Richard Bancroft


Richard Bancroft
Archbishop of Canterbury
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseCanterbury
InstalledNovember 1604
Term ended2 November 1610
PredecessorJohn Whitgift
SuccessorGeorge Abbot
Orders
Ordination1574
by Richard Cox
Consecration8 May 1597
by John Whitgift
Personal details
Born1544
Died2 November 1610 (aged 66)
Lambeth, Surrey, England
BuriedLambeth
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge, Jesus College, Cambridge

Richard Bancroft (1544 – 2 November 1610) was an English churchman, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610 and "chief overseer" of the King James Bible.


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