Person    | Male  Born 21/2/1899  Died 19/8/1956

Bernard William Griffin

Categories: Religion

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.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bernard William Griffin

Creations i

Cardinal Griffin foundation stone

This stone was laid by His Eminence Cardinal Griffin Archbishop of Westminste...

Read More

Other Subjects

St Barnabas' church, West Silvertown

St Barnabas' church, West Silvertown

This National Library of Scotland 1914 map shows the "Missn Ch" between Eastwood and Westwood Road, just north of the tennis courts on what is now Britannia Village Green. Opened in 1882 as a miss...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Father Basil Jellicoe

Father Basil Jellicoe

Anglican vicar.  Born Sussex, his father being a cousin of Lord Jellicoe. Worked in the slums of Somers Town, north London in the 1920s. He set up the St Pancras House Improvement Society and persu...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

3 memorials
Metropolitan Anthony

Metropolitan Anthony

Prominent theologian and first head of the Diocese of Sourozh, 1962 until his death. Born as Andrei Borisovich Bloom in Switzerland. Brought up in Russia, Iran and Paris from 1923, where he studie...

Person, Religion, France, Iran/Persia, Switzerland

1 memorial
Richard Wyche, Vicar of Deptford

Richard Wyche, Vicar of Deptford

Lollard heretic. Vicar of Harmondsworth Middlesex and of St Nicholas Deptford.  He followed the Lollard doctrine which the authorities opposed and so he was burnt at the stake on Tower Hill for her...

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Scottish National Church

Scottish National Church

From the church's website: Crown Court Church is unique in its history as the longest-established Presbyterian church in England, dating from 1711. The Church of Scotland has been active in London...

Building, Religion

1 memorial

Previously viewed