Edmund Stonor

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Most Rev. Edmund Stonor (1831-1912) was a prominent British Roman Catholic archbishop.

Born into the recusancy on 2 April 1831 at Stonor, England, the ancestral home of the Stonor family, he was the son of Thomas Stonor, 3rd Lord Camoys and Frances (née Towneley). Rev. Edmund Stonor held the office of Canon of St John Lateran, and later, as Archbishop of Trapezus.

Career

On 13 April 1856, aged 25, he was ordained a priest. On 11 February 1889, aged 57, he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Trapezus and ordained later that month. He was one of the episcopal consecrators of William Henry O'Connell, the future Cardinal Archbishop of Boston.

He was the "energetic, devoted chief chaplain" of the English-speaking Papal Zoaves (see dedication in Two Years in the Pontifical Zoaves by Joseph Powell, London: R. Washbourne, 1871).

Death

Archbishop Stonor died on 28 February 1912, aged 80.

Source

Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 660.

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Name	Stonor, Edmund
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Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	1831
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Date of death	1912
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