Bishop Henry John Poskitt †

Deceased

Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1888		Born
25 Sep 1915	27.0	Converted
15 Jul 1917	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
19 Aug 1936	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
21 Sep 1936	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
19 Feb 1950	61.4	Died	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Henry John Poskitt
(WikiData: Q4373665)
Bishop Henry John Poskitt (born 6 Sep 1888, died 19 Feb 1950) Bishop of Leeds

Event Place
Birth Place Birkin, Selby, North Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Anne, Cathedral, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Death Place Bishop's House, Weetwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Edward, Churchyard, Clifford, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, Diocese of Leeds, England

a priest for 32.5 years
a bishop for 13.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey †
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Thorman †
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England
Bishop John Francis McNulty †
Bishop of Nottingham, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gerald Moverley † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph McCormack † (1937)
Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall † (1939)
Bishop Edward Ellis † (1944)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 62
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 170
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018

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