Bishop William Gregory Sharrock, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Telmissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Mar 1742		Born
1758²	15.7	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
1766²	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
30 Sep 1779	37.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	37.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Telmissus
12 Aug 1780	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Telmissus
25 Nov 1797	55.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
17 Oct 1809	67.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for William Gregory Sharrock
(WikiData: Q8010191)
Bishop William Gregory Sharrock O.S.B. (born 30 Mar 1742, died 17 Oct 1809) Vicar Apostolic of Western District

Event Place
Birth Place Friar Gate, Preston, Lancashire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest St. Gregory, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop Wardour, Castle, Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Death Place Chapel Row, Bath, Somerset, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Joseph's, Church, Trenchard Street, Bristol, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Buried Place (Current) St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 29.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory Stapleton † (1801)
Bishop John Milner † (1803)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Friar Gate, Preston, Lancashire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest	St. Gregory, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop	Wardour, Castle, Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Death Place	Chapel Row, Bath, Somerset, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Joseph's, Church, Trenchard Street, Bristol, Vicariate Apostolic of Western District, England
Buried Place (Current)	St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England

Source(s):

bp/bd/op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 180
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1780, Number 27
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 396, and Page 454
prof: CB, 13 Feb 2016
loc: CL, 20 Jan 2018
bp: CL, 22 Jan 2018
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Additions/Corrections (front)

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