Francis P. Facione Explained

Type:Bishop
The Most Reverend
Francis P. Facione
Birth Date:February 8, 1940
Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Coat Of Arms:Facione COA.gif
Motto:"Deus Caritas"
Ordination:July 14, 1974
Ordained By:Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell
Consecration:November 30, 1974
Consecrated By:Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell
Presiding Bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
Term:1975-2019
Predecessor:Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell
Religion:Old Roman Catholic

Francis Peter Facione (February 8, 1940 – June 14, 2019) was the Presiding Bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America.

He was born February 8, 1940. Facione studied pharmacy at Wayne State University and earned a BS in Pharmacy in 1962, a MS in Pharmacy Administration in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Administration in 1982. Realizing his vocation, he entered the Old Roman Catholic Church and was ordained priest on July 14, 1974, by Bishop Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell of the Old Roman Catholic Church English Rite (under Archbishop Robert Alfred Burns). He was later consecrated a bishop on November 30, 1974, as the Titular Archbishop of Devon.[1] He was elected on January 5, 1974, as presiding bishop and renamed the church the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America-Ultrajectine Tradition.[2] In 1991 the church moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and was headquartered at St. Mark's Old Roman Catholic Church.

Facione died on June 14, 2019.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interim Research Notes On Independent/Old Catholics. Gregory Holmes Singleton. Northeastern Illinois University. 2007-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003436/http://www.neiu.edu/~ghsingle/oc.htm. 2007-09-28. dead.
  2. Web site: ORCCNA History. The Old Roman Catholic Church in North America. 2019-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20061105074447/http://orccna.org/history/succession.htm. 2006-11-05. dead.
  3. Web site: In Memory of The Most Rev. Francis P Facione Ph.D. Advantage Funeral Home – Hardy Chapel. 2019-06-16.