Francis Joseph Nicholson O.C.D. (29 April 180330 April 1855) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of Corfu, then in the

United States of the Ionian Islands The United States of the Ionian Islands ( el, Ἡνωμένον Κράτος τῶν Ἰονίων Νήσων, Inoménon-Krátos ton Ioníon Níson, United State of the Ionian Islands; it, Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie) was a Greek state and am ...

, a British protectorate. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. Around the middle of the 19th century, he played a role in an attempt to establish diplomatic recognition between the Holy See and the United Kingdom.

Chronology

* 23 March 1825 : professed Member of the Order of the

Discalced Carmelites The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...

* 1828 : ordained Priest of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites * 27 March 1846 : Appointed

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Tamasus (did not take effect) * 12 May 1846 : Appointed

Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coadj ...

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

, Ionian Islands, assisting incumbent Pier-Antonio Nostrano, with the title of Titular Bishop of Hierapolis * 24 May 1846 : Ordained Titular Bishop of Hierapolis * May 1852 : Succeeded as Archbishop of Corfu

References

1803 births 1855 deaths Irish Roman Catholic archbishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Corfu United States of the Ionian Islands people Discalced Carmelite bishops Irish expatriate Catholic bishops People from County Dublin {{Greece-RC-archbishop-stub