John Cardinal Kempe †

Deceased

Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Note(s): (Santa Rufina only)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1380¹		Born
21 Jun 1419	39.4	Appointed	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
3 Dec 1419	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
28 Feb 1421	41.1	Appointed	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
17 Nov 1421	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
20 Jul 1425	45.5	Appointed	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
18 Dec 1439	59.9	Elevated to Cardinal
8 Jan 1440	60.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
21 Jul 1452	72.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
21 Jul 1452	72.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
22 Mar 1454	74.2	Died	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for John Kempe
(WikiData: Q284092)
John Cardinal Kempe (born 1380, died 22 Mar 1454) Archbishop of Canterbury

Consistory - 1439: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1447: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Ollanfigh
Ordained Bishop Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen, France

a bishop for 34.3 years
a cardinal for 14.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Matthew Moore, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Hebron
Bishop Martin Poiré, O.P. †
Bishop of Arras

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt †
Archbishop of Rouen

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marmaduke Lumley † (1430)
Bishop Thomas Kempe † (1450)
Bishop Nicholas Cloose (Close) † (1450)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Thomas Cardinal Bourchier † (1435)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ollanfigh
Ordained Bishop	Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen, France

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 422, and Page 187
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 311, and Page 233
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,829
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 117
b/c3: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1439
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 1, Page 23, and Page 245
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 2, Page 295, and Page 566
b: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Volume 3, Page 110
ob: Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum, Page 86
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Number 6,667

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a bishop for 34.3 years a cardinal for 14.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt † Archbishop of Rouen Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Matthew Moore, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Hebron Bishop Martin Poiré, O.P. † Bishop of Arras
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Louis de Hartcourt † Archbishop of Rouen	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Marmaduke Lumley † (1430) Bishop Thomas Kempe † (1450) Bishop Nicholas Cloose (Close) † (1450) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Thomas Cardinal Bourchier † (1435)