John Climping

John Climping
John Climping
Bishop of Chichester
Elected	20 May 1253
Term ended	18 May 1262
Predecessor	Richard of Chichester
Successor	Stephen Bersted
Other posts	Chancellor of Chichester; Archdeacon of Chichester
Orders
Consecration	11 January 1154
Personal details
Died	(1262-05-18)18 May 1262

John Climping^a (died 18 May 1262) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.

Life

Climping was a clerk of Ranulf of Wareham by 18 July 1220.³ By 1232 he was a canon of Chichester Cathedral and was named Archdeacon of Chichester by December 1242.⁴ He was then Chancellor of Chichester by 17 July 1247 as well as rector of Climping.⁵ He was elected to the see of Chichester on 20 May 1253, and consecrated on 11 January 1254⁶ at Canterbury.¹

Climping died on 18 May 1262.⁶

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