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According to Rene Crozet, "L'episcopat de France et l'Ordre de Citeaux au XIIe siecle" Cahiers de Civilisation medievale 18 (1975), the first Cistercian who became a bishop was Peter, abbot of La Ferte, who became bishop of Moutiers in 1124. He was followed by Godefroi de la Roche-Vanneau (1138 Langres), Samson of Igny (1140 Rheims), Peter (1141 Tarentaise). A considerable number of bishops also became Cistercians on their deathbeds; the first example is William of Champeaux, bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne (1121). Phyllis >Speaking of this, would anyone hazard a guess as to when a Cistercian was >first appointed as a bishop. >JW > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill East >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:28 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Interim Saints - June 8th > > > >--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > >> Why was William of York disowned? (Anyone disowned by Bernard of >> Clairvaux >> can't have been all bad ...) > >The tale is tedious to relate, and involves both the national politics >of England and the politics of the papacy. Briefly, William was the >nephew of King Stephen, and had enemies . . . Innocent II accepted him >but died and was replaced by the Cistercian, Eugenius III - Eugenius >wanted a Cistercian in post . . . > >Oriens. > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie Phyllis G. Jestice [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%