Heca

Hecca (or Heca) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hecca was chaplain to Edward the Confessor and became bishop when Grimketel died in 1047.^[1][a] He was an Englishman, and a royal clerk.^[2][3] He died in 1057.^[4][5][b]

For the airport in Cairo, Egypt, assigned ICAO code HECA, see Cairo International Airport.

Heca
Bishop of Selsey
Appointed	1047
Term ended	1057
Predecessor	Grimketel
Successor	Æthelric II
Other post(s)	royal chaplain
Personal details
Died	1057
Denomination	Christian

Notes

1. There is variance on the date of Grimketels death and Hecas accession between the various versions of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscript (MS) C suggests that Grimketel died in 1047. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS E, MS F and MS D he could also have died in 1045, 1046 or 1047
2. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle versions E and F give his date of death as 1058, the other manuscripts cite 1057.