FARLEY JOHN

Born	1875
Ordained	1898
Died	22 January 1926

Fr Farley was born in Salford, Lancashire, and attended the Salford Catholic Grammar School and Ushaw. He was ordained at the (old) English Martyrs, Manchester. He served as assistant at Mount Carmel, Blackley; at Bolton; and at Nelson. He then returned to Mount Carmel, Blackley in 1904, before serving at Oldham and Heywood. In 1912 he acted as chaplain to the Salford Union, but was sent as rector to Aspull in 1913-1916. His final post was as parish priest at St Patrick, Bolton, where he died in 1926.

Sources: Obituary 1927 Almanac

Query: Dates: Obit omits St Joseph Heywood after Oldham.

FAYER WILLIAM

Born	1802
Ordained	4 December 1840
Died	17 September 1883

Born at Westby, Ireland, Fr Fayer served at Sunnyside, Rawtenstall 1840-1842, and at St Anthony, Liverpool 1843-1843. His next posting was St Patrick, and in 1847 he became rector at St Mary, Salmesbury. He remained there until 1875. He retired to 46 Poulton St, Kirkham where he died and was buried at The Willows, Kirkham.

Sources: Obituary 1884 Almanac p. 48 (which incidentally gives a wrong date of death).

FINN ALBAN SNAPE

Born	3 October 1872
Ordained	18 August 1897
Died	17 June 1940

Educated at Ushaw, Oscott, and Rome, Fr Finn served as assistant at St Patrick, Livesey Street, Manchester, 1897-1901 before becoming Founder Rector at the Sacred Heart, Gorton, Manchester, 1901-1940. The Catholic Directory listed him as Alban Finn at Livesey Street and Alban Snape Finn at Gorton. He is thought to have had independent means. Oral tradition in Gorton claims he had a car and a chaffeur. He and Bishop Henshaw had a temporary disagreement regarding financial returns.

FISHER ADAM GEORGE

Born	October 1810
Ordained	19 December 1835
Died	28 May 1897

Nephew of Fr James Fisher, of Dukinfield. One of six brothers of whom five became priests. Fr Thomas died in Sheffield, on 4 October 1833, Fr Clement died en route to Australia with Fr (later Bishop) Ullathorne in 1835 aged 26, Mgr Hohn Henry DD, VG, and Provost of Liverpool President of St Edwards (later Upholland) died 3 May 1889 aged 77 and Canon James died at Birkdale in 1883 aged 67.

Born in Manchester, Educated at Ushaw in 1826 and ordained in Manchester. He succeeded his Uncle at the Dukinfield mission serving Oldham, Hyde, Mosley etc. opening St Mary's Oldham on 3 March 1839 and travelling country wide to appeal for funds.

1848 Left Dukinfield for Appleton (Widnes) and moved to Hornby in 1875 where he died aged 87.

FISHER JAMES

Born

Ordained	1823
Died	18 August 1835

Born in Manchester. Educated at Ushaw and VEC being ordained 1823 before coming to Mulberry Street. Started the new mission in the Ashton area covering Oldham, Mosley Dukinfield Stalybridge and Hyde. He replaced the Harrop Yard Chapel with a new chapel at Dukinfield in 1825. 1829 he hired a Unitarian Chapel in Oldham as a mass centre there. Its registers started that year. Fr Glassbrooke took charge of Oldham in 1830 but soon retired due to ill health and Fr Fisher resumed his care until Fr Turpin came in 1833. Fr Fisher died in Dukinfield and was succeeded by his nephew Fr Adam George Fisher.

FISHER JAMES

Born	1815
Ordained	1838
Died	15 January 1883

Born in Manchester, the sixth son of a merchant. All his brothers, save William became priests. Thomas died at Sheffield, Clement died en route to Australia, George died at Hornby and Mgr John Henry DD was VG and Provost in Liverpool and late President of St Edward's College. Educated at Ushaw. College Procurator until 1840 when he went as Chaplain to the Liverpool Public Institutions then to Congleton then to Gt Crosby in 1850. 1871 Burscough before retiring in 1877 to Birkdale where he died aged 67. He became a Canon.

FISHER WILLIAM

Born

Ordained	1760
Died	1 November 1813

Born in Lancashire. Educated in Lisbon where he was ordained. Came to England in 1761. Chaplain to Bishop Petre he lived at Showley Hall near Blackburn. He later went to Ribchester (1789-1805) building the chapel at Stydd Lodge in 1798. He resigned the charge of the mission in 1805 but resided there until his death.

FITZPATRICK B

Born OrdainedDied

1899	St Ann Blackburn.

FLANAGAN THOMAS JOSEPH

Born	1830
Ordained	1853
Died	2 November 1871

Educated at Oscott Fr Flanagan served at St Mary, Burnley, firstly as assistant and from 1861 as rector until his death.

