John Howden (bishop)

Styles of John Howden, O.P., D.D.,
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

John Howden, O.P., D.D., was a pre-Reformation cleric who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the first half of the 16th-century.^[1][2][3]

A Dominican friar, he was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of Sodor and Man by papal provision on 18 May^[1][3] or 19 June 1523.^[2] He is said to have vacated the see by 17 February 1530, however, a bishop "John" was mentioned in documents in July 1532 and 2 July 1533.^[3]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Volume 3. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. p. 302.
2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
3. Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 141–146.