Bishop Alexander Goss †

Deceased

Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jul 1814		Born
27 Jun 1841	26.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain
4 Jul 1841	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain
29 Jul 1853	39.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
29 Jul 1853	39.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Geras
25 Sep 1853	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Geras
25 Jan 1856	41.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
3 Oct 1872	58.2	Died	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Alexander Goss
(VIAF: 30296728; WikiData: Q4718990)
Bishop Alexander Goss (born 5 Jul 1814, died 3 Oct 1872) Bishop of Liverpool

Event Place
Birth Place Ormskirk, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Ordained Priest Venerable English, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Nicholas, Pro-Cathedral, Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Death Place St. Edward, College, Everton, Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Buried Place (Original) Ford, Cemetery, Litherland, Liverpool, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England

a priest for 31.2 years
a bishop for 19.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Consecrator:
Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Grant †
Bishop of Southwark, England
Bishop William Turner †
Bishop of Salford, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Cardinal Wiseman † (1840)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Bilsborrow † (1865)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. † (1872)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ormskirk, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Ordained Priest	Venerable English, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint Nicholas, Pro-Cathedral, Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Death Place	St. Edward, College, Everton, Liverpool, Diocese of Liverpool, England
Buried Place (Original)	Ford, Cemetery, Litherland, Liverpool, Lancashire, Diocese of Liverpool, England

Source(s):

op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 284, and Page 347
c34: CB, 10 Nov 2014
b/c1: Arundel to Zabi, Page 102
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Number 18,296
od: CB, 16 Feb 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1853, Number 31
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,420

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