William Gordon Wheeler
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The Right Reverend William Gordon Wheeler |
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| Roman Catholic Bishop emeritus of Leeds | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds |
| Appointed | 25 April 1966 |
| Installed | 27 June 1966 |
| Term ended | 12th July 1985 |
| Predecessor | George Dwyer |
| Successor | David Konstant |
| Other posts |
Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Middlesbrough (1964–1966) Titular Bishop of Theudalis (1964–1966) |
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| Ordination | 31 March 1940 by Arthur Hinsley |
| Consecration | 19 March 1964 by Eugenio Cardinale |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 5, 1910 Saddleworth, Yorkshire, UK |
| Died | February 21, 1998 (aged 87) Leeds, Yorkshire, UK |
| Buried | St Edward King and Confessor Church, Clifford, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination |
Church of England (Birth–1936) Catholic (1936–death) |
| Residence | Eltofts, Thorner, Leeds |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford, Beda College |
| Motto | Veritas et Caritas (Latin for In Truth and Love) |
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Styles of Wiliam Gordon Wheeler |
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| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Ordination history of William Wheeler (bishop) | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Arthur Hinsley (Westminster) |
| Date of ordination | 31 March 1940 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Eugenio Cardinale (Nepte) |
| Co-consecrators |
George Brunner (Middlesbrough) George Laurence Craven (Sebastopolis in Armenia) |
| Date of consecration | 19 March 1964 |
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Bishops consecrated by William Wheeler (bishop) as principal consecrator
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| Gerald Moverley | 25 January 1968 |
William Gordon Wheeler was an English prelate and the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, England. Wheeler had served as the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, being succeeded by David Konstant. Before that, Wheeler served as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Middlesbrough and as Titular Bishop of Theudalis.
Wheeler was born on 5 May 1910 in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the United Kingdom. He was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and then the University College, Oxford where he studied History and then Theology. He was strongly influenced by the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the church in Worsley which he attended during his time at the Grammar School.
In 1934, Wheeler was ordained as an Anglican priest and began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Bartholomew's, Brighton, and St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield.
During this period, Wheeler became more and more convinced by the writings of the Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman, once also a minister of the Church of England and the leader of the Oxford Movement, before being received into the Roman Catholic Church. He finally followed this same path as Newman and was received into the Catholic Church in 1936. He then enrolled at Beda College in Rome to study for the Catholic priesthood.
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