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John William Bewick (20 April 1824 – 29 October 1886) was an
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of the
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. He served as
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province. History With the gradual abolition of the legal restricti ...
from 1882 to 1886. Born in Ministeracres,
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on 20 April 1824, he was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
to the priesthood on 27 May 1850. He was appointed the
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of the
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, centred on St Mary's Cathedral in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England. The diocese is one of the six suffragan sees in the ecclesiastic ...
by the
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on 25 September 1882. His
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to the
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took place on 18 October 1882, the principal
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was Cardinal
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, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop
Charles Petre Eyre Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who was appointed the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow since the Scottish Reformation. He served as archbishop from 1878 to 1902. Family Born at Askham Bryan Hall, Askham ...
of Glasgow and Bishop Robert Cornthwaite of Leeds. He died in office in
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on 29 October 1886, aged 62, and was buried at
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cemetery.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bewick, John William 1824 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England People from Northumberland Roman Catholic bishops of Hexham and Newcastle