John Climping[a] (died 18 May 1262) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.
Climping was a clerk of Ranulf of Wareham by 18 July 1220.
[3] By 1232 he was a canon of Chichester Cathedral and was named Archdeacon of Chichester by December 1242.
[4] He was then Chancellor of Chichester by 17 July 1247 as well as rector of Climping.
[5] He was elected to the see of Chichester on 20 May 1253, and consecrated on 11 January 1254[6] at Canterbury.