Francis Bourne
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| Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne | |
| Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster | |
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| See | Westminster |
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| Enthroned | September 11, 1903 |
| Ended | January 1, 1935 |
| Predecessor | Herbert Cardinal Vaughan |
| Successor | Arthur Cardinal Hinsley |
| Created Cardinal | November 27, 1911 |
| Other | Bishop of Southwark |
| Born | March 23, 1861 Clapham, England |
| Died | January 1, 1935 London, England |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Westminster |
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne (March 23, 1861—January 1, 1935) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1903 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.
[edit] Biography
Born in Clapham to an English Civil Servant father and an Irish mother, Francis Bourne entered St. Cuthbert College in Ushaw in 1867 and then St. Edmund's College in Ware in 1877. He joined the Order of Friars Preachers, more commonly known as the Dominicans, in Woodchester but left in 1880. From 1880 to 1881 he attended St. Thomas' Seminary in Hammersmith, and then went to study in France at Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Paris and the University of Leuven.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1884, and then did pastoral work in Blackheath, Mortlake, and West Grinstead until 1889. Bourne was rector of the House of Studies at Henfield Place from 1889 to 1891, at which time he began teaching at St. John's Seminary in Wonersh, of which he became rector on March 14, 1896. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness by Pope Leo XIII in 1895.
On March 27, 1896 Bourne was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Southwark and Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 1 from Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, with Bishops John Baptist Butt and Thomas Whiteside, in St. George's Cathedral. Bourne later succeeded Butt as Bishop of Southwark on April 9, 1897, and was named Archbishop of Westminster on September 11, 1903. As Archbishop of Westminster, he became the spiritual head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
In defiance of the governmental law banning Eucharistic processions, Bourne gave the benediction from the loggia of Westminster Cathedral in 1908. He was created Cardinal Priest of S. Pudenziana by Pope Pius X in the consistory of November 27, 1911, and was a cardinal elector in the conclaves of 1914 and again in 1922, which selected Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI respectively.
Bourne responded to Ramsay MacDonald's call for an English Catholic prelate's interpretation of Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, which forbade Catholics from being Socialists, by stating, "There is nothing in the encyclical which should deter Catholics from becoming members of the British Labour Party..."[1] However, the Cardinal continued to warn Catholics to be cautious of the "erroneous principles which sometimes affect parties."
Rather conservative, Bourne was opposed to Modernism, not overly supportive of interfaith dialogue[2], and condemned granting greater freedom to divorce and birth control[3]. He also desired to see the United Kingdom adopt Catholicism as its official religion[4].
He died from a year's illness in his archiepiscopal residence in London, at age 73[5]. Bourne was buried at his alma mater of St. Edmund's College, in the chapel he established in memory of the College's members who died during World War I, and his heart was placed in St. John's Seminary's chapel in June 1935[6].
[edit] References
- ^ TIME Magazine. Westminster's Word June 29, 1931
- ^ Diocese of Westminster. Cardinal Francis Bourne January 11, 2005
- ^ TIME Magazine. Emancipation September 23, 1929
- ^ TIME Magazine. "The Greatest Priest" December 3, 1923
- ^ TIME Magazine. Milestones January 7, 1935
- ^ Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. BOURNE, Francis
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| Preceded by John Baptist Butt |
Bishop of Southwark 1897–1903 |
Succeeded by Peter Emmanuel Amigo |
| Preceded by Herbert Cardinal Vaughan |
Archbishop of Westminster 1903–1935 |
Succeeded by Arthur Hinsley |
