Thomas Wouldham (or Thomas de Wouldham or Thomas de Southflete) was a medieval
Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...
.
Wouldham was elected as
prior
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...
of
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent.
The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the s ...
on 24 December 1283.
[British History Online Priors of Rochester]
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was elected
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
by the chapter but renounced the election.
[British History Online Bishops of Rochester]
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was again elected bishop on 6 June 1291 and consecrated on 6 January 1292. He died on 28 February 1317.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 267]
Citations
References
British History Online Bishops of Rochesteraccessed on 30 October 2007
British History Online Priors of Rochesteraccessed on 30 October 2007
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Bishops of Rochester
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1317 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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