Charles Graham (bishop)

Charles Maurice Graham (1834–1912) was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.[1]

The Right Reverend

Charles Graham
Bishop emeritus of Plymouth
ProvinceSouthwark
DiocesePlymouth
Installed25 October 1902
Term ended16 March 1911
PredecessorWilliam Vaughan
SuccessorJohn Joseph Keily
Orders
Ordination27 February 1926 (Priest)
Consecration25 July 1947 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born(1834-04-05)5 April 1834
Mhow, India
Died2 September 1912(1912-09-02) (aged 78)
Hayle, England
DenominationRoman Catholic

Life

Graham was born 5 April 1834 at Mhow, India. He was educated at Sacred Heart College at Prior Park and the English College, Rome. He was ordained in 1857, and two years later became secretary to the bishop and treasurer of the Diocese of Plymouth.[2]

He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Plymouth and Titular Bishop of Cisamus on 25 September 1891, and succeeded as diocesan Bishop of Plymouth on 25 October 1902. He retired on 16 March 1911 and took the title Bishop of Tiberias in partibus. He died in Hayle, Cornwall on 2 September 1912.[2]

Bishop Graham wrote the article on the "Diocese of Plymouth" for the Catholic Encyclopedia.[2]

References
  1. "Charles Maurice Graham". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, 1917, p. 68Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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