Henry was an 11th-century

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and Christian missionary. He was probably the keeper of the treasury of King

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in England. Sometime before the year 1035, according to

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, Henry went to

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as bishop. As

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, he was probably more of a missionary bishop, and may have been under the metropolitan authority of the

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. He is possibly the Henry who went to

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for two undatable years. In either 1060 or 1061, the

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, appointed him

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. He is the first man known to have held the bishopric of

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, as well as Orkney. He is said to have died from an alcoholic episode sometime in the mid-1060s.

References

* Watt, D.E.R., (ed.) ''Fasti Ecclesia Scoticanae Medii Aevii ad annum 1638'', (Scottish Records Society, 1969), p. 247 1060s deaths Archbishops and bishops of Lund Bishops of Orkney 11th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{Sweden-reli-bio-stub