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Laurence Youens
Laurence Walter Youens (14 December 1873 – 14 November 1939) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Northampton from 1933 to 1939. Born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 14 December 1873, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1890. He was ordained to the priesthood on 30 June 1901. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 16 June 1933. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 25 July 1933. The principal consecrator was Thomas Williams, Archbishop of Birmingham, and the principal co-consecrators were John McNulty, Bishop of Nottingham, and Joseph Butt, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster. He died in office on 14 November 1939, aged 65, and was buried at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire Belmont Abbey, in Herefordshire, England, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consecrator
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, in Anglican communities, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church. History The church has always sought to assemble as many bishops as possible for the election and consecration of new bishops. Although due to difficulties in travel, timing, and frequency of consecrations, this was reduced to the requirement that all comprovincial (of the same province) bishops participate. At the Council of Nicæa it was further enacted that "a bishop ought to be chosen by all the bishops of his province, but if that is impossible because of some urgent necessity, or because of the length of the journey, let three bishops at least assemble and proceed to the consecration, having the written permission of the absent." Consecrations by the Pope were exempt f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Leo Parker
Thomas Leo Parker (21 December 1887 – 25 March 1975) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Northampton from 1940 to 1967. Born in Sutton Coldfield on 21 December 1887, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Salford on 29 May 1915. He subsequently served as Private Secretary to Bishop Louis Charles Casartelli and later Bishop Thomas Henshaw. In 1936 Parker was elevated to Monsignor and appointed Parish Priest at St Thomas of Canterbury, Higher Broughton, where he served for the next four years. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 14 December 1940. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 11 February 1941. The principal consecrator was Archbishop William Godfrey, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain (later Archbishop of Liverpool, then of Westminster), and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Peter Amigo of Southwark and Bishop John McNulty of Nottingham. He participated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes
Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes (5 February 1868 – 1 May 1932) was Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Northampton from 1921 to 1932. Born in Nice, France on 5 February 1868 to Valentine Dudley Henry Cary Elwes & his second wife Alice Geraldine née Ward he was ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1896 in Rome. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 21 November 1921. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 15 December 1921, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Arthur Doubleday of Brentwood and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham . He died in office on 1 May 1932, aged 64, and was buried at Great Billing, Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire
Belmont Abbey, in Herefordshire, England, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east, with views across to the Black Mountains in Wales to the west. The 19th century Abbey also serves as a parish church. History Francis Wegg-Prosser, of nearby Belmont House, who had been received into the Catholic Church, can be called its founder. He decided to build a church on his Hereford estate in 1854. He later invited the Benedictines to reside there so that there would be a permanent Catholic presence in the area. In 1859, the Benedictines arrived and it became a priory. It was the Common Novitiate and House of Studies for the English Benedictine Congregation. It was also a pro-cathedral for the Diocese of Newport and Menevia. The Benedictine Thomas Joseph Brown, who was its first bishop, is buried in the church. Also here, but in the Abbots' graveyard outside the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Westminster
The Catholic Diocese of Westminster is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese consists of most of London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, the borough of Spelthorne (in Surrey), and the county of Hertfordshire, which lies immediately to London's north. The diocese is led by the Archbishop of Westminster, who serves as pastor of the mother church, Westminster Cathedral, as well as the metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of Westminster. Since the re-establishment of the English Catholic dioceses in 1850, each Archbishop of Westminster—including the incumbent, Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols—has been created a cardinal by the Pope in consistory, often as the only cardinal in England, and is now the 43rd of English cardinals since the 12th century. It is also customary for the Archbishop of Westminster to be elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales providing a degree of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis McNulty
John Francis McNulty (11 August 1879 – 8 June 1943) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Nottingham from 1932 until his death in 1943. Born in Collyhurst, Manchester on 11 August 1879, he was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester from 1891 to 1894, then at Ushaw College, St Edmund's College, Cambridge and at Oscott College. He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 April 1911. Following ordination Fr McNulty returned to St Bede's College as College Prefect, he remained in that post until 1921 when he was appointed Master of St Edmund's House, Cambridge. In 1930, Fr McNulty was recalled to the Salford Diocese to take up the post of Parish Priest at St Anne's Church, Ancoats, where he remained for two years. On 13 May 1932, McNulty was appointed the sixth Bishop of Nottingham by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 11 June from Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, with Bishops Peter Amigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Leighton Williams
Thomas Cuthbert Leighton Williams (20 March 1877 – 1 April 1946) was an English clergyman who served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Archbishop of Birmingham from 1929 to 1946. He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham on 20 March 1877 to James Anthony and Emma Mary (née Leighton) Williams. He was educated at St Wilfrid's College, Cotton and St Mary's College, Oscott. He was ordained to the priesthood on 24 August 1900. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1903 and a Master of Arts degree in 1909. Pastoral career Between 1905 and 1909, he was Assistant Master at St Wilfrid's College, Cotton and Assistant Master at St Edmund's College, Ware. He was appointed the Master of St Edmund's House, Cambridge from 1909 to 1918. During the First World War, he also served in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RACD) and was mentioned in despatches. After the war, he was the Principal of St Charles's House, Oxford (1920–22) and Rector of St Wilfrid's College, Cotton (1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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