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William Turner (bishop of Galloway)

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William Turner
Bishop of Galloway
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseGalloway
Appointed16 June 1893
Term ended19 January 1914
PredecessorJohn McLachlan
SuccessorJames McCarthy
Orders
Ordination26 April 1868
by Pietro de Villanova Castellacci
Consecration25 July 1893
by Angus MacDonald
Personal details
Born12 December 1844
Died19 January 1914 (aged 69)
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
EducationSt Mary's College, Blairs
Alma materPontifical Scots College
MottoFortitudo mea Dominus

William Turner (12 December 1844 – 19 January 1914) was a British Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1893 to 1914.[1]

Life

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He was born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom on 12 December 1844. He entered Blairs College in 1858 and completed his studies at the Scots College, Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 26 April 1868.[2]

He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 16 June 1893, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 25 July 1893. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Angus MacDonald of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Hugh MacDonald of Aberdeen and Bishop James August Smith of Dunkeld (later Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh).[1]

He died in office on 19 January 1914, aged 69.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop William Turner". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. ^ Welsh, Thomas (1915). The Catholic Directory for the Clergy and Laity in Scotland 1915. Edinburgh: Sands & Co. pp. 257–262.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Galloway
1893–1914
Succeeded by