John Edward Petit (22 June 1895 – 2 June 1973) was a

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who served as the

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from 1947 to 1972. Born in London on 22 June 1895, he was

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to the priesthood on 9 May 1918. He was appointed the

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of the Diocese of Menevia by the

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on 8 February 1947. His

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to the

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took place on 25 March 1947, the principal

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was Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Michael McGrath of Cardiff and Bishop Edward Ellis of Nottingham. He participated in all the four sessions of the

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, held between in 1962 and 1965. He retired on 16 June 1972 and assumed the title Bishop

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of Menevia. He died on 2 June 1973, aged 77.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petit, John Edward 1895 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Wales Masters of St Edmund's College, Cambridge Participants in the Second Vatican Council Roman Catholic clergy from London Roman Catholic bishops of Menevia