Richard Rogers (bishop)

English priest

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Richard Rogers (1532/33 – 1597) was an eminent 16th-century priest who became Suffragan Bishop of Dover.[1]

Richard Rogers was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] In 1559, Rogers was made archdeacon of St Asaph, and on 15 May 1569 he was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Dover.[3] After his death no more Suffragan Bishops were appointed until 1870.[4] He was the Dean of Canterbury from 1584 till his death.

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1. ^ Visits St James’, Dover
2. ^ "Rogers, Richard (RGRS562R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. ^ DNB details
4. ^ "Faith, History and Practice of the Church of England": Eaton, W. E: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957

Church of England titles

Preceded by

Thomas Godwin

|  Dean of Canterbury
1584–1597  | Succeeded by

Thomas Nevile

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Deans of Canterbury

Early modern|

* Nicholas Wotton
* Thomas Godwin
* Richard Rogers
* Thomas Nevile
* Charles Fotherby
* John Boys
* Isaac Bargrave
* George Aglionby
* Thomas Turner
* John Tillotson
* John Sharp
* George Hooper
* George Stanhope
* Elias Sydall
* John Lynch
* William Freind
* John Potter
* Brownlow North
* John Moore
* James Cornwallis
* George Horne
* William Buller
* Folliott Cornewall

Late modern|

* Thomas Powys
* Gerrard Andrewes
* Hugh Percy
* Richard Bagot
* William Lyall
* Henry Alford
* Robert Payne Smith
* Frederic Farrar
* Henry Wace
* George Bell
* Dick Sheppard
* Hewlett Johnson
* Ian White-Thomson
* Victor de Waal
* John Simpson
* Robert Willis
* David Monteith

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Bishops of Dover

Medieval|

* Richard Yngworth
* Richard Thornden
* Richard Rogers

Modern|

* Edward Parry
* Rodney Eden
* William Walsh
* Harold Bilbrough
* John Macmillan
* Alfred Rose
* Lewis Meredith
* Tony Tremlett
* Richard Third
* Richard Llewellin
* Stephen Venner
* Trevor Willmott
* Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

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