About Joseph Thorman
Lived 1871 – 1936 (aged 65). Joseph Thorman was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Joseph Thorman (6 August 1871 – 7 October 1936) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1924 to 1936.
Born in Gateshead, County Durham on 6 August 1871, he was ordained to the priesthood on 27 September 1896. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle by the Holy See on 18 December 1924. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 27 January 1925, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Frederick William Keating of Liverpool, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Robert Cowgill of Leeds and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham.
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Joseph Thorman was born on 6 August 1871.
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Joseph Thorman died on 7 October 1936.
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Joseph Thorman was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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