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Bernard Patrick Wall (15 March 1894 – 18 June 1976) was an English people, English prelate who served in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church as the Bishop of Brentwood from 1955 to 1969. Born in Tonbridge, Kent on 15 March 1894, he was Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood on 14 July 1918. He was appointed the Bishop (Catholic Church), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood, Diocese of Brentwood by the Holy See on 30 November 1955. His consecration to the Episcopal polity, Episcopate took place on 18 January 1956, the principal consecrator was Cyril Conrad Cowderoy, Bishop (later Archbishop) of Southwark, and the principal co-consecrators were Neil Farren, Bishop of Derry and George Andrew Beck, Bishop of Salford (later Archbishop of Liverpool). Bishop Wall participated in all the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council, held between in 1962 and 1965. He retired on 14 April 1969 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood. He died on 18 June 1976, aged 82.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, Bernard Patrick 1894 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Participants in the Second Vatican Council People from Tonbridge Roman Catholic bishops of Brentwood