The Most Reverend Francis P Facione DD
Titular Bishop of Devon
Presiding Bishop
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
08.02.1940-14.06.2019
Obituary
Frank (Francis) Peter Facione was born February 08, 1940. He was the son of Frank Facione and Catherine (O’Agostino) Facione. His mother remarried Frank Dicicco after his father’s death. His sisters were Jennie Doa and Dominica (Mimi) Deluca, and adopted siblings were Agnes and Butch Assemany. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Andrew Johnston-Cantrell on July 14, 1974 and consecrated a bishop by Johnston-Cantrell on November 30, 1974. Archbishop Facione held roles as pastor of St. Mark’s Old Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan and the Central States, and Presiding Bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America. The church relocated to Louisville, Kentucky in 1990 and he pastored St. Mark’s Old Roman Catholic Church there until its closure in 2013.
In addition to his ministry, he was also an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University and an Associate Professor/Assistant Dean at Sullivan University. Archbishop Facione was a graduate of Wayne State University where he obtained a BS in Pharmacy (1962), a MS in Pharmacy Administration (1974), and a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Administration (1982). He was a member of Kappa Psi and retired from its Executive Committee.
He died on June 14, 2019 and was buried at Bethany Memorial Cemetery on June 18, 2019 by the Most Reverend William Myers, SSM.
Apostolic Succession
| 1 | 1541 March 16th ✠Scipione, Cardinal Rebiba. Auxiliary Bishop, Chieti |
| 2 | 1566 March 12th ✠Giulio Antonio, Cardinal Santorio, Archbishop, Santa Severina |
| 3 | 1586 September 7th ✠Girolamo, Cardinal Berneri OP, Bishop, Albano |
| 4 | 1604 April 4th ✠Galeazzo Santivale, Archbishop, Bari |
| 5 | 1621 May 2nd ✠Ludovico, Cardinal Ludovisi, Camerlengo |
| 6 | 1622 June 12th ✠Luigi Cardinal Caetani, Tit. Patriarch of Antioch |
| 7 | 1630 October 6th ✠Giovanni Battista Scannaroli, Bishop, Tyre and Sidon |
| 8 | 1665 October 24th ✠Antonio, Cardinal Barberini, Archbishop, Reims |
| 9 | 1668 November 12th ✠Charles Maurice Le Tellier, Archbishop, Reims |
| 10 | 1670 September 21st ✠Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Bishop, Meaux |
| 11 | 1693 October 24th ✠Jacques Goyon de Matignon, Bishop, Condom |
| 12 | 1719 February 12th ✠Dominique Marie Varlet, Bishop, Ascalon |
| 13 | 1739 October 17th ✠Petrus Johannes Meindaarts, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 14 | 1745 July 11th ✠Johannes van Stiphout, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 15 | 1763 February 7th ✠Gualtherus van Niewenhuisen, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 16 | 1778 June 21st ✠Johannes Adrian Broekman, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 17 | 1797 July 5th ✠Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 18 | 1805 November 7th ✠Gilbertus Cornelius de Jong, Bishop, Deventer |
| 19 | 1814 April 24th ✠Willibrordus van Os, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 20 | 1819 April 12th ✠Johannes Bon, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 21 | 1825 June 14th ✠Johannes van Santen, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 22 | 1853 July 17th ✠Hermanus Heijkamp, Bishop, Deventer |
| 23 | 1873 August 11th ✠Gaspard Johannes Rinkel, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 24 | 1892 May 11th ✠Gerardus Gul, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 25 | 1908 April 28th ✠Arnold Harris Mathew, Archbishop, London |
| 25 | 1 | 1908 April 28th ✠Arnold Harris Mathew, Archbishop, London |
| 26 | 2 | 1912 June 29th ✠Rudolphe de Landes Berges, Bishop, Scotland |
| 27 | 3 | 1916 October 4th ✠Carmel Henry Carfora, Archbishop, Chicago |
| 28 | 4 | 1941 April 16th ✠Richard Arthur Marchenna, Archbishop, Newark |
| 29 | 5 | 1961 October 9th ✠Robert Alfred Burns, Bishop, Chicago-Westville |
| 30 | 6 | 1973 October 6th ✠Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell, Co-adjutor Bishop |
| 31 | 7 | 1974 November 30th ✠Francis Peter Facione, Bishop, Devon |
| Principal Consecrator of… | ||
| 1975 April 12th ✠Joseph Patrick Napurno, Bishop, Port Royale | ||
| 1989 February 4th ✠Raphael John Adams, Bishop, Selsey | ||
| 1993 June 5th ✠Patrick Herbert King, Bishop, West Regionary | ||
| Co-consecrator of… | ||
| ✠Euler Richard |