Bishop Mervyn Alban Alexander †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1925		Born
18 Jul 1948	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain
8 Mar 1972	46.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
8 Mar 1972	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pinhel
25 Apr 1972	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pinhel
20 Dec 1974	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
27 Feb 2001	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
14 Aug 2010	85.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Mervyn Alban Alexander
(VIAF: 134151246505644130058; WikiData: Q1922177)
Bishop Mervyn Alban Alexander (born 29 Jun 1925, died 14 Aug 2010) Bishop Emeritus of Clifton

Event Place
Birth Place Hackney, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Priest Leonine, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Twelve Apostles, Pro-Cathedral, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England
Death Place St. Angela, Convent, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England
Buried Place (Original) Churchyard, SS. Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 38.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham †
Bishop of Clifton, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer †
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Edward Petit †
Bishop of Menevia, Wales

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham † (1949)
Bishop of Clifton, England
Archbishop Joseph Masterson † (1947)
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Bernard William Cardinal Griffin † (1938)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams † (1929)
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Bosco MacDonald (1991)
Father Christopher John Whitehead (1994)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Declan Ronan Lang (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger Francis Crispian Hollis (1987)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hackney, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Priest	Leonine, College, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Twelve Apostles, Pro-Cathedral, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England
Death Place	St. Angela, Convent, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England
Buried Place (Original)	Churchyard, SS. Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Clifton, Bristol, Diocese of Clifton, England

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
c1/loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
d.loc: CL, 25 May 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,017

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