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Richard Collins (5 April 1857 – 9 February 1924) was a

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of the

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. He served as

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province. History With the gradual abolition of the legal restrict ...

from 1909 to 1924.

Life

Born in

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on 5 April 1857, he was

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to the priesthood on 30 May 1885. He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and

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of ''Selinus'' on 31 March 1905. His consecration to the

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took place on 29 June 1905, the principal

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was Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Francis Mostyn of Menevia and Bishop

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of Clifton. Four years later, Collins was appointed

on 21 June 1909. He died in office in

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on 9 February 1924, aged 66, and buried at

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cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Richard 1857 births 1924 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England People from Newbury, Berkshire Roman Catholic bishops of Hexham and Newcastle Burials in County Durham