Francis Grimshaw

The Most Reverend Francis Joseph Grimshaw
Archbishop of Birmingham
Archdiocese	Birmingham
Province	Birmingham
Appointed	11 May 1954
Term ended	22 March 1965
Predecessor	Joseph Masterson
Successor	George Patrick Dwyer
Orders
Ordination	27 February 1926 (Priest)
Consecration	25 July 1947 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born	6 October 1901 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Died	22 March 1965
Nationality	English
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Plymouth

Francis Joseph Grimshaw (1901–1965) was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.^[1]

Life

Born in Bridgwater, Somerset on 6 October 1901, and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St Brendan's College, Bristol, then in Berkeley Square in central Bristol; in 1960 he would dedicate the new school in Brislington. He was ordained to the priesthood on 27 February 1926. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth on 2 June 1947. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 25 July 1947, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Joseph Masterson of Birmingham, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop William Lee of Clifton and Bishop Edward Ellis of Nottingham.^[1]

He was translated to the Archdiocese of Birmingham as archbishop on 11 May 1954. In 1958 he led the Christian Brothers schools of England on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in the centenary year of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Bernadette. He participated in the first three sessions of the Second Vatican Council, held between in 1962 and 1965.^[1]

He died in office on 22 March 1965, aged 63.^[1]

Legacy

Several schools have been named after him, including Archbishop Grimshaw School, Solihull. St Boniface's Catholic College in Plymouth has a House named after him.

References

1. "Archbishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 26 June 2011.