Bishop WIlliam Gordon †

Deceased

Bishop of Leeds, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1831		Born	Thirsk
1859¹	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Dec 1889	58.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
28 Dec 1889	58.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia
24 Feb 1890	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia
16 Jun 1890	58.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
7 Jun 1911	79.7	Died	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 52.4 years
a bishop for 21.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
- Bishop John Briggs †
Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Bernard O’Reilly †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Richard Lacy †
- Bishop Thomas William Wilkinson †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop WIlliam Gordon † (1890)
Bishop Bernard O’Reilly † (1873)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop John Carroll †
- Archbishop Thomas Whiteside †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 116, and Page 348

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