Richard Challoner


Richard Challoner
Vicar Apostolic of the London District
Painting of Richard Challoner
Appointed12 September 1739 (co-adjutor)
Installed22 September 1758
Term ended12 January 1781
PredecessorBenjamin Petre
SuccessorJames Robert Talbot
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Doberus
Orders
Ordination28 March 1716
Consecration29 January 1741
by Benjamin Petre
Personal details
Born(1691-09-29)29 September 1691
Lewes, England
Died12 January 1781(1781-01-12) (aged 89)
Gloucester Street, off Queen Square, London, England
Buried(1) Milton, Berkshire
(2) Westminster Cathedral
DenominationRoman Catholic

Richard Challoner (29 September 1691 – 12 January 1781) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the London District during the greater part of the 18th century, and as Titular Bishop of Doberus. In 1738, he published a revision of the Douay–Rheims Bible.