Bishop Francis Gerard Thomas †

Deceased

Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1930		Born
5 Jun 1955	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
27 Aug 1982	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
29 Sep 1982	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
25 Dec 1988	58.5	Died	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Francis Gerard Thomas
(WikiData: Q5481063)
Bishop Francis Gerard Thomas (born 29 May 1930, died 25 Dec 1988) Bishop of Northampton

Event Place
Birth Place Stone, Staffordshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Seminary, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Bishop Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Death Place Bon Secours, Hospital, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England

a priest for 33.5 years
a bishop for 6.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop Patrick Leo McCartie †
Titular Bishop of Elmhama

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Stone, Staffordshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Priest	St. Mary, Seminary, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Bishop	Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Death Place	Bon Secours, Hospital, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Diocese of Northampton, England
Buried Place (Original)	Our Lady Immaculate and St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Diocese of Northampton, England

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 193
dp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Additions/Corrections (front)
loc: CL, 27 Mar 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 76, Number 6,144

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