Edward Ellis was

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham The Diocese of Nottingham, England, is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite and a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Diocese of Westminster. The diocese covers an area of , taking in the English counties of No ...

from 1944 to 1974. He was born on 30 June 1899 in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

and ordained priest there on 15 October 1922. On 18 March 1944, Ellis was appointed the seventh Bishop of Nottingham by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 1 May. Ellis retired as Bishop of Nottingham on 31 October 1974, aged 75, and died on 6 July 1979, aged 80, as Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham. He was a priest for 56 years and a bishop for 35 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Edward (Roman Catholic Bishop) 1899 births 1979 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Nottingham 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Participants in the Second Vatican Council English College, Rome alumni