He resigned as Bishop of Shrewsbury on 28 May 1895, and appointed Titular Bishop of Flavias. He died on 9 June 1905 at 25 Kensington Court, Kensington, London, aged 77, and was buried at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, Birkenhead, Cheshire.[1]
edmund, knight, august, 1827, june, 1905, english, prelate, roman, catholic, church, served, bishop, shrewsbury, from, 1882, 1895, styles, reference, stylethe, right, reverendspoken, stylemy, lordreligious, stylebishopcatholicism, portalborn, sheffield, august. Edmund Knight 27 August 1827 9 June 1905 was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1882 to 1895 1 Styles of Edmund KnightReference styleThe Right ReverendSpoken styleMy LordReligious styleBishopCatholicism portalBorn in Sheffield on 27 August 1827 he was ordained to the priesthood on 19 December 1857 He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Shrewsbury and Titular Bishop of Corycus on 30 May 1879 His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 27 July 1879 the principal consecrator was Cardinal Henry Edward Manning Archbishop of Westminster and the principal co consecrators were Herbert Vaughan Bishop of Salford and Edward Gilpin Bagshawe Bishop of Nottingham Nearly three years later he was appointed the Bishop of Shrewsbury on 25 April 1882 1 He resigned as Bishop of Shrewsbury on 28 May 1895 and appointed Titular Bishop of Flavias He died on 9 June 1905 at 25 Kensington Court Kensington London aged 77 and was buried at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Birkenhead Cheshire 1 References edit a b c Bishop Edmund Knight Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved 2 July 2011 Catholic Church titlesPreceded byJames Brown Bishop of Shrewsbury1882 1895 Succeeded byJohn Carroll Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edmund Knight amp oldid 1092168526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
