Welbore MacCarthy
{{Short description|First Bishop of Grantham: 1905 until 1920}}
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File:Memorial to Welbore MacCarthy. Lincoln Cathedral.jpg
Welbore MacCarthy (1840–1925) was the first Bishop of Grantham: 1905 until 1920.
Life
He was born in 1840 in Cork on the southern coast of Ireland the son of Robert McCarthy (sic) and his wife Mary. They lived at Tieirs Walk in Cork with his older brothers.1841 census: Cork
He was educated at St Aidan's RC School in Birkenhead then studied Divinity at Trinity College, Dublin."Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} He was ordained in 1868.
His first post after ordination was as a curate in Preston.{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=956| year=1920 | isbn=}} From 1874 to 1898 he was a missionary priest in India, rising in time to be Archdeacon of Calcutta."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
Returning to England he was Rector of AshwellThe Times, Tuesday, 6 December 1898; p. 8; Issue 35692; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence New appointments then Rural Dean of Corringham until 1905 when he was appointed to the episcopate. He was consecrated bishop on 18 October 1905 by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey{{Church Times | title = Consecration of bishops | archive = 1905_10_20_462 | issue = 2230 | date = 20 October 1905 | page = 462 | accessed = 19 September 2019 }} and served as the first Bishop of Grantham, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln.
He died at home, 20 Somerset Road in Ealing, on 21 March 1925.The Times Tuesday, 24 March 1925; p. 10; Issue 43918; col C Obituary Bishop MacCarthy. He is buried in Westminster Cemetery in Hanwell.
A memorial was erected in his memory in Lincoln Cathedral.
Family
In 1872 he married Emily Fearon Delves (1847-1926).
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin