Mak. 26. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



JO 9 



Upon his denth, in 1584, the Catholic clergy in 

 England were left without a head, and the Pope 

 some time after appointed an arch-pj'iest, to super- 

 intend them, and the following persons lilled the 

 office : 



Died. 



- 1614. 



- 1621. 



Consecrated. 



1598. Rev. George Black well. 



— Rev. George Birkhead 



1615. Rev. George Harrison 



On the death of the latter the episcopate was re- 

 vived by tlie pope in England, and one bishop was 

 consecrated as head of the English Catholics. 

 Consecrated. Died. 



1623. Dr. William Bishop - - - 1624. 



1625. Dr. Richard Smith - . - 1655. 



1685. Dr. John Leyburn, with whom, in 1688, Dr. 

 Giffard was associated ; but almost immediately after 

 this England was divided into four districts, and the 

 order of succi.ssion in each was as follows: 



London or Southern District, 

 Consecrated. 



1685. Bishop Leyburn 



Died. 



- 1703. 

 1688, Bishop Giffard (translated from 



the Midland District, 1703) - 1733. 



1733. Bisliop Petre - - - - 1758. 



1741. Bishop Challoncr - - - 1781. 



1758. Bishop Honourable James Talbot 1790. 



1790. Bisiiop Douglas - - - 1812. 



1803. Bishop Poynter . - - 1827. 



1823. Bishop Bramston . _ - 1836. 



1828. Bishop Gradwell - - - 1833. 



1833. Bishop Griffiths - - - 1847. 



Midland or Central District. 



16S8. Bishop Giffard (translated to 

 London, 1703). 



1703. Bishop Witham (translated to the 

 Northern District, 1716). 



1716. Bishop Stonor . - - - 1756. 



1753. Bishop Hornihold - - - 1779. 



1766. Bishop Honourable T. Talbot - 1795. 



1786. Bishop Berington . - - 1798. 



1801. Bishop Stapleton - - - 1802. 



1803. Bishop Milncr - - - - 1826. 



1825. Bishop Walsh (translated to Lon- 

 don, 1848). 



1840, Bishop Wiseman (coadjutor). 



Western District. 



Died. 



1770. 

 1780. 

 1790. 



1810. 

 1S24. 

 1833. 



1769. 

 1780. 

 1790. 



1821. 

 1831. 

 1836. 



Consecrated. 



1 768. Bishop Maire (coadjutor to Bishop 



Petre) 



Bisliop Walton - - - - 

 Bishop Gibson - - _ - 

 Bishop William Gibson (brother 



to the preceding bishop) 

 Bishop Thomas Smith 

 Bishop Penswick - _ . 

 Bishop Briggs, removed to the new district 

 of Yorksliire in 1840, and became Roman Catholic 

 Bishop of Beverley in 1850. 



In 1840, England and Wales were divided among 

 eight vicars-apostolic, and from that time until the 

 year 1850 the following was the arrangement : 



London. 

 Consecrated. Died. 



1833. Bishop Griffiths - . - 1847. 



1825. Bishop Walsh . - - - 1849. 



1840. Bishop Wiseman, at first coadjutor to Bishop 

 Walsh here, as he had been in the Central District.. 

 Elevated to the archiepiscopate, 1850. 



Central. 

 Bishop Walsh, removed to London 



in 1848. 

 BishopUllathorne; became Roman 



Catholic Bishop of Birming- 

 ham, 1850. 



Western. 

 Bishop Baines - - - - 

 Bishop Beggs _ - - - 

 Bishop Ullathorne; removed to the 



Central District, 1848. 

 Bishop Hendren, became Roman 



Catholic Bishop of Clifton, 1 850. 

 Northern. 

 Bishop Briggs; removed in 1840 to 



the new district of Yorkshire. 

 Bishop Riddel! - 

 Bishop Hogarth ; became Roman 



Catholic I3ishop of Hexham, 1850. 



Eastern. 

 Bishop Wareing; became Roman 

 Catholic Bishop of Northamp- 

 ton, 1850. 



Yorlishire. 

 Bishop Briggs, from the Northern 

 District ; became Roman Catho- 

 lic Bishop of Beverley, 1850. 



Lancashire. 

 Bishop G. Brown ; became Roman 



Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, 



1850. 

 Bishop Sharpies (coadjutor) 



Wales. 

 Bishop T. J. Browne ; became Roman Catho- 

 lic Bishop of Newport, 1850. 



In 1850 came another change, and one arch- 

 bishop and twelve bishops were appointed to rule 



1825. 



1846. 



1823. 

 1843. 

 1846. 



1848. 



1833. 



1840. 

 1848. 



1840. 



1833. 



1840. 



1843. 



1840. 



1843.. 

 1846. 



- 1847. 



1850. 



