Richard Bell (died 1496) was a
Bishop of Carlisle
The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.
The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Car ...
. He was selected 11 February 1478, and consecrated 26 April 1478. He resigned the see on 4 September 1495, and died in 1496.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 236] He served as Prior of
Finchale from 1457 to 1464.
[Raines ''Charters of Endowment'']
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Bishops of Carlisle
15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1496 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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