FLAVIN JAMES MICHAEL

Born	1868
Ordained	1893
Died	11 February 1912

Born in Clashmere, Co Waterford, Ireland, Fr Flavin was educated at St John's College, Waterford. His first appointment was as assistant to St Chad, Cheetham Hill, Manchester 1894-1895. He then went to St Thomas of Canterbury, Higher Broughton Salford as assistant and then succeeded Fr O'Doherty as rector in 1899, and emlarged the school and built the church. In declininh health, he retired to Ostend in 1911 where he died in February 1912. His remains were brought from Belgium, and were escourted by parishioners from Central Station to the parish on 14 February, and on the following day, after Reuiem Mass, he was buried at Moston Cemetery.

Sources: Obituary 1913 Almanac

FLEMING F W A

Born Ordained Died

1865-1866	at Walton le Dale. ??OSB??

FLETCHER JOHN

Born	1766
Ordained	13 April 1795
Died	11 March 1845

Born at Ormskirk. Educated at Douai and St Gregory's Paris. Taught at St Omer's before ordination and was imprisoned during the troubles. Ordained at York. Made honorary DD in 1821.

1795-1896	Cockshaw.
1806-1809	St Alban's Blackburn, before going to the London District and a chaplaincy at Weston Underwood and later at Leamington.
1844	Northampton where he died.

FLYNN BARTHOLOMEW

	Born	12 December 1851
Ordained	6 May 1880
Died	9 November 1910

Born in Co Cavan, Ireland, Fr Flynn was educated at St Patrick's College, Cavan, and the Seminary of Pastoral Theology, Salford. He was ordained in Salford Cathedral by Bishop O'Reilly of Liverpool while Bishop Vaughan was in Rome. He served as assistant at St Aloysius, Ardwick, Manchester, 1880-1888. He then became rector at Corpus Christi, Hollinwood, 1888-1904, before going as rector to St Joseph, Darwen, 1904-1910. He died in Blackpool and buried at Moston.

Sources: Obituary 1911 Almanac

FOLEY DANIEL

Born Ordained Died

FOLEY JOHN

BornOrdainedDied

1895-1896	St Mary Radcliffe
1896-	St Alban Blackburn.

FOLTIN ALOYSIUS

Born

Ordained	1899
Died	17 September 1935

Born at Gleiwitz in Poland, Fr Foltin served the Poles, Lithuanians and Russians of the Manchester area for twentysix years at the Church of St Casimir, off Oldham Road, Manchester. Cardinal Hlond visited this church in 193?. Fr Foltin retired to Poland on closure of St Casimir and died at Gieszyn, Poland, in 1935 and was buried in his native town of Gleiwitz.

Sources: Obituary 1936 Almanac

FORBES DAVID JOHN

Died

Born	14 October 1842
Ordained	15 August 1874

Born Cork, Ireland.

Seminary Education - Mill Hill

	St William, Darwen
1882-1892	St Patrick, Livesey Street, Manchester.

A Doctor of Medicine.

FORMBY HENRY

Born	13 November 1850
Ordained	15 August 1878
Died	9 February 1890

Father Formby was born in Liverpool, studied and was ordained at Ushaw, gaining his B.A. In September 1878 he was appointed to the teaching staff at St Bede's College, where he taught until midsummer 1887. In poor health, he went as chaplain to theDaughters of the Cross Convent at Bury, where, after a short illness, he died in 1890.

Sources: Obituary 1891 Almanac p. 42.

FORMBY MATTHIAS

Born	24 May 1813
Ordained	Christmas 1839
Died	26 March 1892

Matthias Canon Formby was born at Bamber Bridge and was uncle to Fr Henry Formby (Q.V.) Coming from Formby near Liverpool, he entered St Alban's College, Valladolid, and studied there 1826-1838 before proceeding to Ushaw where he was ordained priest at Christmas 1839.He was sent as assistant in january 1840 to St Patrick, Livesey Street, Manchester and in March 1841 to St Mary, Mulberry Street, Manchester. He became the first Missionary Rector there on 24 November 1854. He had already been made a Canon in 1852 when the Cathedral chapter was erected. In 1863 poor health induced him to reside at the newish mission of St Ann, Stretford, which had some three years previously been opened and served from Barton at week-ends. He died unexpectedly when a cold, caught on a sick call, developed into pneumonia. He was buried in one of the Station Chapels at Moston Cemetery.

Sources: Obituary 1893 Almanac p. 45.


FOWLER WILLIAM L

Born	28 March 1849
Ordained	10 July 1881
Died	10 November 1916

Fr Fowler was born at Bishopsteignton, Devon, and became a Catholic as a young man. His seminary training was unusual. He trained at the Salford Seminary of Pastoral Theology. Bishop Vaughan then sent him as the first Prefect and Procurator at the newly opened St Bede's College, before he returned to the Salford Seminary as Procurator, and completed his studies. He was ordained at Salford Cathedral in 1881 by Bishop O'Reilly of Liverpool. He served one year as assistant at St Wilfrid' Hulme, 1881-1882. He then went to St Mary, Littleborough, 1882-1885. He served as rector at St Gabriel, Castleton, 1885-1888; St Mary, Radcliffe, 1888-1894; St Charles, Rishton, 1894-1897, St Mary, Bolton, 1897-1905 and All Saints, Barton on Irwell, 1907-1916. Ill health dogged his last two years at Barton and he died two days after an operation. He was buried at Moston Cemetery.

