John Sproten

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

John Sproten was a pre-Reformation cleric who was appointed the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the late 14th-century.[1][2][3]

A Dominican friar, he was appointed the bishop of the diocese of Sodor and Man by Pope Boniface IX on 16 April 1392.[1][2][3] It is not known when his episcopate ended, but his successor Conrad was appointed on 9 January 1402.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dowden, John (1912). Thomson, J. Maitland, ed. The Bishops of Scotland. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Son. p. 288.
  2. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1913). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Volume 1. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. p. 457.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Dongan		 Bishop of Sodor and Man
1392 – ? 		Succeeded by
Conrad
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