Background
He was the son of Richard and Jane Calderbank and nephew of James Calderbank. He was born on 3 June 1809 at Standish, near Wigan, Lancashire.
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Education
He was educated first at a school in his native village, and afterwards at Ampleforth College, in Yorkshire.
Career
In December 1829, he left Ampleforth and moved to Prior Park College, near Bath, Somerset. Thereafter, he went to complete his theological studies at Rome. Where, on 11 November 1832, he was ordained to the priesthood.
In April 1839, he was appointed chaplain of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, in Sion House, at Spetisbury, near Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire.
On 9 November 1849, he was recalled to Prior Park by Bishop Hendren, then Vicar Apostolic of the Western District. Foreign nearly a year, he held at Prior Park the double position of vice-president and professor of theology at Saint Paul"s College.
On 9 October 1850, he was again sent upon the mission, being appointed to the charge of the Catholic congregation of Saint Peter"s in the city of Gloucester. He was shortly afterwards installed as a canon of Clifton.
As Missionary Rector (the then title for a parish priest) at Gloucester, he oversaw the construction of a new church and presbytery, the former of which was opened in March 1860.
He died suddenly of heart disease on 24 June 1864.