Sources: Obituary 1917 Almanac which omits reference to Littleborough.

FOX HENRY

Born OrdainedDied

FOX THOMAS

Born	16 February 1827
Ordained	27 March 1852
Died	January 1881

Fr Fox was born at Stratford, Dublin. He attended Sedgley Park School from August 1847 to February 1849. After studies at Oscott he was ordained Subdeacon at Northampton in September 1851 and deacon in December 1851, before being ordained priest by Bishop Wareing at Northampton on 27 March 1852. He was sent to Wisbech, Cambridge as the first resident priest there in 1852He was made a Canon of the Northampton diocese in 1855. In 1859 he was moved to King's Lynn in Norfolk but stayed only a short time. On 10 August 1859 he resigned the Canonry and was granted an Exeat to Salford. His first appointment was as assistant to St Augustine, Granby Row, Manchester. In January 1861 he was sent as rector to St Mary, Levenshulme, and in January 1862 was moved as founder rector to the new mission of St Edward, Rusholme, where he remained for some eleven years and built the church. On 3 December 1873 Bishop Vaughan sent him as rector to St Mary, Clayton le Moor. Failing health became apparent in August 1880. Some time later he resigned his mission and retired to the Alexian Brothers Home in Newton Heath where he died in January 1881. His Requiem was held at St Mary, Failsworth, and he was buried in the clergy vault at Moston Cemetery.

Sources: Obituary 1882 Almanac p. 47.

FRACASSI GAETANO

Born	18 April 1876
Ordained	1898
Died	2 July 1940

Born at Pescarolo, Cremona in Italy, Fr Gaetano Fracassi first appears in the diocese when he is listed in the 1905 Almanac, placed between two priests who were ordained in 1898. In the 1906 Almanac he is placed between priests ordained in 1904. This may be a clue that he might have been ordained in 1898 for a diocese other than salford, and began work in this diocese in 1904. He was sent as assistant to St Bridget, Bradford, Manchester 1904-1906, and then to St Mary, Failsworth 1906-1911, and finally to St Ann, Oldham, 1911-1913. In Summer 1913 he became rector of the combined mission of Stacksteads and Newchurch. He remained at St Joseph, Stacksteads, when Newchurch was detached as the separate parish of St Peter in 1915. In 1922 he went as parish priest to St Alban, Ancoats, Manchester. Early in the Second World War, he was interned and transported to Canada, but en route the ship Arandora Star was torpedoed and he drowned in mid Atlantic.

Note: A Fr Cajetan Fracassi is listed in the 1899 Almanac as "unattached", and in the 1900 Almanac as being Chaplain to the Good Shepherd Convent, Blackley. No mention of a priest of this name appears in either the Almanac of the Catholic Directory for the years 1901-1904. When Fr Gaetano appears in the 1905 Almanac, his parish entry lists him as Fr G Farcassi, but the clergy list as noted above gives his Christian name in full as Cajetan. Whether this was a mistake by the editor, or whether both sets of entries refer to the same priest is unclear.

Sources: Almanacs

FRASER JOHN

Born	3 June 1820
Ordained	29 May 1850
Died	26 March 1899

Born in Knocklong, Limerick, Ireland, Fr Fraser went to Ratcliffe College and was ordained by Bishop Ullathorne. Soon after his ordination, and without joining the Rosminian Fathers, he began his missionary work at St Alban, Macclesfield, 1852-1854. He attended a Shrewsbury Fund meeting, 9 May 1854 but never joined. He then came to the Salford diocese and was appointed to Salford Cathedral 1854-1857, and then to St Mary, Mulberry St, Manchester, 1857-1861. Bishop Turner sent him to Bury to found the new mission of St Joseph. Within ten years he had built the church, schools and Prebytery. He remained rector until his retirement, but remained at the Presbytery until his death on Palm Sunday 1899. On 29 March he was buried at Bury Cemetery.

Sources: Obituary 1900 Almanac; Bracken.

FREEN G

BornOrdainedDied

At St Chad's when Cathedral was opened.

FRITH RANDOLPH

Born	1808
Ordained	13 June 1835
Died	24 July 1893

Nephew of Bishop Penswick, and son of William and Alice Frith (Ball), Randolph was born in Sheffield in 1808, and was educated at Puddington in the Wirral, at Sedgley Park 1818-1823 and at Ushaw 1823-1834, where he was ordained. He served as assistant at St Augustine, Granby Row, Manchester 1835-1838, at Southport 1838-1839 and at Great Eccleston 1839, becoming rector there 1840-1842. He moved to Liverpool, being assistant at St Patrick 1842-1844, before moving as rector to St Philip and James, Stockport 1844-1879. White at Stockport, he endured the infamous "Stockport Riots". He became a Canon of the Shrewsbury diocese in 1852. He then "retired" and went to New Brighton where he built a church, now demolished, in Hope Street, in the parish of St Peter and Paul, where a monstrance given to him by his manchester friends is kept even today.. In 1887 he retired to Orrell House, New Brighton, moving to 2 Egerton Street in 1891, where he died in 1893. His death certificate gave his age as 84.

Sources: Abbott

Query: Randall or Randoplh?