Herbert de Losinga

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Herfast

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Thetford moved see to Diocese of Norwich
Title	Bishop of Thetford moved see to Bishop of Norwich
Period in office	c1090–1119
Predecessor	William de Beaufeu
Successor	Everard
Religious career
Previous post	Abbot of Ramsey
Personal
Date of death	July 22, 1119

Herbert de Losinga (born at the village of Exmes, near Argentan, Normandy, died 1119) was the first Bishop of Norwich. He founded Norwich Cathedral in 1096 when he was Bishop of Thetford.

Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Life

Herbert was the son of Robert de Losinga. The name is believed to be a corruption of Lotharingia, or Lorraine. He was abbot of Ramsey Abbey before he was selected to be bishop.^[1] He was consecrated Bishop of Thetford in 1090 or 1091. He moved the diocese from Thetford to Norwich in 1094 or 1095, becoming the first Bishop of Norwich.^[2] He was probably consecrated at the same time as Ralph Luffa, Bishop of Chichester. He was not consistently called Bishop of Norwich until about 1103.^[1]

He was responsible for founding St Margaret's Church in King's Lynn, the Church of St Nicholas in Great Yarmouth, and Norwich School.

He died on July 22, 1119.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on October 29, 2007
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Religious titles
Preceded by William de Beaufeu	Bishop of Thetford moved the see to Bishop of Norwich c1094 c1090–1119	Succeeded by Everard

Persondata
NAME	Losinga, Herbert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Thetford; Bishop of Norwich
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1119
PLACE OF DEATH