Diocese of Beverley

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The Diocese of Beverley is a historical Roman Catholic diocese founded in 1850 by Pope Pius IX with the restoration of the English Roman Catholic hierarchy. The diocese comprised most of the Yorkshire area. The pro-cathedral was located first at St George's York and then at St Wilfrid's York.

The diocese was disbanded with the creation of the diocese of Middlesbrough and the diocese of Leeds.

[edit] Bishop of Beverley

Bishop Portrait Birth Death
John Briggs
1850–1860		 John Briggs 20 May 1789
Barton Moss, Eccles		 4 January 1861
York
aged 72
Robert Cornthwaite
1860–1878		 Robert Cornthwaite 9 May 1818
Preston		 16 June 1890
Leeds
aged 72

The bishopric of the Yorkshire area was divided into two new diocese in 1878, creating two new titles; Bishop of Middlesbrough and Bishop of Leeds, the latter of which was taken up by Robert Cornthwaite himself.

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