Edward Ellis

Edward Ellis was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham from 1944 to 1974. Early life and education He was born on 30 June 1899 in Radford, Nottingham. He was educated at St Mary's School, and later at Ratcliffe College, before attending the Venerable English College. Priest Ellis was ordained priest on 15 October 1922 by Bishop Thomas Dunn in Nottingham. He was initially appointed as a curate at Hadfield, before being appointed as Cathedral Administrator for Nottingham Cathedral in 1930. He returned to Hadfield as parish priest in 1933, and was once again re-appointed as Cathedral Administrator in 1939. Bishop of Nottingham On 18 March 1944, Ellis was appointed the seventh Bishop of Nottingham by Pope Pius XII after the death of Bishop John McNulty. He received his episcopal consecration the following year on 1 May from Archbishop Godfrey of Westminster. He would serve as bishop for thirty years.