Zachary Pearce

Right Reverend Zachary Pearce
Bishop of Rochester
Portrait by Edward Penny
Installed	1756
Term ended	1774
Predecessor	Joseph Wilcocks
Successor	John Thomas
Other post(s)	Bishop of Bangor, Dean of Westminster
Personal details
Born	8 September 1690
Died	29 June 1774
Nationality	English/British
Denomination	Church of England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Zachary Pearce, sometimes known as Zachariah (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton,^[1] attacking Richard Bentley's 1732 edition of Paradise Lost the following year.