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Ralph Walpole

{{short description|13th and 14th-century Bishop of Ely and Bishop of Norwich}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| name = Ralph Walpole

| title = Bishop of Ely

| appointed = 5 June 1299

| ended = 20 March 1302

| predecessor = John Langton

| successor = Robert Orford

| consecration = 20 March 1289

| other_post = Archdeacon of Ely
Bishop of Norwich

| death_date = 20 March 1302

| religion = Roman Catholic

}}

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

Life

Walpole was Archdeacon of Ely by 6 February 1272.Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33865 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Archdeachons of Ely]

Walpole was elected to the see of Norwich on 11 November 1288 and consecrated on 20 March 1289.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops]

Walpole was translated to the see of Ely on 5 June 1299. He died on 20 March 1302.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33863 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops]

Citations

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References

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  • {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
  • {{cite book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |section=Ely: Archdeacons of Ely |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 |volume=2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces)|section-url= http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33865 |access-date= 25 October 2007 |year=1971 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research }}
  • {{cite book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |author-mask=2 |section=Ely: Bishops |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 |volume=2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces) |section-url= http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33863 |access-date= 25 October 2007 |year=1971 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research }}
  • {{cite book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |author-mask=2 |section=Norwich: Bishops |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 |volume=2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces) |section-url= http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 |access-date= 25 October 2007 |year=1971 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research }}

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Further reading

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  • {{cite ODNB |author= Owen, Dorothy M. |title=Walpole, Ralph of |year= 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28598}}

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{{s-bef|before=William Middleton}}

{{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Norwich|years=1288–1299}}

{{s-aft|after=John Salmon}}

{{s-bef|before=John Langton}}

{{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Ely|years=1299–1302}}

{{s-aft|after=Robert Orford}}

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Category:Bishops of Ely

Category:13th-century births

Category:1302 deaths

Category:Bishops of Norwich

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops

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