Bishop William Gordon †

Deceased

Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1831		Born
10 Feb 1859	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beverley, England, Great Britain
28 Dec 1889	58.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
28 Dec 1889	58.2	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

MicroData Summary for William Gordon
(VIAF: 148523216; WikiData: Q4143908)
Bishop William Gordon (born 24 Sep 1831, died 7 Jun 1911) Bishop of Leeds

Event Place
Birth Place Thirsk, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest Bar, Convent, City of York, Diocese of Beverley, England
Ordained Bishop St. Anne, Cathedral, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Death Place Springfield House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Buried Place (Original) Killingbeck, Cemetery, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 21.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Briggs †
Bishop of Beverley, England
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernard O’Reilly †
Bishop of Liverpool, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Lacy †
Bishop of Middlesbrough, England
Bishop Thomas William Wilkinson †
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard O’Reilly † (1873)
Bishop of Liverpool, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Carroll † (1893)
Archbishop Thomas Whiteside † (1894)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Thirsk, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest	Bar, Convent, City of York, Diocese of Beverley, England
Ordained Bishop	St. Anne, Cathedral, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Death Place	Springfield House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Buried Place (Original)	Killingbeck, Cemetery, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 116, and Page 348
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 101
dp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1890, Number 15
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018

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