Joseph Thorman
Joseph Thorman (6 August 1871 – 7 October 1936) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1924 to 1936.[1]
Born in Gateshead, County Durham on 6 August 1871, he was ordained to the priesthood on 27 September 1896. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle by the Holy See on 18 December 1924. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 27 January 1925, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Frederick William Keating of Liverpool, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Robert Cowgill of Leeds and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham.[1]
He died in office in Newcastle upon Tyne on 7 October 1936, aged 65, and was buried at Ushaw College cemetery.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Joseph Thorman". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Former Bishops". Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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Preceded by Richard Collins | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 1924–1936 | Succeeded by Joseph McCormack |
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- Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle
- I: William Hogarth
- II: James Chadwick
- III: John Bewick
- IV: Henry O'Callaghan
- V: Thomas Wilkinson
- VI: Richard Collins
- VII: Joseph Thorman
- VIII: Joseph McCormack
- IX: James Cunningham
- X: Hugh Lindsay
- XI: Ambrose Griffiths
- XII: Kevin Dunn
- XIII: Séamus Cunningham
- XIV: Robert Byrne
- XV: Stephen Wright
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- St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool
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- Sacred Heart Church, North Gosforth
- St Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees
- St Benet's Church, Sunderland
- St Mary's Church, Sunderland
- St Ninian's Church, Wooler
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- Our Lady of the Assumption (15 August)
- Saint Cuthbert (28 March)
- Schools
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School
- Carmel College, Darlington
- English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
- Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy
- Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College
- St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee
- St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
- St Cuthbert's High School
- St John's Catholic School
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
- St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields
- St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College
- See also:
- Cardinal Basil Hume
- Minsteracres
- Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District
- Ushaw College
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