Gervase Babington


Gervase Babington
Bishop of Worcester
ChurchChurch of England
SeeDiocese of Worcester
In office1597–1610
PredecessorJohn Woolton
SuccessorWilliam Cotton
Previous post(s)Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Exeter
Bishop
Personal details
Born1549/1550
Died1610

Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610) was an English churchman, serving as the Bishop of Llandaff (1591–1594), Bishop of Exeter (1594–1597) and Bishop of Worcester in 1597–1610. He was a member of the Babington family and held influential offices at the same time as his cousin Anthony Babington was executed for treason against Elizabeth I as part of the Babington Plot.