Peter Bernardine Collingridge,
O.F.M.Rec. (10 March 1757 – 3 March 1829) was an
English
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Roman Catholic bishop
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who served as the
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of
England and Wales
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from 1809 to 1829.
Life
Born at
Fritwell
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,
Oxfordshire
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, Collingridge was appointed
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to Bishop
William Gregory Sharrock,
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District on 13 January 1807. On the same day, he was appointed
Titular Bishop
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of
Thespiae
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, and
consecrated
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on 11 October 1807.
On 18 October 1809, aged 52, he succeeded to
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District.
On 3 March 1829, Bishop Collingridge died, at
Cannington,
Somersetshire
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, one week before his 72nd birthday the same year as
Catholic Emancipation
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. He had been a bishop for 21 years.
Notes
References
External links
UK National ArchivesCoventry Catholic Deanery site
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1757 births
1829 deaths
Recollects
English Friars Minor
People from Cherwell District
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England
Apostolic vicars of England and Wales