Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Westminster 1943 - his death. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His twin, Basil, was a monk.
The photo shows him in 1953.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bernard William Griffin
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Cardinal Griffin foundation stone
This stone was laid by His Eminence Cardinal Griffin Archbishop of Westminste...
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John Owen, DD
Church leader. Born Oxfordshire. Chaplain to Cromwell. Died Ealing. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Bishop Thomas Wood
Born in the Parish of Hackney. He seems to have been a bad boy: Ejected from his rectory for scandal in 1651. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1671 until his death, but suspended 1684 - 87 for bein...
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Gregory Gunne
From Catholic Herald:The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Ca...
1 memorial
Rev. Edward Birch
Researching a plaque about West Hackney National Schools we did not expect to find the supposed straight-laced Victorians gleefully publishing a booklet giving the details brought out in the trial ...
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Rev. the Hon. Edward Carr Glyn
Vicar of St Mary Abbots, Kensington in 1894. Bishop of Peterborough 1896 - 1916.
1 memorial