John Salisbury, O.S.B.

Order of Saint Benedict

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 (died 1573) was a Welsh clergyman who held high office in the pre- and post-Reformation

English Reformation

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....

 church in England.

He was the last Abbot of Titchfield

Titchfield Abbey

Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests...

; the abbey was dissolved in December 1537. Under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

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, he was appointed and consecrated Bishop of Thetford

Bishop of Thetford

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 on 19 March 1536. Three years later, he was also appointed Dean of Norwich

Dean of Norwich

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 on 20 August 1539, but in the reign of Queen Mary I

Mary I of England

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, he was deprived of the deanery in early 1554. After the accession of Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

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, he was restored as Dean in 1559. He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man

Bishop of Sodor and Man

The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1...

 on 27 March 1570, which was confirmed on 7 April 1570. Whilst as bishop, he continued to hold the deanery of Norwich "in commendam

In Commendam

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". He died in September 1573 and was buried in Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

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.