Arthur Riddell

Arthur George Riddell
Bishop of Northampton
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Northampton
In office27 April 1880 – 15 September 1907
PredecessorFrancis Amherst
SuccessorFrederick Keating
Orders
Ordination24 September 1858
Consecration9 June 1880
by Robert Cornthwaite
Personal details
Born(1836-09-15)15 September 1836
Barnard Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died15 September 1907(1907-09-15) (aged 71)

Bishop Arthur George Riddell (born 15 September 1836, Barnard Castle, County Durham – died 15 September 1907, England, UK) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton from 1880 until his death in 1907.

On 24 September 1858, aged 22, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Beverley at Ushaw in County Durham by Bishops Robert Cornthwaite, Francis Kerril Amherst and Richard Lacy.

On 27 April 1880, aged 43, he was appointed as Bishop of Northampton and ordained two months later on 9 June 1880.

He died in 1907, aged 71. He had been a priest for 49 years and a bishop for 27 years. Riddell is buried at The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas.

References

  1. ↑ https://northamptondiocese.org/bishops/
  2. 1 2 3 Larsen, Chris. Catholic Bishops of Great Britain, Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 139ISBN 9781910519257