Anthony Emery (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Anthony Joseph Emery
Bishop of Portsmouth
Church:Roman Catholic
Diocese:Portsmouth
Appointed:13 September 1976
Term:1976–1988
Term End:5 April 1988
Predecessor:Derek Worlock
Successor:Crispian Hollis
Ordination:30 May 1953
Ordained By:Humphrey Bright
Consecration:4 March 1968
Consecrated By:George Dwyer
Rank:Bishop
Birth Date:17 May 1918
Birth Place:Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
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Anthony Joseph Emery (17 May 1918 – 5 April 1988) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth from 1976 to 1988.

Life

Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in 1918, Emery enlisted in the military in 1940 and was released from service in 1945.[1]

He was ordained a priest at Oscott for Archdiocese of Birmingham on 30 May 1953. He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham and Titular Bishop of Tamallula on 6 December 1967. His consecration to the Episcopate took place at St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham on 8 March 1968; the principal consecrator was Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer, with Bishops Rudderham and Cleary as co-consecrators.

Eight years later, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Portsmouth on 13 September 1976.

Death

Bishop Emery died in office on 5 April 1988, aged 69.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y0NDgAAQBAJ&dq=John+Cahill+%2C+bishop+of+Portsmouth&pg=PA277 Larsen, Chris. Catholic Bishops of Great Britain, Sacristy Press, 2016, p. 153