Francis Grimshaw
English Catholic bishop
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 , Gloucestershire. 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.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
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 .[ 3]
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.[ 3]
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 .[ 4]
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
Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
Churches
Plymouth Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface
Church 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
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Churches
St Chad's Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of St Chad
St John the Evangelist Church, Banbury
St Francis of Assisi Church, 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's Church, Birmingham
St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham
St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham
St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth, Birmingham
St Mary's Church, Harborne, Birmingham
St Michael's Church, Birmingham
St Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-Trent
St Giles' Church, Cheadle
Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton
St Osburg's Church, Coventry
St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Church, Coughton
Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa
St Peter's Church, Leamington Spa
Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Our Lady of the Angels Church, Nuneaton
St Anne's Church, Nuneaton
Oxford Oratory
St Edmund and St Frideswide Church, Oxford
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Redditch
St Marie's Church, Rugby
St Austin's Church, Stafford
Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary's Church, Uttoxeter
St Mary's Church, Walsall
Church of Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley
St Mary Immaculate Church, Warwick
St Mary and St John Church, Wolverhampton
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wolverhampton
St George's Church, Worcester
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