Michael Ellis (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Michael Ellis OSB |
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| Bishop of Segni | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 3 October 1708 |
| In office | 28 October 1708–16 November 1726 |
| Predecessor | Pietro Corbelli |
| Successor | Gianfrancesco De' Bisleti |
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| Ordination | c. 1671 |
| Consecration | 6 May 1688 by Ferdinando d'Adda |
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| Birth name | Philip Ellis |
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8 September 1652 Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 16 November 1726 (aged 74) Segni, Papal States |
| Buried | Chapel of the Seminary of Segni, Rome |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John Ellis & Susannah Welbore |
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Michael Ellis OSB (8 September 1652 – 16 November 1726) was an English Benedictine monk who was a prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England and Wales, and subsequently Bishop of Segni in Italy.
He was born Philip Ellis, the son of John Ellis, Rector of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, a descendant of the Ellis family of Kiddall Hall, Yorkshire, and Susannah Welbore. Of six brothers, John, the eldest, became Under-Secretary of State to William III of England; William, a Jacobite Protestant, was Secretary of State of James II of England in exile; Welbore became Protestant bishop of Kildare and afterwards of Bishop of Meath, Ireland; Samuel was Marshal of King's Bench; and Charles an Anglican clergyman.
Ellis, while still a Westminster schoolboy, was converted to the Catholic faith from his Anglicanism, and when 18 years old went to St Gregory Priory in Douai, France, where he was received as a monk, taking the religious name of Michael, making his religious profession on 30 November 1670. Receiving ordination shortly after, he returned in 1685 to serve in the English Mission, at which time he became one of the royal chaplains. In 1688 he was appointed vicar Apostolic of the newly created Western District and was consecrated by Ferdinando d'Adda, the papal nuncio (6 May).
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