James Bellord (26 February 1846 – 11 June 1905) was an English-born Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar from 1899 to 1905.
| Styles of James Bellord | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Born in London, England on 26 February 1846, he served as a military chaplain.[1] He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar and Titular Bishop of Milevum by Pope Leo XIII on 16 February 1899.[2] His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 1 May 1899; the principal consecrator was the Right Reverend James Laird Patterson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, with the Right Reverend Robert Brindle, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (later Bishop of Nottingham) and the Right Reverend Francis Bourne, Bishop of Southwark (later Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster), serving as co-consecrators.[2]
Bishop Bellord resigned in 1901 and died at Southend-on-Sea on 11 June 1905, aged 59, and was buried at the crypt in the chapel attached to Nazareth House, a convent run by the Sisters of Nazareth.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Snape, Michael Francis. The Royal Army Chaplains' Department, 1796-1953: Clergy Under Fire, Boydell Press, 2008, p. 159ISBN 9781843833468
- ^ a b "Bishop James Bellord". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Bishop Bellord", The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 33, (Herman Joseph Heuser, ed.), Catholic University of America Press, 1905, p. 181
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- ^ Burrows, John William (1909). Southend-on-Sea and district: historical notes. p. 9.
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