How to Pronounce William Cotter (bishop)
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Dec 21, 1866 Cloyne, Munster, Ireland Died on 24 Oct 1940 (aged 73)
Bishop of Portsmouth
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About William Cotter Bishop
- William Timothy Cotter (1866–1940) was an Irish-born prelate who served as the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, England, from 1910 to 1940.He was born in Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland on 21 December 1866.
- He was educated at St.
- Colman's Fermoy and for the priesthood at Maynooth College, and was ordained to the priesthood on 19 June 1892.
- He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth and Titular Bishop of Clazomenae on 14 February 1905.
- His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 19 March 1905, the principal consecrator was Bishop John Baptist Cahill of Portsmouth, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop George Ambrose Burton of Clifton and Bishop Peter Amigo of Southwark.
- Five years later, he was appointed Bishop of Portsmouth on 24 November 1910.Bishop Cotter died in office on 24 October 1940, aged 73.
