Francis William Markall (original) (raw)

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The Most Reverend Francis MarkallS.J.
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Salisbury, Rhodesia
Province Salisbury, Rhodesia
Appointed November 23, 1956
Installed November 23, 1956
Term ended May 31, 1976
Predecessor Aston Chichester
Successor Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum (1956), Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury
Orders
Ordination September 9, 1937
Consecration September 8, 1956by Aston Chichester
Personal details
Born Francis William Markall(1905-09-24)September 24, 1905Harringay, Great Britain
Died August 9, 1992(1992-08-09) (aged 86)Harare, Zimbabwe
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles ofFrancis William Markall
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop
Posthumous style N/A

Francis William Markall (24 September 1905 – 9 August 1992) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop.[1]

Born in Harringay, Markall was ordained as a Catholic priest at the age of 32 in 1937 and migrated to what was then known as Rhodesia, where he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe) in 1956. He resigned 20 years later on 31 May 1976 as Archbishop of Salisbury.[2]

On 29 April 1956, aged 50, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum and ordained as such five months later, on 8 September 1956.[3]He died on 9 August 1992, aged 86, as Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury. He was a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byAston Chichester Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia 1956 - 1976 Succeeded byPatrick Fani Chakaipa
Preceded byAntonio Wladislao Szlagowski Titular Bishop of Cotyaeum 1956 Succeeded byNone
  1. ^ David M. Cheney (2015), Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J., The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Current and historical information about its bishops and dioceses. Retrieved from: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarka.html
  2. ^ GCatholic (2017), Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. Retrieved from: http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/hara0.htm
  3. ^ GCatholic (2017), Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. Retrieved from: http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/hara0.htm