Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1906		Born	Bendigo
13 Jul 1930	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sandhurst, Australia
18 Jun 1962	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
31 Jul 1962	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
31 Jul 1981	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
4 Aug 1985	79.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton, Australia

a priest for 55.1 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John McCarthy †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill †
Bishop Arthur Francis Fox †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas † (1962)
Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart † (1947)
Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds † (1937)
Giovanni Cardinal Panico † (1935)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Joseph Foley †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Myles McKeon
Bishop Peter Quinn
Bishop Noel Desmond Daly †
Archbishop Barry James Hickey

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