Hugh Singleton
Styles of Hugh Singleton | |
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Reference style | The Right Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Hugh Singleton (30 July 1851 – 17 December 1934) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1908 to 1934.[1]
Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, on 30 July 1851, he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 July 1880. He was appointed the Bishop of Shrewsbury by the Holy See on 1 August 1908. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 21 September 1908, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Francis Mostyn, Bishop of Menevia (later Archbishop of Cardiff) and Richard Collins, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.[1]
He died in office at his Bishop's House in Birkenhead on 17 December 1934, aged 83, and was buried at the Flaybrick Hill Cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Hugh Singleton". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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Preceded by | Bishop of Shrewsbury 1908–1934 | Succeeded by |
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- I: James Brown
- II: Edmund Knight
- III: John Carroll
- IV: Samuel Allen
- V: Hugh Singleton
- VI: Ambrose Moriarty
- VII: John Murphy
- VIII: William Grasar
- IX: Joseph Gray
- X: Brian Noble
- XI: Mark Davies
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