Bishop John Brewer (24 November 1929–10 June 2000) was the fourth
Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster
The Bishop of Lancaster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the Province of Liverpool, England.England
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. He was ordained a priest in the
Diocese of Shrewsbury
The Diocese of Shrewsbury () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Province of Birmingham which encompasses the pre-1974 counties of Shropshire and Cheshire in the North West and West Midlands of England.
The diocese includ ...
, where he became
Auxiliary Bishop
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on 28 July 1971.
Brewer became
Coadjutor Bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese.
The coa ...
of
Lancaster
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Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
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on 15 November 1983 and, upon the retirement of Brian Charles Foley, he became Bishop of Lancaster on 22 May 1985. He died of
cancer
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, while still in office, on 10 June 2000 and was succeeded on 4 July 2001 by
Patrick O'Donoghue.
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster
1929 births
2000 deaths
Deaths from cancer in England
Roman Catholic bishops of Lancaster
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England
English College, Rome alumni
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