Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

Arthur George Riddell (born 15 September 1836, Barnard Castle, County Durham https://northamptondiocese.org/bishops/ – died 1907,

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, UK) was the Roman Catholic

Bishop of Northampton The Bishop of Northampton is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton in the Province of Westminster, England. The see is in the town of Northampton where the bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and Sa ...

from 1880 until his death in 1907. On 24 September 1858, aged 22, he was ordained a priest for the

Diocese of Beverley The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beverley is an historical diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in England. It took its name after St John of Beverley, 8th century bishop of York. The episcopal see was located in the city of York. The diocese was ...

at Ushaw in

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

Larsen, Chris. ''Catholic Bishops of Great Britain'', Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 139
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s Robert Cornthwaite,

Francis Kerril Amherst Francis Kerril Amherst T.O.S.D., (21 March 1819, London – 21 August 1883) was an English Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton in England. Life Francis Amherst was born in Marylebone, London 21 March 1819. He was the eldest so ...

and

Richard Lacy Richard Lacy (16 January 1841 – 11 April 1929) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Middlesbrough from 1879 to 1929. Biography Born in Navan, County Meath, Ireland on 16 January 1841, he wa ...

. On 27 April 1880, aged 43, he was appointed as

and ordained two months later on 9 June 1880. He died in 1907, aged 71. He had been a priest for 49 years and a bishop for 27 years. Riddell is buried at The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas.

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1836 births 1907 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Roman Catholic bishops of Northampton {{UK-RC-bishop-stub