In 1952, he was elected Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway and was consecrated on 15 July 1952 at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.[5] A decade later, he became Primus of Scotland, and he held both posts until his retirement in 1973.
As a Bishop he was tall, austere and painfully shy. When visiting the Student chaplaincy he would sit in a corner holding a conversation with the Chaplain's dog. He used to give the Chief Constable a lift to the Cathedral for the 8 am Mass. The Passenger ventured a comment as they speeded through a third set of lights on Great Western Road. "Oh!" said Bishop Francis, "Do they count on Sundays?"
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^Right Rev Francis MoncreiffThe Times, 6 September 1984; pg. 14; Issue 61929; col G