Bishop Hugh LatimerLat·i·mer, Bishop Hugh /ˈlætəmə, hjuː $ -mər/ (1485–1555) an English bishop (=a Christian priest of high rank) who was one of the leaders of the reformation in England (=the time when many Christians left the Catholic religion and started the Protestant religion). When Mary I, who was a Catholic, became queen of England, she ordered him to be officially killed by being burned.