Joseph Masterson
The Most Reverend Joseph Masterson | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Birmingham | |
| Province | Birmingham |
| See | Birmingham |
| Installed | 19 March 1947 |
| Term ended | 30 November 1953 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Leighton Williams |
| Successor | Francis Joseph Grimshaw |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 July 1924 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 8 February 1947 (Bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1899 Manchester, England |
| Died | 30 November 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Joseph Masterson (29 January 1899– 30 November 1953) was an English Roman Catholic Clergyman and sometime Archbishop of Birimingham.
Masterson was born in Ardwick, Manchester, England, the son of William Masterson, an Irish immigrant shopkeeper and his wife Celia. From 1910, he was educated at the Xaverian College, Rusholme until January 1915 when he was accepted as a student of the Diocese of Salford and continued his studies for a term at St Bede's College, Manchester.
He was ordained a priest on 27 July 1924 and in 1940 was appointed Parish Priest Priest at St. Mary’s of The Angels and St.Clare, Levenshulme.[1]
He was elevated Archbishop of Birmingham on 8 February 1947 and was installed on 19 March 1947. His principal consecrator was Cardinal Bernard Griffin, co-consecrators Bishop of Salford Henry Vincent Marshall and Bishop of Soli Humphrey Bright. He remained in that post until his death on 30 November 1953.
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