Frederick Samuel Willoughby

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Frederick Samuel Willoughby
Auxiliary Bishop of St Pancras
Willoughby at the consecration of J. I. Wedgwood, 1916
ChurchOld Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain
Elected1914
Quashed1915
Orders
Ordination1887 (in the Church of England)
1914 (conditional reordination)
Consecration1914
by Arnold Mathew
Personal details
Born1862
Died1928
NationalityBritish
SpouseLouisa Telfer
Occupation
  • Church of England priest
  • Academic administrator
  • Old Catholic bishop
Education
Principal of St Chad's Hostel
In office
1902–1904
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded byStephen Moulsdale

Frederick Samuel Willoughby (1862-1928) was a Church of England priest, academic administrator and later Old Catholic bishop. While vicar of Hooton Pagnell, he founded and was first principal of St Chad's Hostel, which survives as St Chad's College, Durham.

After accusations were made against him by parishioners at a later parish, he resigned his holy orders in the Church of England in 1914, and was accepted into the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, where he was consecrated as a bishop. Though he was expelled from that church the following year, he consecrated a number of others as bishops, including J. I. Wedgwood who went on to found the Liberal Catholic Church.