Philip Francis Pocock

Philip Francis Pocock (born July 2, 1906 in St. Thomas , Ontario , Canada ; † September 6, 1984 ) was a Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto .

Life

Philip Francis Pocock studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at St. Peter's Seminary in London , Ontario. He received on 14 June 1930, the sacrament of Holy Orders . 1934 Pocock at was the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in the subject canon law doctorate . He then taught canon law and moral theology at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario.

On April 7, 1944, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Bishop of Saskatoon . The Apostolic Delegate in Canada, Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti , donated him episcopal ordination on June 29 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of London , John Thomas Kidd , and the Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie , Ralph Hubert Dignan .

Pope Pius XII appointed him on August 6, 1951 titular Archbishop of Aprus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg . On January 14, 1952, Philip Francis Pocock became Archbishop of Winnipeg, succeeding the resigned Arthur Alfred Sinnott . Pope John XXIII appointed him on February 18, 1961 to coadjutor archbishop of Toronto and titular archbishop of Isauropolis . On March 30, 1971, Pocock became Archbishop of Toronto, succeeding the resigned Cardinal James Charles McGuigan .

Pope Paul VI accepted on April 27, 1978 the resignation put forward by Philip Francis Pocock.

Pocock attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

Web links

• Entry for Philip Francis Pocock on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
James Charles Cardinal McGuigan	Archbishop of Toronto 1971–1978	Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter
Arthur Alfred Sinnott	Archbishop of Winnipeg 1952–1961	George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff CSB
Gerald Murray CSsR	Bishop of Saskatoon 1944–1951	Francis Joseph Klein