James Bellord (26 February 1846 – 11 June 1905) was an

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who served as the

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from 1899 to 1905. Born in

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, England on 26 February 1846, he served as a military chaplain. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar and Titular Bishop of ''Milevum'' by

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on 16 February 1899. His

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to the

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took place on 1 May 1899; the principal

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was the Right Reverend James Laird Patterson, Auxiliary Bishop of

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, with the Right Reverend

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, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (later Bishop of Nottingham) and the Right Reverend

Francis Bourne Francis Alphonsus Bourne (1861–1935) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the fourth Archbishop of Westminster from 1903 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911. Biography Early life Francis Bo ...

, Bishop of Southwark (later Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster), serving as co-consecrators. Bishop Bellord resigned in 1901 and died at Southend on 11 June 1905, aged 59."Bishop Bellord", ''The American Ecclesiastical Review'', Vol. 33, (Herman Joseph Heuser, ed.), Catholic University of America Press, 1905, p. 181
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