Dudley Cary-Elwes
Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes (5 February 1868 – 1 May 1932) was Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Northampton from 1921 to 1932.[1]
Born in Nice, France on 5 February 1868 to Valentine Dudley Henry Cary Elwes & his second wife Alice Geraldine née Ward he was ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1896 in Rome.[2] He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 21 November 1921. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 15 December 1921, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Arthur Doubleday of Brentwood and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham.[1]
He died in office on 1 May 1932, aged 64,[1] and was buried at Great Billing, Northamptonshire.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bishop Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ Larsen, Chris. Catholic Bishops of Great Britain, Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 140ISBN 9781910519257
- ^ "Former Bishops of the Diocese". The Diocese of Northampton. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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