The Right Reverend James Pilkington | |
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| Bishop of Durham | |
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| Province | York |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Installed | 10 April 1561 |
| Term ended | 23 January 1576 |
| Predecessor | Cuthbert Tunstall |
| Successor | Richard Barnes |
| Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Master of St John's College, Cambridge |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 2 March 1561 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1520 Rivington, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 23 January 1576 (aged 55) Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England |
| Buried | Durham Cathedral |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Parents | Richard Pilkington Alice Asshaw |
| Spouse | Alice Kingsmill |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Bishop of Durham and Author |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge |
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James Pilkington (1520–1576), was the first Protestant Bishop of Durham from 1561 until his death in 1576. He founded Rivington Grammar School and was an Elizabethan author and orator.