Complex sentence: He returned to Downside in August, in 1861 was appointed professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy at Belmont, and a year later was elected prior of the diocesan chapter of Newport and Menevia and superior of Belmont.
Split into simpler sentences: He returned to Downside in August and in 1861 was appointed professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy at Belmont. A year later he was elected prior of the diocesan chapter of Newport and Menevia and superior of Belmont.