William Gainsborough

William Gainsborough
Bishop of Worcester
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed22 October 1302
Term ended17 September 1307
PredecessorJohn St German
SuccessorWalter Reynolds
Orders
Consecration28 October 1302
Personal details
Died17 September 1307
DenominationCatholic

William Gainsborough was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. He was nominated on 22 October 1302 and consecrated on 28 October 1302. He died on 17 September 1307.[1]

He was a Franciscan and had been Minister Provincial (head of the order) in England from 1285-1292 [2]

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 279
  2. ^ Ministers Provincial Order of Friars Minor in Great Britain