English prelate (1806–1889)
William Bernard Ullathorne
Bishop of Birmingham Church Latin Church Diocese Birmingham Appointed 29 September 1850 Term ended January 1888 Successor Edward Ilsley Other post Titular Archbishop of Cabasa Orders Ordination 24 September 1831 Consecration 21 June 1846John Briggs Personal details Born William Ullathorne Died 21 March 1889 (aged 82) Buried Dominican Sisters Convent,Stone, Staffordshire , England Nationality English Denomination Roman Catholic Parents William Ullathorne and Hannah Ullathorne (née Longstaff) Coat of arms
William Bernard Ullathorne OSB prelate who held high offices in theRoman Catholic Church during the nineteenth century.
Ullathorne was born inPocklington ,East Riding of Yorkshire , the eldest of ten children of William Ullathorne and Hannah (née Longstaff), who converted to Roman Catholicism when she married. When he was nine years of age, Ullathorne's family relocated toScarborough , where he began his schooling. He was a descendant of SaintThomas More through his great-grandmother, Mary More.[ 1]
In 1823 Ullathorne entered the monastery ofDownside Abbey , taking the vows in 1825, taking the additional name "Bernard", afterBernard of Clairvaux . He was ordained priest in 1831, and in 1832 went toNew South Wales as vicar-general to BishopWilliam Placid Morris (1794–1872), whose jurisdiction extended over theAustralian missions .[ 2] Pope Gregory XVI to establish the hierarchy in Australia. In 1836, Bede Polding sent Ullathorne back to Britain,[ 3] Ireland , where he metMary Aikenhead . He returned to Australia in 1838 with fiveSisters 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 atCoventry , 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. In 1847 he was consecrated bishop asVicar Apostolic of the Western District , in succession to Bishop C.M. Baggs (1806–1845), but was transferred to theCentral District in the following year.[ 3] St Osburg's Church in Coventry.[ 4]
Bishop of Birmingham [ edit ] On there-establishment of the hierarchy inEngland and Wales , he became the first Roman CatholicBishop of theDiocese of Birmingham . During his nearly four decades of tenure at thesee 67 new churches, 32 convents and nearly 200 mission schools were built. In 1888 he retired and received fromPope Leo XIII thehonorary title of Archbishop ofCabasa . He died atOscott College [ 3] crypt ofSt Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham , although he was buried in the sanctuary of the Church of St Dominic and the Immaculate Conception atStone, Staffordshire . There isBishop Ullathorne Catholic School inCoventry which is named after him.[ 5]
Of Ullathorne's theological and philosophical works, the best known are:The Endowments of Man (1880),The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues (1882),Christian Patience (1886). For an account of his life see hisAutobiography , edited by A. T. Drane (London).[ 3]
Substance of a Sermon Against Drunkenness Preached to the Catholics of Divers Parts of New South Wales Sermons, With Prefaces The Blessing of the Calvary on the Grace Dieu Rocks The Office of a Bishop: A Discourse Delivered at the Solemn Thanksgiving for the Re-establishment of the Hierarchy The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God: An Exposition On Certain Methods of the Rambler and the Home and Foreign Review: A Second Letter to the Clergy of the Eiocese of Birmingham History of the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England The Döllingerites, Mr. Gladstone, and Apostates From the Faith: A Letter to the Catholics of his Diocese The Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relations With his Final End: A Course of Lectures The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues Christian Patience, the Strenghth & Discipline of the Soul ^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 27 September 2020. Retrieved29 February 2016 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ Champ, Judith F.,William Bernard Ullathorne, 1806-1889: A Different Kind of Monk , Gracewing Publishing, 2006 ,ISBN 9780852446546 ^a b c d public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Ullathorne, William Bernard ".Encyclopædia Britannica ^ Schofield & Skinner 2009 ,The English Vicars Apostolic , p. 242.^ "Bishop Ullathorne School" . Retrieved20 May 2014 ."Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved20 May 2014 .Schofield, Nicholas; Skinner, Gerard (2009).The English Vicars Apostolic . Oxford: Family Publications.ISBN 978-1-907380-01-3 T. L. Suttor, 'Ullathorne, William Bernard (1806–1889) ',Australian Dictionary of Biography MUP , 1967, pp 544–546; retrieved 15 October 2009 Serle, Percival (1949)."Ullathorne, William Bernard" .Dictionary of Australian Biography Angus & Robertson .Mennell, Philip (1892)."Ullathorne, The Most Rev. William Bernard" The Dictionary of Australasian Biography . London: Hutchinson & Co – viaWikisource ."The autobiography of Archbishop Ullathorne : with selections from his letters" at Archive.orgLee, Sidney , ed. (1899)."Ullathorne, William Bernard" Dictionary of National Biography Smith, Elder & Co .Champ, Judith F. "Ullathorne, William (1806–1889)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/27985 . (Subscription,Wikipedia Library access orUK public library membership required.)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Churches St John the Evangelist, Banbury St Francis of Assisi, Bedworth Birmingham Oratory Erdington Abbey, Birmingham Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham St Anne, Birmingham St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth, Birmingham St Mary, Harborne, Birmingham St Michael, Birmingham St Joseph, Burslem St Mary and St Modwen, Burton-on-Trent St Filumena, Caverswall St Giles, Cheadle Holy Trinity, Chipping Norton St Osburg, Coventry St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth, Coughton St Mary, Cresswell Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa Sacred Heart, Hanley Our Lady and St Alphonsus, Hanley Swan Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford St Peter, Leamington Spa St Wulstan, Little Malvern St Gregory, Longton Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton St Anne, Nuneaton Oxford Oratory St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford St Anthony of Padua, Oxford Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch St Marie, Rugby St Joseph and St Etheldreda, Rugeley St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley St Augustine of England, Solihull St Austin, Stafford Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent Sacred Heart, Tunstall St Mary, Uttoxeter St Mary, Walsall Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley St Mary Immaculate, Warwick St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul, Wolverhampton St George, Worcester Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Schools Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Bishop Challoner Catholic College Bishop Milner Catholic College Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Blessed William Howard Catholic School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham Greyfriars Catholic School Hagley Roman Catholic High School Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham John Henry Newman Catholic College The Oratory Preparatory School The Oratory School Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Painsley Catholic College Princethorpe College Rye St Antony School St Augustine's High School, Redditch St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School, Stone St Edmund Campion Catholic School St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Francis of Assisi Catholic College St John Fisher Catholic College St John Wall Catholic School St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Trinity Catholic School
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ullathorne, William Bernard".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 566.
