John Cardinal Kempe †

Deceased

Archbishop of Canterbury, England

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Note/Previous Titular See: (Santa Rufina only)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1380¹		Born	Ollanfigh
21 Jun 1419	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
3 Dec 1419	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
28 Feb 1421	41.2	Appointed	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
17 Nov 1421	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
20 Jul 1425	45.6	Appointed	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
18 Dec 1439	60.0	Elevated to Cardinal
8 Jan 1440	60.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
21 Jul 1452	72.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
21 Jul 1452	72.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
22 Mar 1454	74.2	Died	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a bishop for 34.3 years a cardinal for 14.3 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt † Archbishop of Rouen Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Matthew Moore, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Hebron Bishop Martin Poiré, O.P. † Bishop of Arras
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt † Archbishop of Rouen	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Marmaduke Lumley † (1430) Bishop Thomas Kempe † (1450) Bishop Nicholas Close (Cloos) † (1450) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Thomas Cardinal Bourchier † (1435)

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 1, Page 422, and Page 187
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 1, Page 311, and Page 233
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,829
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 2, Page 117
b/c3: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1439
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 1, Page 23, and Page 245
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 2, Page 295, and Page 566
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 3, Page 110
ob: Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum, Page 86