Bishop John Briggs †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Beverley, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 May 1789		Born	Barton Moss
19 Jul 1814	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jan 1833	43.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
22 Jan 1833	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
29 Jun 1833	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
28 Jan 1836	46.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
3 Jul 1840	51.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Yorkshire District, England, Great Britain
29 Sep 1850	61.4	Appointed	Bishop of Beverley, England, Great Britain
17 Dec 1860	71.6	Resigned	Bishop of Beverley, England, Great Britain
4 Jan 1861	71.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Beverley, England, Great Britain

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Penswick †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †
Bishop Thomas Walsh †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop WIlliam Gordon †
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop George Hilary Brown †
Bishop Francis George Mostyn †
Bishop William Riddell †
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †
Bishop William Hogarth †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph William Hendren, O.F.M. †
Archbishop George Errington †

Source(s):

op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 149
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 179

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