William Vaughan was a British

United Kingdom

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 clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church

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He was born on 14 February 1814 in London

London

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, England. He was ordained a priest in March 1838 and was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Plymouth

Bishop of Plymouth

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 on 10 July 1855, a post he held until his death on 24 October 1902.

St Boniface's Catholic College in Plymouth

Plymouth

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has a House named after him.