Maurice Griffith | |
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Bishop of Rochester | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Rochester |
Elected | 1554 |
Reign ended | 1558 (death) |
Predecessor | John Scory |
Successor | Edmund Allen |
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Consecration | 1554 |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1507 Caernarfon area |
Died | 20 November 1558 |
Maurice Griffith (or Griffin; c. 1507 – 20 November 1558) was a Welshman who became Bishop of Rochester.
Little is known of his birth but it is thought to have been in the Caernarfon area around 1507. He was a friar at Blackfriars, Oxford and in 1535 was appointed by John Hilsey, then Bishop of Rochester, to be his Vicar-General. A succession of posts in the church followed, mainly in the Diocese of Rochester but he also maintained his Welsh connection with the see of St. Asaph. Only towards the end of his career, in 1554, was he appointed to be Bishop of Rochester.
With William Glyn, Bishop of Bangor, he played a part in the founding of Friars School, Bangor.
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Preceded by John Scory |
Bishop of Rochester 1554–1558 |
Succeeded by Edmund Allen |