Richard Newport (bishop)

For other uses, see Richard Newport (disambiguation).

Richard Newport was a medieval Bishop of London.

Richard Newport
Bishop of London
Elected	27 January 1317
Term ended	24 August 1318
Predecessor	Gilbert Segrave
Successor	Stephen Gravesend
Orders
Consecration	15 May 1317
Personal details
Died	24 August 1318
Denomination	Catholic

Newport was elected 27 January 1317 and consecrated on 15 May 1317. He died on 24 August 1318.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.