Edward Ellis was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham from 1944 to 1974.
[1] Ellis was ordained priest on 15 October 1922 by Bishop Thomas Dunn in Nottingham.
The diocese also underwent large growth, with the Catholic population growing alongside the number of parishes.
[1] As well as this, he established the Briars Residential Centre for young people in the Diocese of Nottingham in 1970.
McGuinness would succeed Ellis when he retired as Bishop of Nottingham on 31 October 1974, aged 75.