# Peter Nott

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**Peter John Nott** (30 December 1933 – 20 August 2018) was an English [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [bishop](/source/Bishop):[1] from 1985 to 1999, he served as [Bishop of Norwich](/source/Bishop_of_Norwich).[2]

Nott was educated at [Bristol Grammar School](/source/Bristol_Grammar_School), [Dulwich College](/source/Dulwich_College) and [Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge](/source/Fitzwilliam_College,_Cambridge).[3] He began his ordained ministry as a [curate](/source/Curate) at [Harpenden](/source/Harpenden) after which he was [chaplain](/source/Chaplain) at Fitzwilliam College and then [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Beaconsfield](/source/Beaconsfield).[4] In 1977 he was appointed the [suffragan](/source/Suffragan_bishop) [Bishop of Taunton](/source/Bishop_of_Taunton);[5] he was ordained a bishop on 18 October 1977, by [Donald Coggan](/source/Donald_Coggan), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), at [St Paul's Cathedral](/source/St_Paul's_Cathedral).[6] He was [translated](/source/Translation_(ecclesiastical)) to be the [Bishop of Norwich](/source/Bishop_of_Norwich)[7] upon the [confirmation of his election](/source/Confirmation_of_bishops) on 12 November 1985.[8] He retired in 1999 but continued to serve as an honorary [assistant bishop](/source/Assistant_bishop) in the [Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford).

## References

1. ["Eastern Daily Press"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180822145858/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/former-bishop-of-norwich-the-right-reverend-peter-nott-dies-1-5661882). Archived from [the original](http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/former-bishop-of-norwich-the-right-reverend-peter-nott-dies-1-5661882) on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

1. "Well liked [Bishop of Norwich](/source/Bishop_of_Norwich) who published a lively account of a [Visitation](/source/Canonical_visitation) of his [Norfolk diocese](/source/Diocese_of_Norwich)" [Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph) p29 (obituaries) Issue no 50,788, dated Wednesday 22 August 2018

1. [Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who) 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black) ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory)2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0

1. "New Bishop of Taunton", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 1 June 1977, p19.

1. *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 21 August 1985, p14, "Rural churchman is new bishop"

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