Roger Skerning | |
Bishop of Norwich | |
Elected: | 23 January 1266 |
Ended: | 22 January 1278 |
Predecessor: | Simon Walton |
Successor: | William Middleton |
Consecration: | 4 April 1266 |
Other Post: | Prior of Norwich |
Death Date: | 22 January 1278 |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Roger Skerning (or Roger de Skerning; died 22 January 1278) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Skerning was a monk of Norwich Cathedral before he was elected Prior of Norwich in 1257.[1]
Skerning was elected to the see of Norwich on 23 January 1266 and was consecrated on 4 April 1266.[2]
In 1276, William Freney, titular archbishop of Edessa, was acting as Skerning's suffragan in Norwich.[3]
Skerning died on 22 January 1278.[4]