Archbishop William Courtenay †

Deceased

Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1342¹		Born
17 Aug 1369	27.6	Appointed	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
17 Mar 1370	28.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
12 Sep 1375	33.6	Appointed	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
9 Sep 1381	39.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
31 Jul 1396	54.5	Died	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for William Courtenay
(VIAF: 92144648496325415366; WikiData: Q80915)
Archbishop William Courtenay (born 1342, died 31 Jul 1396) Archbishop of Canterbury

Consistory - September 1378: Declined before being Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Exeter, Diocese of Exeter, England
Death Place Maidstone
Buried Place (Original) Maidstone
Buried Place (Current) Cathedral, Canterbury, Archdiocese of Canterbury, England

a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Colton † (1383)
Bishop Thomas Rushook, O.P. † (1383)
Bishop Walter Skirlawe † (1386)
Bishop John de Waltham † (1388)
Bishop Richard Metford † (1390)
Bishop Alexander Bache † (1390)
Bishop Edmund Stafford † (1395)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Exeter, Diocese of Exeter, England
Death Place	Maidstone
Buried Place (Original)	Maidstone
Buried Place (Current)	Cathedral, Canterbury, Archdiocese of Canterbury, England

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 163, and Page 311
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 274
ob: Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum, Page 79
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 108, Number 9,445
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Sep 1378

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