Bishop George Witham †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Marcopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1655		Born
1688²	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain
12 Aug 1702	47.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
12 Aug 1702	47.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
15 Apr 1703	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
6 Apr 1716	60.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
16 Apr 1725	69.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for George Witham
(WikiData: Q5546458)
Bishop George Witham (born 16 May 1655, died 16 Apr 1725) Vicar Apostolic of Northern District

Event Place
Birth Place Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of England (and Wales)
Ordained Priest St. Gregory's, Paris, Diocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop St. Bartholomew, Seminary, Montefiascone, Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Death Place Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Buried Place (Original) Manfield, Darlington, County Durham, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo †
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Uldericus Nardi †
Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea)
Bishop Giuseppe Cianti †
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo † (1678)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of England (and Wales)
Ordained Priest	St. Gregory's, Paris, Diocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	St. Bartholomew, Seminary, Montefiascone, Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Death Place	Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, North Yorkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Buried Place (Original)	Manfield, Darlington, County Durham, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
bd/ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 220
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1703, Number 8
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 256
op: CB, 13 Feb 2016
loc: CL, 20 Jan 2018
loc: CL, 22 Jan 2018

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