Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1906		Born
13 Jul 1930	24.2	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
13 Jul 1981	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
5 Aug 1985	79.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton, Australia

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Thomas
Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas
(born 28 Mar 1906, died 5 Aug 1985)
Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bendigo, Diocese of Sandhurst
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Bendigo, Diocese of Sandhurst

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John McCarthy †
Bishop of Sandhurst
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart †
Bishop of Sandhurst
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Vincent Cahill †
Bishop of Cairns
Bishop Arthur Francis Fox †
Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart † (1947)
Bishop of Sandhurst
Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds † (1937)
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Archbishop Giovanni Panico † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Joseph Foley † (1981)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Myles McKeon † (1962)
Bishop Peter Quinn † (1969)
Bishop Noel Desmond Daly † (1979)
Archbishop Barry James Hickey (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13409868

Source(s):

c1+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 112
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Additions/Corrections (front)

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