William Piers | |
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| Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Bp_William_Piers.jpg) Oil painting of Pier as bishop | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bath and Wells |
| In office | 1632–1646 (depr.) 1660–1670 (d.) |
| Predecessor | Walter Curle |
| Successor | Robert Creighton |
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| Consecration | 1630 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1580 |
| Died | 1670 Walthamstow, Essex, England |
| Buried | Walthamstow Parish Church |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Piers, Archbishop of York |
| Children | William Piers, Archdeacon of Bath |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
William Piers (Pierse, Pierce; c. 1580–1670) was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1621 to 1624, Bishop of Peterborough from 1630 to 1632 and Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1632 until the abolition of episcopacy in 1646, then again from the Restoration in 1660 to his death in 1670.[1]
- ^ Dorman, M (January 2008). "Piers, William (bap. 1580, d. 1670)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 August 2008.