Roger de Bailleul
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Roger de Bailleul was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury
-elect.
Roger was the abbot of Bec Abbey
when he was elected archbishop by the cathedral chapter of Canterbury after the murder of Thomas Becket
. He declined the election. His election was overturned on 5 April 1173.
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
-elect.
Roger was the abbot of Bec Abbey
Bec Abbey
Bec Abbey in Le Bec Hellouin, Normandy, France, once the most influential abbey in the Anglo-Norman kingdom of the twelfth century, is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure département, in the Bec valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Bernay.Like all abbeys, Bec maintained annals...
when he was elected archbishop by the cathedral chapter of Canterbury after the murder of Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...
. He declined the election. His election was overturned on 5 April 1173.