James Pilkington (bishop)


James Pilkington

Bishop of Durham
ProvinceYork
DioceseDurham
Installed10 April 1561
Term ended23 January 1576
PredecessorCuthbert Tunstall
SuccessorRichard Barnes
Other post(s)Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Master of St John's College, Cambridge
Orders
Consecration2 March 1561
Personal details
Born1520
Died23 January 1576 (aged 55)
Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
BuriedDurham Cathedral
NationalityEnglish
DenominationChurch of England
ParentsRichard Pilkington
Alice Asshaw
SpouseAlice Kingsmill
Children4
OccupationBishop of Durham and Author
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
Arms of Pilkington: Argent, a cross flory gules voided of the field

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.