Saint John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Saint John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Of all the English bishops, only Bishop John Fisher of Rochester publicly opposed Henry VIII’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance, which unlawfully declared King Henry the head of the Church of England. The bishop’s stand ultimately cost him his life. Saint John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr If more Catholic Bishops were like Fisher more Catholic politicians would be like St. Thomas More June 22nd John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester Born at Beverly, 1469 – mar…