Bishop William Walton †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1716		Born
Apr 1739³	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of London District, England, Great Britain
3 Apr 1741	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of London District, England, Great Britain
18 Jul 1770	53.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
18 Jul 1770	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Dec 1770³	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
24 Dec 1775	59.0	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
26 Feb 1780	63.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for William Walton
(VIAF: 22019450; WikiData: Q8019979)
Bishop William Walton (born 9 Dec 1716, died 26 Feb 1780) Vicar Apostolic of Northern District

Event Place
Birth Place Manchester, Lancashire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest English, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Death Place City of York, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Michael's-le-Belfry, Church, City of York, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England

a priest for 38.8 years
a bishop for 9.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Dicconson †
Titular Bishop of Mallus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francis Petre †
Titular Bishop of Amorium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Petre † (1751)
Titular Bishop of Amorium
Bishop Edward Dicconson † (1741)
Titular Bishop of Mallus
Bishop Jan-Baptist de Smet † (1721)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Pierre-Joseph de Franken-Sierstof † (1711)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Archbishop Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † (1706)
Bishop of Ancona e Numana
Christian August Cardinal von Sachsen-Zeitz † (1696)
Bishop of Győr (Raab)
Leopold Karl Cardinal von Kollonitsch Lipót † (1668)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Archbishop Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (1652)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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	Manchester, Lancashire, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Ordained Priest	English, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Death Place	City of York, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Michael's-le-Belfry, Church, City of York, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District, England

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 200, and Page 454
b/c1: Arundel to Zabi, Page 208
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1770, Number 48
od/ob: CB, 16 Feb 2016
loc: CL, 20 Jan 2018
bp: CL, 22 Jan 2018

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