About Joseph Cowgill
Lived 1860 – 1936 (aged 76). Joseph Cowgill was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Joseph Robert Cowgill (23 February 1860 – 12 May 1936) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Leeds.
Life and ministry
Joseph Cowgill was born in village Broughton in North Yorkshire on 23 February 1860. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 May 1883 at an age of 23. He was the one to set up (in 1911) the Diocesan Rescue and Protection Society to develop a more systematic approach to addressing the needs of poverty and disadvantage in the Diocese. An annual collection in all missions and the annual Good Shepherd collection in schools was established that year to fund the new initiative. So Catholic Care was established.
He died on 12 May 1936 and was buried at the Killingbeck Cemetery in Leeds.
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Who was Joseph Cowgill?
Catholic bishop (1860–1936)
When was Joseph Cowgill born?
Joseph Cowgill was born on 23 February 1860 in Broughton.
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Joseph Cowgill died on 12 May 1936 in Leeds.
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Joseph Cowgill was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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