Edmund Bonner


Edmund Bonner
Bishop of London
Edmund Bonner in a 19th-century engraving after 16th-century portrait
ChurchCatholic
DioceseDiocese of London
Elected1539; 1553
Term ended1549; 1559 (twice deprived)
PredecessorJohn Stokesley; Nicholas Ridley
SuccessorNicholas Ridley; Edmund Grindal
Other post(s)Bishop of Hereford
elected 27 November 1538
Orders
Ordinationc. 1519
Consecration4 April 1540
by Stephen Gardiner
Personal details
Bornc. 1500
Hanley, Worcestershire
Died5 September 1569(1569-09-05) (aged 68–69)
The Marshalsea
BuriedSouthwark, London (initially)
NationalityEnglish
DenominationCatholic
ParentsEdmund Bonner & Elizabeth Frodsham
Alma materBroadgates Hall, Oxford
Ordination history of
Edmund Bonner
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorStephen Gardiner
Co-consecratorsRichard Sampson
John Skypp
Date4 April 1540
Source(s):[1]

Edmund Bonner (also Boner;[2] c. 1500 – 5 September 1569) was Bishop of London from 1539 to 1549 and again from 1553 to 1559. Initially an instrumental figure in the schism of Henry VIII from Rome, he was antagonised by the Protestant reforms introduced by the Duke of Somerset and reconciled himself to Catholicism. He became notorious as "Bloody Bonner" for his role in the persecution of heretics under the Catholic government of Mary I of England, and ended his life as a prisoner under Queen Elizabeth I.

  1. ^ An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders p. 190 (Google Books)
  2. ^ "Edmund Bonner - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.