Bishop George Weld, S.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

Titular Bishop of Mallus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1883		Born
7 Sep 1901	17.9	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
31 Jul 1917	33.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1922	38.3	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Jan 1932	48.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
12 Jan 1932	48.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mallus
15 May 1932	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mallus
18 Jul 1954	70.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
10 Feb 1959	75.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

MicroData Summary
George Weld
Bishop George Weld S.J.
(born 13 Sep 1883, died 10 Feb 1959)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana

Event Place
Birth Place Birkdale, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England, Great Britain
Death Place Georgetown, Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 26.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J. †
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
Bishop William Francis Brown †
Titular Bishop of Pella

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † (1954)

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 92027
WikiData: Q64745797

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 29

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