Richard Rogers (bishop)

For other people named Richard Rogers, see Richard Rogers (disambiguation).

Richard Rogers (1532/3 – 1597) was an eminent 16th Century Priest.^[1]

Richard Rogers was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.^[2] In 1559, Rogers was made archdeacon of St Asaph, and on 15 May 1569 he was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Dover.^[3] After his death no more Suffragan Bishops were appointed until 1870.^[4] He was Dean of Canterbury from 1584 to his death.

Notes

↑ Visits St James’, Dover
↑ "Rogers, Richard (RGRS562R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ DNB details
↑ ”Faith, History and Practice of the Church of England”: Eaton, W.E: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Godwin	Dean of Canterbury 1584–1597	Succeeded by Thomas Nevile

Deans of Canterbury

Early modern	Nicholas Wotton Thomas Godwin Richard Rogers Thomas Nevile Charles Fotherby John Boys Isaac Bargrave George Aglionby Thomas Turner John Tillotson John Sharp George Hooper George Stanhope Elias Sydall John Lynch William Freind John Potter Brownlow North John Moore The Hon James Cornwallis George Horne William Buller Folliott Cornewall

Late modern	Thomas Powys Gerrard Andrewes Hugh Percy Richard Bagot William Lyall Henry Alford Robert Payne Smith Frederic Farrar Henry Wace George Bell Dick Sheppard Hewlett Johnson Ian White-Thomson Victor de Waal John Simpson Robert Willis

Bishops of Dover

Medieval	Richard Yngworth Richard Thornden Richard Rogers

Modern	Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Harold Bilbrough John Macmillan Alfred Rose Lewis Meredith Tony Tremlett Richard Third Richard Llewellin Stephen Venner Trevor Willmott

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