William Timothy Cotter was an Irish

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-born prelate

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 who served as the third Roman Catholic

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 Bishop of Portsmouth

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, England

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, from 1910 to 1940.

He was born in Cloyne

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, County Cork

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, Ireland on 21 December 1866, and ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 on 19 June 1892. He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop

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 of Portsmouth

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 and Titular Bishop

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 of Clazomenae on 14 February 1905. His consecration

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 to the Episcopate

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 took place on 19 March 1905, the principal consecrator

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 was Bishop John Baptist Cahill

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 of Portsmouth, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop George Ambrose Burton

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 of Clifton and Bishop Peter Amigo

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 of Southwark. Five years later, he was appointed Bishop of Portsmouth

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on 24 November 1910.

Bishop Cotter died in office on 24 October 1940, aged 73.