William Bernard Ullathorne

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Oscott College, New Oscott, England
BuriedDominican Sisters Convent, Stone, Staffordshire, England
NationalityEnglish
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsWilliam Ullathorne and Hannah Ullathorne (née Longstaff)
Coat of armsWilliam Bernard Ullathorne's coat of arms

William Bernard Ullathorne

OSB (7 May 1806 – 21 March 1889) was an English prelate who held high offices in the Roman Catholic Church
during the nineteenth century.

Early life

Ullathorne was born in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, the eldest of ten children of William Ullathorne, a prosperous businessman with interests in groceries, draperies and spirits, and Hannah (née Longstaff), who converted to Roman Catholicism when she married. When he was nine years of age, Ullathorne's family relocated to Scarborough, where he began his schooling. He was a descendant of Saint Thomas More through his great-grandmother, Mary More.[1]

At 12 he was taken from school and placed in his father's office to learn

John Bede Polding, afterwards the first Archbishop of Sydney, who influenced him greatly.[2]

Priesthood

In 1823 Ullathorne entered the monastery of

Australian missions.[3] It was mainly Ullathorne who caused Pope Gregory XVI to establish the hierarchy in Australia. In 1836, Bede Polding sent Ullathorne back to Britain,[4] to recruit more Benedictines. While in England, he visited Ireland, where he met Mary Aikenhead. He returned to Australia in 1838 with five Sisters of Charity. Ullathorne returned to England in 1841, suffering what Judith F Champ says would in modern terminology be described as "burnout". He then took charge of the Roman Catholic mission at Coventry
, where he recovered his health and spirits.

Ullathorne had turned down bishoprics in Hobart, Adelaide, and Perth as he did not wish to return to Australia, but in 1847 he was consecrated bishop as

Central District in the following year.[4] Ullathorne helped found St Osburg's Church in Coventry.[2]

Bishop of Birmingham

On the

Bishop Ullathorne RC School in Coventry which is named after him.[5]

Of Ullathorne's theological and philosophical works the best known are The Endowments of Man (1882); The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues (1883); Christian Patience (1886). For an account of his life see his Autobiography, edited by A. T. Drane (London).[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b Schofield & Skinner 2009, The English Vicars Apostolic, p. 242.
  3. ISBN 9780852446546
    , p. 14
  4. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ullathorne, William Bernard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 566.
  5. ^ "Bishop Ullathorne School". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Charles Michael Baggs
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District

1846–1848 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Thomas Walsh
Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District

1848–1850 		Last appointment
New title Bishop of Birmingham
1850–1888 		Succeeded by
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