Anthony Kitchin

Anthony Kitchin

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name = Anthony Kitchin


religion =Roman Catholic/Church of England
See =Diocese of Llandaff
Title =Bishop of Llandaff
Period = 1545–1566
Predecessor = Robert Holgate
Successor =Hugh Jones
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date of death =31 October 1566
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Anthony Kitchin (died 31 October 1566) also known as Anthony Dunstone was a mid-16th century Abbot of Eynsham Abbey and Bishop of Llandaff in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England.

Kitchin was a monk at Westminster Abbey, before becoming Prior of Gloucester Hall, Oxford. He was appointed Abbot of Eynsham in 1530, but lost the post at his abbey's dissolution in 1539. He was granted an unusually large pension of £133-6s-8d pa. Six years later, in 1545, Kitchin was made Bishop of Llandaff. He is said to have impoverished the diocese by selling off much of its property.Fact|date=April 2007 He retained his see under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. Alone of all the English bishops, he took the oath of Royal supremacy on the accession of the last. Kitchin died at the Bishop's palace in Mathern on 31 October 1566.


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