Ralph Walpole

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Ralph Walpole
Bishop of Ely
Appointed5 June 1299
Term ended20 March 1302
Predecessor John Langton
Successor Robert Orford
Other post(s) Archdeacon of Ely
Bishop of Norwich
Orders
Consecration20 March 1289
Personal details
Died20 March 1302
Denomination Roman Catholic

Ralph Walpole (died 1302) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Ely.

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Life

Walpole was Archdeacon of Ely by 6 February 1272. [1]

Walpole was elected to the see of Norwich on 11 November 1288 and consecrated on 20 March 1289. [2] [3]

Walpole was translated to the see of Ely on 5 June 1299. He died on 20 March 1302. [4] [5]

Citations

  1. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Archdeachons of Ely
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
  3. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
  5. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Norwich
1288–1299
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Ely
1299–1302
Succeeded by