Richard Foxe


Richard Foxe
Bishop of Winchester
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed20 August 1501
Term ended5 October 1528
PredecessorThomas Langton
SuccessorThomas Wolsey
Previous post(s)Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Bishop of Durham
Orders
Consecration8 April 1487
by John Morton
Personal details
Bornc. 1448
Died5 October 1528 (aged 7980)
England
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of arms

Richard Foxe (sometimes Richard Fox) (c. 1448 – 5 October 1528) was an English churchman, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, and became also Lord Privy Seal.