Archbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis

Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jul 1828		Born	Liverpool, Great Britain
1845¹	16.5	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
24 Jun 1850	22.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Dec 1871	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
11 Feb 1872	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
17 Sep 1887³	59.2	Resigned	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
11 Sep 1888	60.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus
7 May 1908	79.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 36.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Alexander Goss †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop James Chadwick †
- Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. † (1872)
Bishop Alexander Goss † (1853)
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman † (1840)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
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 Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 237, and Page 466

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