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About Help Contact login Rev John Crookall Title: Rev First Name: John Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Crookall Order: Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1821 Place of Birth: Lytham, Lancashire Country of Birth: England Date of Ordination: 1846 Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 03-Nov-1887 Place of Death: Portsea Country of Death: England Date of Burial: 1887 Place of Burial: Portsmouth Country of Burial: England Find A Grave URL: FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005: Crookall, John Born Lytham, Lancashire, England 13 September 1821. Commenced priestly studies at St Edmund's College, London in February 1834, then continued those studies at the English College, Rome. He was ordained priest in 1846. He returned to St Edmund's College as a member of staff, and subsequently was transferred to St Mary's College, Woolhampton, and appointed President. It was on 10 October 1866, while at Woolhampton, that he received his appointment as Bishop of Armidale, after James Hayes declined the appointment. He was unaware of the debates and discussions that had gone on in Rome about the See to which he would be appointed. The Propaganda cardinals had determined, on 24 September 1866, that (1) William Lanigan should be a bishop, (2) Dr John Crookall should be a bishop, (3) after enquiry into the relative strengths of the numbers of English and Irish Catholics in the Goulburn and Armidale dioceses, then Lanigan should be appointed to the predominantly Irish one, and Crookall to the predominantly English one. On 26 September 1866 Archbishop Polding, now back in Rome from England, was consulted on statistics. On 30 September 1866 the Pope determined: (1) Lanigan should be appointed to Goulburn, and (2) Crookall to Armidale. On 25 October 1866 Crookall declined Armidale and gave his reasons. One was that Armidale was understood to be a very large diocese, much horse riding was required, and he had never been on a horse in his life. He wrote a second letter dated 29 October 1866 with other supporting reasons why he could not accept, one being the need to care for an old, sick, needy father. The Pope accepted that reason, and his appointment lapsed. He remained in England. Despite his name being put forward on several future occasions he never was again seriously considered for appointment as a bishop. He died at Portsea, England, on 3 November 1887, and was buried in a public cemetery outside of Portsmouth. (Sources: Farrell, Dowd, Foley) (Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

John

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Crookall

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Date of Birth:

13-Sep-1821

Place of Birth:

Lytham, Lancashire

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England

Date of Ordination:

1846

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Date of Death:

03-Nov-1887

Place of Death:

Portsea

Country of Death:

England

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1887

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Portsmouth

Country of Burial:

England

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Crookall, John

Born Lytham, Lancashire, England 13 September 1821. Commenced priestly studies at St Edmund's College, London in February 1834, then continued those studies at the English College, Rome. He was ordained priest in 1846. He returned to St Edmund's College as a member of staff, and subsequently was transferred to St Mary's College, Woolhampton, and appointed President. It was on 10 October 1866, while at Woolhampton, that he received his appointment as Bishop of Armidale, after James Hayes declined the appointment. He was unaware of the debates and discussions that had gone on in Rome about the See to which he would be appointed. The Propaganda cardinals had determined, on 24 September 1866, that (1) William Lanigan should be a bishop, (2) Dr John Crookall should be a bishop, (3) after enquiry into the relative strengths of the numbers of English and Irish Catholics in the Goulburn and Armidale dioceses, then Lanigan should be appointed to the predominantly Irish one, and Crookall to the predominantly English one. On 26 September 1866 Archbishop Polding, now back in Rome from England, was consulted on statistics. On 30 September 1866 the Pope determined: (1) Lanigan should be appointed to Goulburn, and (2) Crookall to Armidale. On 25 October 1866 Crookall declined Armidale and gave his reasons. One was that Armidale was understood to be a very large diocese, much horse riding was required, and he had never been on a horse in his life. He wrote a second letter dated 29 October 1866 with other supporting reasons why he could not accept, one being the need to care for an old, sick, needy father. The Pope accepted that reason, and his appointment lapsed. He remained in England. Despite his name being put forward on several future occasions he never was again seriously considered for appointment as a bishop. He died at Portsea, England, on 3 November 1887, and was buried in a public cemetery outside of Portsmouth.
(Sources: Farrell, Dowd, Foley)

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)

Rev John Crookall

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