Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Arthur George Riddell (born 15 September 1836, York – died 1907,

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, UK) was the Roman Catholic

Bishop of Northampton The Bishop of Northampton is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton in the Province of Westminster, England. The see is in the town of Northampton where the bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and Sai ...

from 1880 until his death in 1907. On 24 September 1858, aged 22, he was ordained a priest for the

Diocese of Beverley The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beverley is an historical diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in England. It took its name after the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, although the episcopal see was located in the city of York. T ...

at Ushaw in

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Larsen, Chris. ''Catholic Bishops of Great Britain'', Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 139
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s Robert Cornthwaite,

Francis Kerril Amherst Francis Kerril Amherst, T.O.S.D., (21 March 1819, London – 21 August 1883) was an English Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton in England. Life Francis Amherst was born in Marylebone, London 21 March 1819. He was the eldest son ...

and

Richard Lacy Richard Lacy (16 January 1841 – 11 April 1929) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Middlesbrough from 1879 to 1929. Biography Born in Navan, County Meath, Ireland on 16 January 1841, he was ...

. On 27 April 1880, aged 43, he was appointed as

and ordained two months later on 9 June 1880. He died in 1907, aged 71. He had been a priest for 49 years and a bishop for 27 years. Riddell is buried at The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas.

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