Waleran (Bishop of Rochester)

Waleran was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Life

Waleran was archdeacon of the diocese of Bayeux^[1] and a clerk serving Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury.^[2]

Waleran was elected on 9 October or 10 October 1182^[3] and was ordained a priest on 18 December 1182.^[2] He was consecrated on 19 December 1182.^[3]

Waleran died on 29 August 1184.^[2]

Notes

References

• British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Spear, David S. (1982). "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy, 1066–1204" (fee required). Journal of British Studies XXI (2): 1–10. doi:10.1086/385787. JSTOR 175531.