Francis William Markall Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend

Francis Markall
Honorific-Suffix:S.J.
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Salisbury, Rhodesia
Province:Salisbury, Rhodesia
Appointed:November 23, 1956
Term Start:November 23, 1956
Term End:May 31, 1976
Predecessor:Aston Chichester
Successor:Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Other Post:Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum (1956), Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury
Ordination:September 9, 1937
Consecration:September 8, 1956
Consecrated By:Aston Chichester
Birth Name:Francis William Markall
Birth Date:24 September 1905
Birth Place:Harringay, Great Britain
Death Place:Harare, Zimbabwe
Religion:Roman Catholic
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Grace
Relstyle:Archbishop
Deathstyle:N/A
Francis William Markall

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.

References

  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