Bernard Wall
Styles of Bernard Wall | |
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Reference style | The Right Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Bernard Patrick Wall (15 March 1894 – 18 June 1976) was an English prelate who served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Bishop of Brentwood from 1955 to 1969.[1]
Born in Tonbridge, Kent on 15 March 1894, he was ordained to the priesthood on 14 July 1918. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Brentwood by the Holy See on 30 November 1955. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 18 January 1956, the principal consecrator was Cyril Conrad Cowderoy, Bishop (later Archbishop) of Southwark, and the principal co-consecrators were Neil Farren, Bishop of Derry and George Andrew Beck, Bishop of Salford (later Archbishop of Liverpool). Bishop Wall participated in all the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council, held between in 1962 and 1965.[1]
He retired on 14 April 1969 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood. He died on 18 June 1976, aged 82.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Bernard Patrick Wall". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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Preceded by | Bishop of Brentwood 1955–1969 | Succeeded by Patrick Joseph Casey |
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- I: Bernard Ward
- II: Arthur Doubleday
- III: George Beck
- IV: Bernard Wall
- V: Patrick Casey
- VI: Thomas McMahon (Bishop Emeritus)
- VII: Alan Williams
- Churches
- Brentwood Cathedral – Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen
- Our Lady Queen of Peace, Braintree
- Our Lady Immaculate, Chelmsford
- Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila, Chingford
- St James the Less and St Helen, Colchester
- Our Lady of Fatima, Harlow
- St Nicholas, Manor Park
- St Francis of Assisi, Stratford
- Our Lady of Compassion, Upton Park
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead
- Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen, Westcliff-on-Sea
- St Thomas of Canterbury, Woodford Green
- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
- Our Lady of Lourdes (11 February)
- Saint Erconwald (13 May)
- Saint Cedd (26 October)
- Saint Edmund of Abingdon (16 November)
- Schools
- All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
- The Campion School, Hornchurch
- De La Salle School, Basildon
- Grays Convent High School
- Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow
- New Hall School
- The Palmer Catholic Academy
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
- St Benedict's Catholic College
- St Bernard's High School, Westcliff-on-Sea
- St Bonaventure's
- St John Payne Catholic School
- St John's Roman Catholic School, Essex
- St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
- St Thomas More High School
- Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green
- Ursuline Academy Ilford
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