David William Bacon | |
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Bishop of Portland | |
![]() Painting of Bishop Bacon in the Portland cathedral | |
Church | Catholic |
Diocese | Diocese of Portland |
Appointed | January 23, 1855 |
Successor | James Augustine Healy |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 13, 1838 by Samuel Eccleston |
Consecration | April 11, 1855 by John Joseph Hughes |
Personal details | |
Born | September 15, 1813 |
Died | November 5, 1874 (age 61) New York City |
David William Bacon (September 15, 1813 – November 5, 1874) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine and New Hampshire from 1855 until his death in 1874.[1]