Thomas Watson (bishop of Lincoln)

The Right Reverend

Thomas Watson
Bishop of Lincoln
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseLincoln
Appointed24 March 1557
Term ended25 June 1559
PredecessorJohn White
SuccessorNicholas Bullingham
Orders
Consecration15 August 1557
by Nicholas Heath
Personal details
Born1515
Durham, England
Died27 September 1584 (aged c. 69)
NationalityEnglish

Thomas Watson (1515 – 27 September 1584) was a Catholic Bishop, notable among Catholics for his descriptions of the Protestant Reformation. Historian Albert Pollard described Watson as "one of the chief Catholic controversialists" of Mary Tudor's reign.

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