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Encyclopedia > Richard Pate

Richard Pate, born 1516 in Cheltenham, was a landowner and Member of Parliament for Gloucester. He was a nephew of Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester. An alumnus of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he endowed that institution with property, on the condition that use some of the money to found and maintain a school in Cheltenham. This school was founded in 1574 and still exists as Pate's Grammar School. Pate also left property in Oxford to Corpus Christi. He died in 1588 and is buried in Gloucester Cathedral. On his tomb is inscribed Patebit tum quod latuit meaning, what is hidden will be revealed. This is also the motto of Pate's Grammar School. // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... The centre of Cheltenham. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. ... College name Corpus Christi College Named after Corpus Christi, Body of Christ Established 1517 Sister College Corpus Christi College President Sir Tim Lankester JCR President Binyamin Even Undergraduates 239 Graduates 126 Homepage Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Events April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. ... Pates Grammar School is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Gloucester Cathedral from the north east in 1828. ...


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Biography of Richard Pate at livingingloucester.co.uk


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The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (390 words)
From 1975-1981, Pates served as Secretary to the Apostolic Delegation (Vatican Representation in the United States) in Washington, D.C., and as a weekend assisting priest at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
From 1987-1990 Pates served the Archdiocese as Vicar for Seminaries, and in 1990 was appointed Pastor of the Church of Saint Kevin, Minneapolis and the Church of the Resurrection, Minneapolis.
Pates was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Msgr. Pates Named Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul And Minneapolis (231 words)
WASHINGTON (December 21, 2000) -- Pope John Paul II appointed Monsignor Richard E. Pates, pastor of St. Ambrose Church, Woodbury, Minnesota, as Titular Bishop of Suacia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Richard Edmund Pates was born in St. Paul, February 12, 1943.
Pates was associate pastor, Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul, 1969-1970; archdiocesan vocation director and secretary to the Archbishop, 1970-75; and Vice-Chancellor, 1973-75.
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