Richard Bancroft | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Canterbury |
Installed | November 1604 |
Term ended | 2 November 1610 |
Predecessor | John Whitgift |
Successor | George Abbot |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1574 by Richard Cox |
Consecration | 8 May 1597 by John Whitgift |
Personal details | |
Born | 1544 |
Died | 2 November 1610 (aged 66) Lambeth, Surrey, England |
Buried | Lambeth |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | John Bancroft Mary Curwen |
Alma mater | Christ'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.