Bishop William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}

Titular Bishop of Troas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1794		Born	London, Great Britain
4 Mar 1818	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
9 Aug 1831	36.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
9 Aug 1831	36.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Troas
5 Feb 1832	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Troas
Jan 1840	45.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
18 Feb 1872	77.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa

a priest for 54.0 years
a bishop for 40.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Yorke Bramston †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †
Bishop Robert Gradwell †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Placid Morris, O.S.B. † (1832)
Bishop James Yorke Bramston † (1823)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. †
Bishop James Danell †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 379

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