James Bellord
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James Bellord (26 February 1846 – 11 June 1905) was an English-born Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar from 1899 to 1905.
Born in London, England on 26 February 1846, he served as a military chaplain.[1] He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar and Titular Bishop of Milevum by Pope Leo XIII on 16 February 1899.[2] His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 1 May 1899; the principal consecrator was the Right Reverend James Laird Patterson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, with the Right Reverend Robert Brindle, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (later Bishop of Nottingham) and the Right Reverend Francis Bourne, Bishop of Southwark (later Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster), serving as co-consecrators.[2]
Bishop Bellord resigned in 1901 and died at Southend on 11 June 1905, aged 59.[3]
References[]
- ^ Snape, Michael Francis. The Royal Army Chaplains' Department, 1796-1953: Clergy Under Fire, Boydell Press, 2008, p. 159ISBN 9781843833468
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bishop James Bellord". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Bishop Bellord", The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 33, (Herman Joseph Heuser, ed.), Catholic University of America Press, 1905, p. 181
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