Bishop William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius

Titular Bishop of Troas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1794		Born
25 Jul 1811	16.8	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
1816¹	21.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict
29 Jun 1817	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
9 Aug 1831	36.8	Appointed	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Mauritius
9 Aug 1831	36.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Troas
5 Feb 1832	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Troas
3 Feb 1840	45.3	Removed	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Mauritius
19 Feb 1872	77.3	Died	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
William Placid Morris
Bishop William Placid Morris O.S.B.
(born 29 Sep 1794, died 19 Feb 1872)
Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius

Event Place
Birth Place London, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop St. Edmund College, Old Hall, Ware, Hertfordshire, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
Death Place Manresa House, Roehampton, Surrey, Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 40.0 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop William Poynter †
Titular Bishop of Alia
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Peter Bernardine Collingridge, O.F.M. Rec. †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Yorke Bramston †
Titular Bishop of Usula
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Sigus
Bishop Robert Gradwell †
Titular Bishop of Lydda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Yorke Bramston † (1823)
Titular Bishop of Usula
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 Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. † (1848)
Bishop James Danell † (1871)

Event	Place
Birth Place	London, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop	St. Edmund College, Old Hall, Ware, Hertfordshire, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
Death Place	Manresa House, Roehampton, Surrey, Diocese of Southwark, England, Great Britain

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316736421
WikiData: Q8016946

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 379
dio: CB, 13 Feb 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1832, Number 6
loc: CL, 11 Apr 2023

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