Peter Nott

{{Short description|English Anglican bishop}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = {{pre-nominal styles|RRevd}}

| name = Peter Nott

| honorific-suffix =

| title = Bishop of Norwich

| diocese = Diocese of Norwich

| term = 1985–1999

| predecessor = Maurice Wood

| successor = Graham James

| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1999–2018)
Bishop of Taunton
1977–1985

| ordination =

| consecration = 1977

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|30|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|20|1933|12|30|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| alma_mater = Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

}}

Peter John Nott (30 December 1933 – 20 August 2018) was an English Anglican bishop:[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/former-bishop-of-norwich-the-right-reverend-peter-nott-dies-1-5661882 Eastern Daily Press] from 1985 to 1999, he served as Bishop of Norwich."Well liked Bishop of Norwich who published a lively account of a Visitation of his Norfolk diocese" Daily Telegraph p29 (obituaries) Issue no 50,788, dated Wednesday 22 August 2018

Nott was educated at Bristol Grammar School, Dulwich College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Harpenden after which he was chaplain at Fitzwilliam College and then Rector of Beaconsfield.Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}} In 1977 he was appointed the suffragan Bishop of Taunton;"New Bishop of Taunton", The Times, 1 June 1977, p19. he was ordained a bishop on 18 October 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1977_10_21_001 | issue = 5984 | date = 21 October 1977 | page = 1 | accessed = 22 May 2019 }} He was translated to be the Bishop of NorwichThe Times, 21 August 1985, p14, "Rural churchman is new bishop" upon the confirmation of his election on 12 November 1985.{{Church Times | title = Get-together | archive = 1985_11_15_008 | issue = 6405 | date = 15 November 1985 | page = 8 | accessed = 22 February 2016 }} He retired in 1999 but continued to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford.