Roger Skerning (or Roger de Skerning; died 22 January 1278) was a medieval

Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in t ...

Life

Skerning was a

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before he was elected

Prior of Norwich Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be lowe ...

in 1257.British History Online Priors of Norwich
accessed on 29 October 2007 Skerning was elected to the

see of Norwich The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Church of England that forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. History It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the East A ...

on 23 January 1266 and was consecrated on 4 April 1266.British History Online Bishops of Norwich
accessed on 29 October 2007 In 1276,

William Freney William Freney (or William Fresney), an Englishman, was a Dominican friar and archbishop of Edessa (1263 – ''c''.1290). His career was divided between England and the Levant. He served as a diplomat and negotiator for both English kings and Pope ...

, titular

archbishop of Edessa Early bishops The following list is based on the records of the '' Chronicle of Edessa'' (to ''c''.540) and the ''Chronicle of Zuqnin''. Jacobite (Syriac) bishops These bishops belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. During the later period ther ...

, was acting as Skerning's

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in Norwich.Jackson, "Freney, William". Skerning died on 22 January 1278.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 261

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References

British History Online Bishops of Norwich
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British History Online Priors of Norwich
accessed on 29 October 2007 * * Bishops of Norwich 1278 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub