About Thomas William Wilkinson
Lived 1825 – 1909 (aged 84). Thomas William Wilkinson was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Thomas William Wilkinson (5 April 1825 – 17 April 1909) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1889 to 1909.
Born at Harperley Park, Harperley, County Durham on 5 April 1825, he was educated at Harrow and at Durham University. He graduated with a 6th class (ordinary) BA in April 1845 and with an LTh in June of the same year. He converted to Catholicism in 1846.
Wilkinson was ordained priest in December 1848 and assigned to found a mission in Tow Law, Weardale.
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