Bishop Robert William Willson (Wilson) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1794		Born
16 Dec 1824	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Midland District, England, Great Britain
22 Apr 1842	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Hobart, Australia
28 Oct 1842	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hobart, Australia
11 May 1844	49.4	Installed	Bishop of Hobart, Australia
21 Jan 1866	71.1	Resigned	Bishop of Hobart, Australia
16 Feb 1866	71.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
30 Jun 1866	71.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

MicroData Summary for Robert William Willson (Wilson)
(VIAF: 94593237; WikiData: Q7351147)
Bishop Robert William Willson (Wilson) (born 11 Dec 1794, died 30 Jun 1866) Bishop Emeritus of Hobart

Event Place
Birth Place Lincoln, Great Britain
Ordained Priest St. Chad, Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop St. Chad, Cathedral, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England, Great Britain
Death Place Nottingham, Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Original) St. Barnabas, Cathedral, Nottingham, Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Current) St. Mary’s, Cathedral, Hobart, Archdiocese of Hobart

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 23.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Milner †
Titular Bishop of Castabala
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Walsh †
Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis
Bishop William Wareing †
Titular Bishop of Areopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. † (1834)
Archbishop of Sydney
Bishop James Yorke Bramston † (1823)
Titular Bishop of Usula
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Murphy † (1844)
Archbishop James Alipius Goold, O.E.S.A. † (1848)
Bishop Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, O.F.M. Ref. † (1859)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lincoln, Great Britain
Ordained Priest	St. Chad, Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop	St. Chad, Cathedral, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England, Great Britain
Death Place	Nottingham, Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Original)	St. Barnabas, Cathedral, Nottingham, Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
Buried Place (Current)	St. Mary’s, Cathedral, Hobart, Archdiocese of Hobart

Source(s):

b/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Additions/Corrections (back)
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 482
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 217
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1842, Number 60

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