About Francis George Mostyn
Lived 1800 – 1847. Francis George Mostyn was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francis George Mostyn (1800–1847) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District from 1840 to 1847.
Biography Mostyn was born in 1800, the son of Charles Browne Mostyn, of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, by his second wife, Miss Tucker. His grandfather was Sir Edward Mostyn, 5th Mostyn Baronet, of Talacre.
He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District and Titular Bishop of Abydus on 22 September 1840. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 21 December 1840, the principal consecrator was Bishop John Briggs, with bishops Walsh and Brown as co-consecrators.
He died in office at Durham on 11 August 1847, aged 47, and was buried in the cemetery at Ushaw College.
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