English Catholic bishop (1901–1965)
Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw (6 October 1901 – 22 March 1965) was a British Roman Catholic bishop, who served as Archbishop of Birmingham from 1954 until his death.
Early life
Born in Bridgwater , Somerset on 6 October 1901, the eldest of three sons of Joseph Grimshaw, an engineering pattern maker from Hulme, Manchester and his wife Sarah Theresa Handley from Stourbridge , Worcestershire. Francis was educated in Bristol by the Irish Christian Brothers , at St Brendan's College , then studied for the Priesthood at the Venerable English College, Rome .
Priestly ministry
He was ordained in Bristol as a priest for the Diocese of Clifton on 27 February 1926.
Following Ordination Father Grimshaw served first as Curate at Swindon from 1926 to 1932, then as Parish Priest at St Joseph's, Fishpool, Bristol from 1932 to 1945 and finally at St Mary's, Bath, also serving as Diocesan Inspector of Schools.
Fr Grimshaw was appointed Bishop of Plymouth on 2 June 1947. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 25 July 1947. The principal consecrator was Joseph Masterson , Archbishop of Birmingham ; and the principal co-consecrators were William Lee (Bishop of Clifton) , and Edward Ellis , Bishop of Nottingham .
He was translated to the Archdiocese of Birmingham as Archbishop of Birmingham 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.
He died in office on 22 March 1965, aged 63 at St Paul's Convent, Selly Park and is buried at St Mary's College, Oscott .
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
Larsen, Chris. Catholic Bishops of Great Britain , Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 150 ISBN 9781910519257
"The Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham Archives - Services" .^ "Archbishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org
"Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw [Catholic-Hierarchy]" .
Diocese of Plymouth Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
Churches Plymouth Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint BonifaceChurch of St Mary and St Petroc, Bodmin Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester Sacred Heart Church, Exeter St Mary Immaculate Church, Falmouth Our Lady and St Nectan's Church, Hartland Church of Our Lady and St Andrew, Portland St Paul's Church, Tintagel Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Torquay Our Lady Help of Christians and St Denis Church, Torquay St Joseph's Church, Weymouth
Archdiocese of Birmingham Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Archbishops and bishops of Birmingham
Churches St John the Evangelist, Banbury St Francis of Assisi, Bedworth Birmingham Oratory Erdington Abbey, Birmingham Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham St Anne, Birmingham St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth, Birmingham St Mary, Harborne, Birmingham St Michael, Birmingham St Mary and St Modwen, Burton-on-Trent St Giles, Cheadle Holy Trinity, Chipping Norton St Osburg, Coventry St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth, Coughton Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa Our Lady and St Alphonsus, Hanley Swan St Peter, Leamington Spa St Wulstan, Little Malvern Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton St Anne, Nuneaton Oxford Oratory St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch St Marie, Rugby St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley St Augustine of England, Solihull St Austin, Stafford Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent St Mary, Uttoxeter St Mary, Walsall Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley St Mary Immaculate, Warwick St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul, Wolverhampton St George, Worcester
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Bishop Challoner Catholic College Bishop Milner Catholic College Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Blessed William Howard Catholic School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham Greyfriars Catholic School Hagley Roman Catholic High School Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham John Henry Newman Catholic College The Oratory Preparatory School The Oratory School Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Painsley Catholic College Princethorpe College Rye St Antony School St Augustine's High School, Redditch St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School, Stone St Edmund Campion Catholic School St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Francis of Assisi Catholic College St John Fisher Catholic College St John Wall Catholic School St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Trinity Catholic School
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