- Arthur Hinsley
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See=Westminster |Arthur Cardinal Hinsley (
August 25 ,1865 —March 17 ,1943 ) was an Englishprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served asArchbishop of Westminster from 1935 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937.Biography
Arthur Hinsley was born in Carlton,
Selby , to Thomas and Bridget (née Ryan) Hinsley. His father was acarpenter and his mother Irish. He studied atUshaw College inDurham and thence the Venerable English College inRome . Hinsley's education was sponsored by hispastor , who was also one of the Duke of Norfolk'schaplain s atCarlton Towers [Diocese of Westminster. [http://www.rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/default.asp?library_ref=1&content_ref=11 Cardinal Arthur Hinsley]January 11 ,2005 ] .Ordained to the priesthood on
December 23 ,1893 , Hinsley taught at Ushaw College until 1897. He took up pastoral ministry in Westminster in 1898, and served as headmaster ofSt. Bede's Grammar School (which he also founded) from 1900 to 1904. In 1917, after another period of pastoral work, Hinsley became a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness (November 14 ) and therector of the English College in Rome, a post in which he remained until 1928.On
August 10 ,1926 , he was appointed Titular Bishop of "Sebastopolis in Armenia" byPope Pius XI . Hinsley received his episcopal consecration on the followingNovember 30 from Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val, with Archbishop Giuseppe Palica and Bishop Peter Amigo serving as co-consecrators, in thechapel of the English College. He was later named Apostolic Visitor to BritishAfrica onDecember 10 ,1927 . While in Africa, he suffered a bout ofparatyphoid fever [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,790835-1,00.html Death of a Voice]March 29 ,1943 ] .Pius XI, on
January 9 ,1930 , made Hinsely Titular Archbishop of "Sardis" and Apostolic Delegate to the British missions in Africa that were not under the jurisdiction of the apostolic delegations ofEgypt ,Belgian Congo , andSouth Africa . After retiring as Apostolic Delegate due to ill health onMarch 25 ,1934 , he was appointed a canon ofSt. Peter's Basilica four days later, onMarch 29 . Surprisingly named the fifthArchbishop of Westminster onApril 1 ,1935 , Hinsely thus became the spiritual leader of theCatholic Church in England and Wales .He was created Cardinal Priest of "S. Susanna" by Pius XI in theconsistory ofDecember 13 ,1937 . The delay in elevation, as Westminster's archbishop is traditionally a cardinal, was most likely the result of his comments during theSecond Italo-Abyssinian War , describing the Pope as a "helpless old man" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758477,00.html Five Red Hats]November 29 ,1937 ] . In his capacity of cardinal, Hinsely served as one of the electors in the 1939 papal conclave, which selectedPope Pius XII . A supporter of ecumenism [Ibid.] , Hinsley founded the multi-denominational 'Sword of the Spirit' in October 1940 to rally his fellow Englishclergy men (including non-Catholics) againsttotalitarianism [Ibid.] [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765594,00.html Unity in Britain]May 19 ,1941 ] . The English prelate also condemned Hitler and other Fascist leaders duringWorld War II [Encyclopædia Britannica. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040529/Arthur-Hinsley Arthur Hinsley] ] .Hinsley, nearly blind and deaf, died from a heart attack [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,790835-1,00.html Death of a Voice]
March 29 ,1943 ] inBuntingford , at age 77. He was buried atWestminster Cathedral , and Archbishop William Temple of Canterbury described him as "a most devoted citizen of his country... [and] a most kindly and warmhearted friend" [Ibid.] .Trivia
*He defended
Alfred Noyes in his argument with the Vatican [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760099,00.html Noyes Annoyed]September 5 ,1938 ] .
*Cardinal Hinsley Grammar School inBradford ,West Yorkshire was named after him when it opened in 1963. This school merged with theMargaret Clitheroe Grammar School next door in 1981 and the new school was then re-namedYorkshire Martyrs Collegiate School , now known asYorkshire Martyrs Catholic College since 2001. Interstingly, Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College will merge with St. Joseph's College and the school he founded,St. Bede's Grammar School .
*Hinsley, his second name, originates in Germany and means 'Deer Hunter'.
*Cardinal Hinsley Mathematic and Computing College, a secondary school in London is named after him.References
External links
* [http://www.rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/default.asp?library_ref=1&content_ref=11 Diocese of Westminster]
* [http://www.santasusanna.org/ourUniqueHistory/cardinals.html The Church of Santa Susanna]
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-h.htm#Hinsley Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhinsley.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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