John Hopton
John Hopton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Norwich | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
| Term ended | 1558 (death) |
| Predecessor | Thomas Thirlby |
| Successor | John Parkhurst |
| Other post(s) | Chaplain to theLady Mary(c. 1547–c. 1553) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 28 October 1554 byEdmund Bonner |
| Personal details | |
| Died | December 1558 |
| Buried | Norwich Cathedral |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna,Italy |
John Hopton(died 1558) was the last Roman CatholicBishop of Norwich.[1][2]
He was a member of theDominican Orderby 1516, in Oxford. He was educated at theUniversity of Bolognain Italy, where he took adoctoratein theology.[3]
During the reign ofEdward VI,Hopton was chaplain to theLady Mary,later Queen Mary I, and was summoned before theprivy councilin 1549 and ordered to stop celebrating the Catholic Mass.
When Mary acceded to the throne, Hopton was appointed Bishop of Norwich,[3]and was consecrated on 28 October 1554.John Foxe,in hisActs and Monumentsdescribed him, withMichael Dunning,the "bloody chancellor" of Norwich, as a ruthless persecutor of Protestants, "in such sort, that many of them he perverted, and brought quite from the truth, and some from their wits also". Hopton was mainly responsible for the burning of over thirty Protestants in Norwich during his tenure.[3]
Hopton died in December 1558, and he is buried in Norwich Cathedral.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Will of John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich of Norwich, Norfolk,PROB 11/42B/705 ".The National Archives.
- ^"Ancient Diocese of Norwich".New Advent.
- ^abcdHoulbrooke, Ralph (23 September 2004)."Hopton, John".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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