Archbishop Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Corfù, Greece

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1803		Born
23 Mar 1825	21.3	Professed	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
1828¹	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
27 Mar 1846⁸	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamasus
12 May 1846	42.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
12 May 1846	42.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
24 May 1846	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
May 1852³	48.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
30 Apr 1855	51.4	Died	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary for Francis Joseph Nicholson
(WikiData: Q18201809)
Archbishop Francis Joseph Nicholson O.C.D. (born 29 Nov 1803, died 30 Apr 1855) Archbishop of Corfù

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 27.3 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Brunelli †
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Bishop Jean-Félix-Onésime Luquet, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Esbus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph (José María Benito) Serra y Juliá, O.S.B. † (1848)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 163, and Page 214
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 357
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1846, Number 19

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