Michael was a medieval Bishop of Hereford elect. He was a canon of

Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires (together with Truro Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh), and the only medieva ...

before being elected by the cathedral chapter of

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to succeed

Ralph de Maidstone Ralph of Maidstone (died 1245) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. Life Nothing is known of Maidstone's background or upbringing. Although his year of birth is unknown, he was probably born before about 1195. He earned the title of ''magister'', ...

, but the election was quashed in August 1240.Barrow
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 8: Hereford: Bishops
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* Bishops of Hereford 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub