Philip Pocock

{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | name = Philip Pocock | birth_name = Philip Francis Pocock | title = Archbishop of Toronto | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = Archdiocese of Toronto | term = 30 March 1971 – 27 April 1978 | predecessor = James McGuigan | successor = Gerald Emmett Carter | previous_post = Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis (1961-1971) Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (1961-1971) Archbishop of Winnipeg (1952-1961) Titular Archbishop of Aprus (1951-1952) Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (1951-1952) Bishop of Saskatoon (1944-1951) | ordination = 14 June 1930 | consecration = 29 June 1944 | consecrated_by = Ildebrando Antoniutti | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = St. Thomas, Ontario, Dominion of Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|6|1906|7|2|df=y}} }}

'''Philip Francis Pocock''' (2 July 1906 – 6 September 1984) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto from 1971 to 1978.

==Early years==

Pocock was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, on 2 July 1906.<ref name="rcdos">{{Cite web |title=Most Rev. Philip Pocock |url=https://rcdos.ca/our-diocese/our-history/philip-francis-pocock/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Diocese of Saskatoon |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202131539/https://rcdos.ca/our-diocese/our-history/philip-francis-pocock/ }}</ref> After studying theology at St. Peter's Seminary, London, Ontario, Bishop Denis P. O’Connor of Peterborough ordained him as a priest on 14 June 1930 at St. Peter's Cathedral, London.<ref name="rcdos"/> He worked in two parishes until 1933.<ref name="act"/> In 1933 he left his parish to study canon law in Rome (graduating with a doctorate in canon law<ref name="rcdos"/> from the Angelicum University in 1934). He became a professor at St. Peter's Seminary, teaching moral theology and canon law until 1944.<ref name="rcdos"/>

On 7 April 1944, he was appointed Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, after he was consecrated in St. Peter's Cathedral, London, by Most Reverend Ildebrando Antoniutti, Apostolic Delegate of Canada.<ref name="act"/> He served in this position for seven years.<ref name="rcdos"/> On 16 June 1951 he was named Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg.<ref name=rcdos/> On 6 August 1951 he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg<ref name="act">{{Cite web |title=Most Reverend Philip Francis Pocock |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpocock.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303114914/https://www.archtoronto.org/about-us/history/pocock |archive-date=3 March 2020 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Archdiocese of Toronto}}</ref> and Titular Archbishop of Aprus.<ref name="ch">{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpocock.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Catholic Hierarchy |archive-date=3 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303114914/https://www.archtoronto.org/about-us/history/pocock }}</ref> The following year he succeeded as Archbishop of Winnipeg in January 1952.<ref name=rcdos/>

==Later years in Toronto==

In 1961, Pocock left Winnipeg and became Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto on 16 February 1961<ref name="rcdos"/> and Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis<ref name="ch"/> to assist the then ailing archbishop, Cardinal James Charles McGuigan until his resignation on 30 March 1971.<ref name="act"/> He succeeded as Archbishop of Toronto on 30 March 1971 and served until he resigned on 29 April 1978.<ref name="rcdos"/> During his tenure in Toronto Archbishop Pocock created the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council and the Senate of Priests. He encouraged the laity to participate in church decisions, the liturgy, and the Church's charitable works. Two Auxiliary Bishops, Thomas Fulton and Aloysius Ambrozic, were consecrated, and forty-five new parishes were established. Because of United Way's support of Planned Parenthood, Archbishop Pocock withdrew the Council of Catholic Charities and established ShareLife as a Catholic alternative. He lobbied for legislation against pornography and encouraged interfaith relations.<ref name="act"/>

===Return to parish work=== He returned to life as a parish priest at St Mary's Parish in Brampton, Ontario.<ref name="rcdos"/> At St. Mary's, Pocock remained active as a priest by celebrating mass and confirmations and visiting a senior citizens' home.<ref name="act"/> Upon his retirement, he was given the title of Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto.<ref name="ch"/>

He died on 6 September 1984 and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario.<ref name="rcdos"/>

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