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William Forster (bishop)

Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1633 to 1635

Summary

Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1633 to 1635

Field	Value
honorific-prefix
successor	Richard Parr
alma_mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
religion	Anglican
death_date
name	William Forster, DD
predecessor	John Philips
term	1633–1635
diocese	Diocese of Sodor and Man
title	Bishop of Sodor and Man
honorific-suffix
buried	St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow

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He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and later becoming a Fellow of the college. He was appointed a canon of Chester in 1618.

He was nominated bishop of Sodor and Man by William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby on 26 December 1633 and consecrated on 9 March 1634.

He died in office on 23 or 24 February 1635 and was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow on 26 February 1635, where he had also been rector.

References

Harrison. (1879). "An Account of the Diocese of Sodor and Man". [[Manx Society]].
(2004). "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses". [[British History Online]].
(1986). "Handbook of British Chronology". [[Cambridge University Press]].
(2004). "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses". [[British History Online]].

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