Samuel Allen
Deceased Person
1844 – 1908
Who was Samuel Allen?
Samuel Webster Allen was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1897 to 1908.
Born in Stockport on 23 March 1844, he was ordained to the priesthood on 19 April 1897. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Shrewsbury by the Holy See on 16 June 1897. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 16 June 1897, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Edward Ilsley of Birmingham and Bishop Francis Mostyn of Menevia.
He died in office on 13 May 1908, aged 64.
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