Bishop Alexander Goss †

Deceased

Bishop of Liverpool, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jul 1814		Born	Ormskirk
4 Jul 1841	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Jul 1853	39.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
29 Jul 1853	39.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gerrha
25 Sep 1853	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gerrha
25 Jan 1856	41.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
3 Oct 1872	58.2	Died	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

a priest for 31.2 years
a bishop for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Turner †
Bishop George Hilary Brown †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexander Goss † (1853)
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman † (1840)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †

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