Coadjutor

The Right Reverend

William Henry Mellon
Bishop of Galloway
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseGalloway
Installed24 December 1943
Term ended2 February 1952
PredecessorJames McCarthy
SuccessorJoseph McGee
Orders
Ordination29 March 1902
Consecration28 October 1935
by Andrew McDonald
Personal details
Born6 January 1877
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died2 February 1952 (aged 75)
Dumfries, Scotland
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway and Titular Bishop of Daulia
(1935-1943)

William Henry Mellon (6 January 1877 – 2 February 1952) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1943 to 1952.[1]

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 6 January 1877, he was ordained to the priesthood on 29 March 1902 for the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway and Titular Bishop of Daulia by the Holy See on 21 August 1935. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 28 October 1935. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Andrew Thomas McDonald of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop John Toner of Dunkeld and Bishop George Henry Bennett of Aberdeen.[1]

On the death of Bishop James William McCarthy on 24 December 1943, he automatically succeeded as Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway.[1]

He died in office on 2 February 1952, aged 75.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bishop William Henry Mellon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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