James Montague (bishop)

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable

James Montague

Bishop of Winchester
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
In office1616 (translation)–1618 (death)
PredecessorThomas Bilson
SuccessorLancelot Andrewes
Other post(s)Master of Sidney Sussex (1596–1608)
Dean of the Chapel Royal (1603–1618)
Dean of Lichfield (1603–1604)
Dean of Worcester (1604–1608)
Bishop of Bath and Wells (1608–1616)
privy counsellor (October 1617–1618)
Personal details
Born1568 (1568)
Boughton, Northamptonshire, England
Died20 July 1618 (aged 49–50)
Greenwich, Kent, England
BuriedGreenwich (bowels)
20 August 1618, Bath Abbey (body)
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSir Edward Montague of Boughton & Elizabeth (née Harington of Exton), Lady Montague
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Ordination history of
James Montague
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorRichard Bancroft (Canterbury)
Co-consecratorsThomas Ravis (London); Henry Cotton (Salisbury); William Barlow (Rochester); Lancelot Andrewes (Chichester); Henry Parry (Gloucester)
Date1 April 1608
PlaceLambeth Palace chapel
Source(s):[1]
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James Montague (c. 1568 – 20 July 1618) was an English bishop.[2]

  1. ^ "Montague, James (at Bath and Wells) (CCEd Appointment ID 234219)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Montagu, James (c. 1568-1618)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.