Anthony Kitchin

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Anthony Kitchin

Denomination	Roman Catholic/Church of England
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Llandaff
Title	Bishop of Llandaff
Period in office	1545–1566
Predecessor	Robert Holgate
Successor	Hugh Jones
Personal
Date of death	31 October 1566

Anthony Kitchin (died 31 October 1566) also known as Anthony Dunstone was a mid-16th century Abbot of Eynsham Abbey and Bishop of Llandaff in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England.

Kitchin was a monk at Westminster Abbey, before becoming Prior of Gloucester Hall, Oxford. He was appointed Abbot of Eynsham in 1530, but lost the post at his abbey's dissolution in 1539. He was granted an unusually large pension of £133-6s-8d pa. Six years later, in 1545, Kitchin was made Bishop of Llandaff. He is said to have impoverished the diocese by selling off much of its property.^{[citation needed]} He retained his see under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. Alone of all the English bishops, he took the oath of Royal supremacy on the accession of the last. Kitchin died at the Bishop's palace in Mathern on 31 October 1566.

Religious titles
Preceded by Robert Holgate	Bishop of Llandaff 1545–1566	Succeeded by Hugh Jones