Roman Catholic Bishop of Elmham

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The Bishop of Elmham is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon bishop between the 7th and 11th centuries and is currently used by the Catholic Church for a titular see. The title takes its name after the small town of North Elmham in Norfolk, England.

Roman Catholic titular bishops[edit]

In 1969, the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, using Elmhama as the name of the titular see, but Helmamensis as the adjectival form in Contemporary Latin.[1] The current titular bishop is the Most Reverend Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin who was appointed on 7 March 1990.[2]

List of titular bishops[edit]

Titular Bishops of Elmham
From Until Incumbent Notes
1969 1976 Alan Charles Clark Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Apostolic Administrator of Northampton on 31 March 1969; ordained bishop on 13 May 1969; appointed Bishop of East Anglia on 23 April 1976
1977 1990 Patrick Leo McCartie Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham on 13 April 1977; ordained bishop on 20 May 1977; appointed Bishop of Northampton on 20 February 1990
1990 present Eamonn Oliver Walsh Appointed Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin on 7 March 1990; ordained bishop on 22 April 1990
Sources:[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 887
  2. ^ Bishop Eamonn Oliver Walsh. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
  3. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Elmham. GCatholic.org. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
  4. ^ Elmhama (Titular See). Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.