John Fisher

Saint John Fisher
Cardinal Bishop of Rochester
Depicted by a follower of Hans Holbein the Younger
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Metropolis	Canterbury
Diocese	Rochester
See	Rochester
Appointed	14 October 1504
Installed	24 April 1505
Term ended	2 January 1535
Predecessor	Richard FitzJames
Successor	Nicholas Heath
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale
Orders
Ordination	17 December 1491 by Thomas Rotherham
Consecration	24 November 1504 by William Warham
Created cardinal	21 May 1535 by Pope Paul III
Rank	Bishop, Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	c. 19 October 1469[1] Beverley, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Died	22 June 1535(1535-06-22) (aged 65) Tower Hill, London, Kingdom of England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum ("I shall make you fishers of men")
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	22 June (Catholic Church) 6 July (Church of England) 9 July (Catholic pre-1969)
Venerated in	Catholic Church, Church of England, some of the other Churches in the Anglican Communion
Title as Saint	Bishop, cardinal and martyr, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyr
Beatified	29 December 1886 Rome, Kingdom of Italy, by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	19 May 1935 Vatican City, by Pope Pius XI
Patronage	Diocese of Rochester, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester; Rochester, New York

Styles of John Fisher
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

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John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal, and theologian. Fisher was also an academic and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is honoured as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.

Fisher was executed by order of Henry VIII during the English Reformation for refusing to accept him as the supreme head of the Church of England and for upholding the Catholic Church's doctrine of papal supremacy. He was named a cardinal shortly before his death. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI. He shares his feast day with Thomas More on 22 June in the Catholic calendar of saints and on 6 July in that of the Church of England.