Roman Catholic Bishop of Elmham
The Bishop of Elmham is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon bishop between the 7th and 11th centuries and is currently used by the Catholic Church for a titular see. The title takes its name after the small town of North Elmham in Norfolk, England.
Roman Catholic titular bishops
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In 1969, the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, using Elmhama as the name of the titular see, but Helmamensis as the adjectival form in Contemporary Latin.[1] The current titular bishop is the Most Reverend Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin who was appointed on 7 March 1990.[2]
List of titular bishops
[edit]| Titular Bishops of Elmham | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1969 | 1976 | Alan Charles Clark | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Apostolic Administrator of Northampton on 31 March 1969; ordained bishop on 13 May 1969; appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 23 April 1976 |
| 1977 | 1990 | Patrick Leo McCartie | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham on 13 April 1977; ordained bishop on 20 May 1977; appointed Bishop of Northampton on 20 February 1990 |
| 1990 | present | Eamonn Oliver Walsh | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin on 7 March 1990; ordained bishop on 22 April 1990 |
| Sources:[3][4] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 887
- ^ Bishop Eamonn Oliver Walsh. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Elmham. GCatholic.org. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
- ^ Elmhama (Titular See). Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.