 21 December 1338.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279]
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Bishops of Norwich
Bishops of Worcester
14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1338 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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