Charles Graham (bishop)

{{Short description|British clergyman}}

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| name = Charles Graham

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| bishop_of = Bishop emeritus of Plymouth

| image = Charles Maurice Graham (1834–1912).png

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| province = Southwark

| diocese = Plymouth

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| enthroned = 25 October 1902

| ended = 16 March 1911

| predecessor = William Vaughan

| successor = John Joseph Keily

| ordination = 27 February 1926 (Priest)

| consecration = 25 July 1947 (Bishop)

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1834|04|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mhow, India

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| death_place = Hayle, England

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| religion = Roman Catholic

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Charles Maurice Graham (1834–1912) was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.{{cite web |title=Charles Maurice Graham |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgrac.html |work= Catholic Hierarchy |accessdate=2009-06-20}}

Life

Graham was born 5 April 1834 at Mhow, India. He was educated at Sacred Heart College at Prior Park and the English College, Rome. He was ordained in 1857, and two years later became secretary to the bishop and treasurer of the Diocese of Plymouth.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oZQuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA68 The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, 1917, p. 68]{{PD-notice}}

He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Plymouth and Titular Bishop of Cisamus on 25 September 1891, and succeeded as diocesan Bishop of Plymouth on 25 October 1902. He retired on 16 March 1911 and took the title Bishop of Tiberias in partibus. He died in Hayle, Cornwall on 2 September 1912.

Bishop Graham wrote the article on the "Diocese of Plymouth" for the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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