Joseph William Hendren OFM (1791–1866) was an

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. He served three ecclesiastical jurisdictions, first as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District (1848–1850), then

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(1850–1851), and finally Bishop of Nottingham (1851–1853). Born in

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on 19 October 1791, he was

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in the Order of Friars Minor on 28 September 1815. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and

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of '' Verinopolis'' on 28 July 1848. His

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to the

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took place on 10 September 1848, the principal consecrator was William Bernard Ullathorne, and the principal co-consecrators were John Briggs and Nicholas Wiseman. On the restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales, the Western District was divided into the dioceses of

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and

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. Hendren was appointed the first

on 29 September 1850. The following year, he was appointed the first Bishop to the

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on 22 June 1851 and installed on 2 December 1851. He resigned as Bishop of Nottingham on 23 February 1853 and was appointed Titular Bishop of '' Martyropolis''. He died on 14 November 1866, aged 75.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendren, William 1791 births 1866 deaths Apostolic vicars of England and Wales People from Birmingham, West Midlands Roman Catholic bishops of Clifton 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Roman Catholic bishops of Nottingham