About George Bennett
Lived 1875 – 1946 (aged 70–71). George Bennett was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
George Henry Bennett (24 June 1875 – 25 December 1946) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1918 to 1946.
Biography Born in St. John's on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean Sea on 24 June 1875, he was ordained a priest on 9 April 1898. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 18 June 1918, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 1 August 1918. The principal consecrator was Archbishop John Aloysius Maguire of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop John Toner of Dunkeld and Bishop James William McCarthy of Galloway.
He died in office on 25 December 1946, aged 71.
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Who was George Bennett?
Scottish bishop (1875-1946)
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George Bennett was born in 1875.
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George Bennett died in 1946 in Aberdeen.
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George Bennett was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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