From Kenneth Fisher re Cardinal Fisher.I have just read Hugh Loughran's excellent treatise on St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. ("Thomas More & Bishop Fisher," C.I. July/Aug. 2005, pp.22-25). However, I was surprised to read that Loughran called St. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the west of the County of Kent. , a Cardinal. I have visited Bishop Fisher's Cathedral, and this is the first time I have heard of him as a Cardinal. Was this done after his martyrdom, posthumously? If he knows something I don't, please let me in on it. By e-mail Editor: Bishop John Fisher was imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- in April, 1534. The new Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (February 29, 1468 – November 10, 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death 1549. He also called the Council of Trent in 1545. created Bishop Fisher a cardinal in May, 1535, just weeks before his death. |
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