Anthony Francis Mestice [SEP] position held
Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice (December 6, 1923 – April 30, 2011) served as the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and titular bishop of Villa Nova.
Biography.
Born in New York City, Mestice was ordained for the New York Archdiocese on June 4, 1949.
On March 5, 1973, Mestice was appointed bishop and was consecrated on April 27, 1973.
Bishop Mestice retired on October 30, 2001.
Crown was photographed and written about in the "Western Morning News", 9 Sep 1940. Francis had been a member of the group since 1934. He became the Group's Deputy Grand Bard in 1962, and held the position until 1967.
He exhibited pieces at the Red Rose Guild in Manchester in 1950 and 1951. At St Ives in 1948, along with Barbara Hepworth, David Leach and Ben Nicholson. In the Newlyn Art Gallery in the late 1940s. Penlee House Museum (Penzance, Cornwall) in early