Walter (bishop of Rochester)

12th-century Bishop of Rochester

Walter

Bishop of Rochester
Elected| 27 January 1148
Term ended| 26 July 1182
Predecessor| Ascelin
Successor| Waleran
Other post(s)| Archdeacon of Canterbury
Orders
Consecration| 14 March 1148
Personal details
Died| 26 July 1182
Denomination| Catholic

Walter was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Walter was the brother of Theobald of Bec, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1139 to 1161.[1] Theobald selected Walter to be Archdeacon of Canterbury soon after Theobald's election, and it was Theobald who secured Walter's election to Rochester.[2]

Walter was elected on 27 January 1148[3] and consecrated on 14 March 1148. He died on 26 July 1182.[4]

## Citations

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1. ^ British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 30 October 2007
2. ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 401
3. ^ British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
4. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267

## References

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* Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075–1225. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
* British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 30 October 2007
* British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
* Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

Ascelin

|  Bishop of Rochester
1148–1182  | Succeeded by

Waleran

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Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest|

* Justus
* Romanus
* Paulinus of York
* Ithamar
* Damianus
* Putta
* Cwichelm
* Gebmund
* Tobias
* Aldwulf
* Dunn
* Eardwulf
* Diora
* Waermund (I)
* Beornmod
* Tatnoth
* Badenoth
* Waermund (II)
* Cuthwulf
* Swithwulf
* Ceolmund
* Cyneferth
* Burgric
* Beorhtsige
* Ælfstan
* Godwine (I)
* Godwine (II)
* Siward

Conquest to
Reformation|

* Arnost
* Gundulf
* Ralph d'Escures
* Ernulf
* John (I)
* John (II)
* Ascelin
* Walter
* Waleran
* Gilbert Glanvill
* Benedict of Sausetun
* Henry Sandford
* Richard Wendene
* Lawrence of St Martin
* Walter de Merton
* John Bradfield
* John Kirkby
* Thomas Ingoldsthorpe
* Thomas Wouldham
* Hamo Hethe
* John Sheppey
* William Whittlesey
* Thomas Trilleck
* Thomas Brinton
* William Bottlesham
* John Bottlesham
* Richard Young
* John Kemp
* John Langdon
* Thomas Brunce
* William Wells
* John Low
* Thomas Rotherham
* John Alcock
* John Russell
* Edmund Audley
* Thomas Savage
* Richard FitzJames
* John Fisher

Post-Reformation|

* John Hilsey
* Nicholas Heath
* Henry Holbeach
* Nicholas Ridley
* John Ponet
* John Scory
* Maurice Griffith
* Edmund Allen
* Edmund Gheast
* Edmund Freke
* John Piers
* John Young
* William Barlow
* Richard Neile
* John Buckeridge
* Walter Curle
* John Bowle
* John Warner
* Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
* John Warner
* John Dolben
* Francis Turner
* Thomas Sprat
* Francis Atterbury
* Samuel Bradford
* Joseph Wilcocks
* Zachary Pearce
* John Thomas
* Samuel Horsley
* Thomas Dampier
* Walker King
* Hugh Percy
* George Murray
* Joseph Wigram
* Thomas Legh Claughton
* Anthony Thorold
* Randall Davidson
* Edward Talbot
* John Harmer
* Linton Smith
* Christopher Chavasse
* David Say
* Michael Turnbull
* Michael Nazir-Ali
* James Langstaff
* Jonathan Gibbs

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