death_date consecration nationality article_title term birth_date archdiocese term_end church title term_start rank diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type ordained_by previous_post appointed ordination
11 november 1915 29 september 1873 english john hedley -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 1881-1915 15 april 1837 newport 11 november 1915 roman catholic bishop of newport 1881 bishop newport john cuthbert hedley henry edward manning joseph brown morpeth , northumberland , england bishop robert cornthwaite auxiliary bishop of newport and menevia -lrb- 1873-1881 -rrb- 18 newport and menevia -rrb- february 1881 -lrb- as bishop of bishop of 19 october 1862
john hedley -lrb- bishop -rrb-

john cuthbert hedley -lrb- 15 april 1837 -- 11 november 1915 -rrb- was a british benedictine and writer who held high offices in the roman catholic church .
born in morpeth , northumberland , he was educated at ampleforth college .
he was professed a member of the order of saint benedict in 1855 and ordained a priest of the order on 9 october 1862 .
he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of newport and menevia and titular bishop of `` caesaropolis '' on 22 july 1873 .
his consecration to the episcopate took place on 29 september 1873 , the principal consecrator was archbishop -lrb- later cardinal -rrb- henry edward manning of westminster , with bishops brown and chadwick as co-consecrators .
hedley acted as editor of the `` dublin review '' , before appointed the bishop of the diocese of newport and menevia on 18 february 1881 .
his episcopal title was changed to bishop of newport in 1895 .
he published a number of works : `` the christian inheritance : set forth in sermons '' `` lex levitarum : or , preparation for the cure of souls '' `` lex levitarum with the regula pastoralis '' `` the light of life : set forth in sermons '' `` our divine saviour and other discourses '' `` a retreat 33 discourses with meditation for the use of the clergy , religious , and others '' bishop hedley died in office on 11 november 1915 , aged 78 .
after his death , the see of newport was elevated to an archdiocese and changed its name to cardiff in 1916 .
