Francis William Markall

The Most Reverend

Francis Markall

S.J.
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Salisbury, Rhodesia
Province Salisbury, Rhodesia
Appointed November 23, 1956
Installed November 23, 1956
Term ended May 31, 1976
Predecessor Aston Chichester
Successor Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Other posts Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum (1956), Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury
Orders
Ordination September 9, 1937
Consecration September 8, 1956
by Aston Chichester
Personal details
Birth name Francis William Markall
Born (1905-09-24)September 24, 1905
Harringay, Great Britain
Died August 9, 1992(1992-08-09) (aged 86)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Francis William Markall
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop
Posthumous style N/A

Francis William Markall (24 September 1905 – 9 August 1992) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop.

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.

On 29 April 1956, aged 50, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum and ordained as such five months later, on 8 September 1956.

He died on 9 August 1992, aged 86, as Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury. He was a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Aston Chichester
Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia
1956 - 1976
Succeeded by
Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Preceded by
Antonio Wladislao Szlagowski
Titular Bishop of Cotyaeum
1956
Succeeded by
None

Sources

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