Bishop Francis Joseph Walmsley †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1926		Born
30 May 1953	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain
8 Jan 1979	52.1	Appointed	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
8 Jan 1979	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma
22 Feb 1979	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma
7 Mar 1998	71.3	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma
24 May 2002	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
26 Dec 2017	91.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

MicroData Summary for Francis Joseph Walmsley
(WikiData: Q1441588)
Bishop Francis Joseph Walmsley (born 9 Nov 1926, died 26 Dec 2017) Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Woolwich, London, Diocese of Southwark, England
Ordained Priest St. John, Seminary, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey, Diocese of Southwark, England
Ordained Bishop Sts. Michael and George, Cathedral, Aldershot, Hampshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Death Place St. John, Convent, Kiln Green, Reading, Berkshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Michael, Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England

a priest for 64.5 years
a bishop for 38.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gerard William Tickle †
Titular Bishop of Bela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mario Joseph Conti †
Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland
Archbishop Michael George Bowen †
Archbishop of Southwark, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerard William Tickle † (1963)
Titular Bishop of Bela
William Theodore Cardinal Heard † (1962)
Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. (1992)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. (2002)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Woolwich, London, Diocese of Southwark, England
Ordained Priest	St. John, Seminary, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey, Diocese of Southwark, England
Ordained Bishop	Sts. Michael and George, Cathedral, Aldershot, Hampshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Death Place	St. John, Convent, Kiln Green, Reading, Berkshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Michael, Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England

Source(s):

d: CB, 27 Dec 2017
loc: CL, 27 Mar 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 56, Number 4,125

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