Bishop Francis Kerril Amherst †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1819		Born
6 Jun 1846	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Central District, England, Great Britain
14 May 1858	39.1	Appointed	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
4 Jul 1858	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
16 Oct 1879	60.5	Resigned	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
27 Jul 1880	61.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina
21 Aug 1883	64.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Francis Kerril Amherst
(VIAF: 88698572; WikiData: Q5481621)
Bishop Francis Kerril Amherst (born 21 Mar 1819, died 21 Aug 1883) Bishop Emeritus of Northampton

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Marylebone, London, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Seminary, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England
Ordained Bishop Sts. Felix and Andrew, Pro-Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Death Place Fieldgate House, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Diocese of Birmingham, England
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 25.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †
Titular Bishop of Milopotamos
Principal Consecrator:
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop William Vaughan †
Bishop of Plymouth, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman † (1840)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. † (1874)
Archbishop Edward Ilsley † (1879)
Bishop Arthur Grange Riddell † (1880)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marylebone, London, Vicariate Apostolic of London District, England
Ordained Priest	St. Mary, Seminary, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England
Ordained Bishop	Sts. Felix and Andrew, Pro-Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Death Place	Fieldgate House, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Diocese of Birmingham, England
Buried Place (Original)	Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England

Source(s):

op/ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 417, and Page 525
c1: Arundel to Zabi, Page 25
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1858, Number 39
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018

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