Bishop Edmund Knight †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England

Titular Bishop of Flavias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1827		Born	Sheffield
19 Dec 1857	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 May 1879	51.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
6 May 1879	51.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Corycus
27 Jul 1879	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Corycus
25 Apr 1882	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
28 May 1895	67.8	Resigned	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
28 May 1895	67.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flavias
9 Jun 1905	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 25.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan †
Archbishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edmund Knight † (1879)
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:
Archbishop Edward Illsley †
Bishop Charles Maurice Graham †

Source(s):

op/ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 228, and Page 272

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