James Brooks (bishop)
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| Installed | 6 July 1554 |
| Term ended | 1558 |
| Predecessor | John Hooper |
| Successor | Richard Cheyney |
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| Consecration | 1 April 1554 by Edmund Bonner |
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| Born | May 1512 |
| Died | 7 September 1558 |
| Buried | Gloucester Cathedral |
James Brooks (or Brookes) (May 1512 – 7 September 1558) was an English
Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Gloucester.[1]
Life
Born in May 1512, in
Widely known as an eloquent preacher, with the deprivation of John Hooper on the accession of Queen Mary, Brooks succeeded him as Bishop of Gloucester by papal provision in 1554 and was consecrated on 1 April.
In 1555, Brooks was one of the
Protestant polemicist John Foxe
asserts, Brooks refused to degrade Latimer as well, his position may have been based upon the fact that Latimer had lived for several years as a simple clergyman.
Brooks died in July or August 1558.[1] He was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, but without a monument.
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3565. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1907). "James Brookes". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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