Arnold Mathew
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Not to be confused with Matthew Arnold.
Arnold Harris Mathew, self-styled de jure 4th Earl Landaff of Thomastown[lower-alpha 1] (7 August 1852 – 19 December 1919), was the founder and first bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and a noted author on ecclesiastical subjects.
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Arnold Harris Mathew | |
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Successor | Rudolph de Landas Berghes, Bernard Mary Williams |
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Ordination | 24 June 1877 |
Consecration | 28 April 1908 by Gerardus Gul |
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Born | (1852-08-07)7 August 1852 |
Died | 19 December 1919(1919-12-19) (aged 67) South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England |
Buried | South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Old Catholic, formerly Anglican and Roman Catholic |
Spouse | Margaret Florence Duncan (1892–?, separated 1910)[1] |
Children | Margherita Francesca (born 1895)[1] Francis Arnold Dominic Leo ('Viscount Mathew'; born 1900)[1] Mary Teresa Gertrude (born 1907)[1][2][3] |
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Mathew had been both a Roman Catholic and an Anglican before becoming a bishop in the Union of Utrecht (UU).