The Bishop of Elmham is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon bishop between the 7th and 11th centuries and is currently used by the Catholic Church for a titular see. The title takes its name after the small town of North Elmham in Norfolk, England.
Roman Catholic titular bishops edit
In 1969, the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, using Elmhama as the name of the titular see, but Helmamensis as the adjectival form in Contemporary Latin.[1] The current titular bishop is the Most Reverend Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin who was appointed on 7 March 1990.[2]
List of titular bishops edit
| Titular Bishops of Elmham | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1969 | 1976 | Alan Charles Clark | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Apostolic Administrator of Northampton on 31 March 1969; ordained bishop on 13 May 1969; appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 23 April 1976 |
| 1977 | 1990 | Patrick Leo McCartie | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham on 13 April 1977; ordained bishop on 20 May 1977; appointed Bishop of Northampton on 20 February 1990 |
| 1990 | present | Eamonn Oliver Walsh | Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin on 7 March 1990; ordained bishop on 22 April 1990 |
| Sources:[3][4] | |||
References edit
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 887
- ^ Bishop Eamonn Oliver Walsh. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
- ^ Titular Episcopal See of Elmham. GCatholic.org. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
- ^ Elmhama (Titular See). Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.