James Bellord

James Bellord (26 February 1846 – 11 June 1905) was an English-born Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar from 1899 to 1905.

Styles of James Bellord
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

Born in London, England on 26 February 1846, he served as a military chaplain.[1] He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar and Titular Bishop of Milevum by Pope Leo XIII on 16 February 1899.[2] His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 1 May 1899; the principal consecrator was the Right Reverend James Laird Patterson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, with the Right Reverend Robert Brindle, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (later Bishop of Nottingham) and the Right Reverend Francis Bourne, Bishop of Southwark (later Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster), serving as co-consecrators.[2]

Bishop Bellord resigned in 1901 and died at Southend on 11 June 1905, aged 59.[3]

References

1. Snape, Michael Francis. The Royal Army Chaplains' Department, 1796-1953: Clergy Under Fire, Boydell Press, 2008, p. 159ISBN 9781843833468
2. "Bishop James Bellord". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
3. "Bishop Bellord", The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 33, (Herman Joseph Heuser, ed.), Catholic University of America Press, 1905, p. 181 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gonzalo Canilla	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar 1839–1856	Succeeded by Remigio Guido Barbieri