Arnold Mathew
Arnold Harris Mathew, self-styled de jure 4th Earl Landaff of Thomastown (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.
Arnold Harris Mathew | |
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Mathew's episcopal consecration | |
| Successor | Rudolph de Landas Berghes, Bernard Mary Williams |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 June 1877 |
| Consecration | 28 April 1908 by Gerardus Gul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arnold Harris Ochterlony Matthews 7 August 1852 Montpellier, Hérault, French Second Empire |
| Died | 19 December 1919 (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) |
| Children | Margherita Francesca (born 1895) Francis Arnold Dominic Leo ('Viscount Mathew'; born 1900) Mary Teresa Gertrude (born 1907) |
| Coat of arms | |
Ordination history | |
Mathew had been both a Roman Catholic and an Anglican before becoming a bishop in the Union of Utrecht (UU).
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