John Paschal

John Paschal OCarm († October 11, 1361 ) was an English religious. From 1347 he was bishop of the Welsh diocese of Llandaff .

John Paschal was from Suffolk . He entered the Carmelite Priory of Ipswich as a monk . The Order sent him to Cambridge to study , where he is said to have completed his doctorate in theology . He then returned to Ipswich . William Bateman , who became Bishop of Norwich in 1343 , became aware of the educated clergyman . Bateman achieved that Pope Clement VI. Paschal first appointed titular bishop of Scutari and then on February 20, 1344 bishop of the southeast Welsh diocese of Llandaff , although the previous bishop John Eaglescliff was still alive. In England, Paschal initially served as the suffragan bishop of Bishop Bateman. When Eaglescliff died in 1347, Paschal was in Avignon , where the Pope ordained him bishop. In Llandaff, however, the cathedral chapter had elected Archdeacon John Coventry as bishop with the consent of Edward , the Prince of Wales . Clement VI. declared this election invalid and on June 3rd confirmed the appointment of Paschal. Paschal returned to England but did not immediately take over the administration of his diocese. In 1348 he was commissioned to consecrate the Church of Cliffe-at-Hoo and other churches in the Archdiocese of Canterbury . Little is known about his activities in Llandaff. In 1354 he issued an order on how to deal with serious violations of lay people who had leased lands from clergymen but did not pay their lease. He was buried in Llandaff Cathedral. A collection of sermons written by a Carmelite monk and held in the British Library is attributed to him. No other writings from him have survived.

Web links

• CL Kingsford, Marios Costambeys: Paschal, John ( d.1361 ). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
John Eaglescliff	Bishop of Llandaff 1347-1361	Roger Cradock