Bishop Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B.

Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

Motto: Omnia In Ipso

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1952		Born
24 Dec 1970	18.7	Converted
10 Mar 1976	23.9	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
10 Mar 1979	26.9	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
29 Jun 1982	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Jun 2011	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Aug 2011	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary
Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert
Bishop Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert O.S.B.
(born 15 Mar 1952)
Bishop of Aberdeen

Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Emsworth, Hampshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Ordained Priest Our Lady and St. John the Baptist, Abbey, Pluscarden, Elgin, Moray, Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland
Ordained Bishop St. Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Aberdeen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Mario Joseph Conti †
Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland
Principal Consecrator:
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien †
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Joseph Conti †
Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland
Bishop Peter Antony Moran
Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien † (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † (1951)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 78306631
WikiData: Q784687

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 4 Jun 2011
ob/c1+: CB, 4 Jun 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,128
prof/sole: CB, 12 Feb 2016
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)
fn: CL, 20 Aug 2022

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