William Vaughan (bishop)

William Vaughan (* February 14, 1814 in London, † 25 October 1902 in Plymouth) was from 1855 until his death, the second bishop of the company founded in 1850 Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth and is considered the real "father".

Life

Vaughan came from a family that provided many bishops. He was the second son of four sons and three daughters of William Michael Thomas John Vaughan and his wife Maria Theresa Weld. His nephew was the Cardinal Herbert Vaughan. In 1838 he was ordained a priest. As in 1850, the Roman Catholic hierarchy was restored in England, he was a senior pastor at the Holy Apostles Prokathedrale of the Diocese of Clifton in Clifton. There he received, after the papal appointment as Bishop of Plymouth on 10 July 1855 by Cardinal Wiseman on July 19, 1855, the episcopal ordination.

In 1870 he took part in the First Vatican Council.

In the 47 years of his episcopate organized and consolidated Vaughan his young diaspora diocese, which consisted mainly of impoverished Irish immigrants. In 1856 he laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of Plymouth, and in 1880, the year of its 25th anniversary bishop, he celebrated after completion of all work and all debts have their consecration. The cash gifts on the occasion of this anniversary and his 50th jubilee of priestly ordination in 1888 he turned to the cathedral.

As Vaughan took office, there were in the diocese of Plymouth 23 missions and 23 priests. When he died in 1902, there were 100 priests, 13 male and 28 female monasteries, four orphanages, 27 primary and five secondary schools.