Vicar Apostolic of The Lancashire District - Vicars Apostolic

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Vicars Apostolic of the Lancashire District
From Until Incumbent Notes
1840 1850 George Hilary Brown Appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Lancashire District and Titular Bishop of Bugia on 5 June 1840 and consecrated on 24 August 1840. Exchanged the titluar see of Bugia to the titluar see of Tlos on 22 April 1842. Appointed the first Bishop of Liverpool on 29 September 1850 when the district divided.
1843 1850 (James Sharples) Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lancashire District and Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina on 11 August 1843 and consecrated on 15 August 1843. Died in office on 11 August 1850.
In 1850, the title was replaced by the bishoprics of Liverpool and Salford.

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