Leo Parker (bishop)

Thomas Leo Parker (21 December 1887 – 25 March 1975) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] Born in Sutton Coldfield on 21 December 1887, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Salford on 29 May 1915.

In 1936 Parker was elevated to Monsignor and appointed Parish Priest at St Thomas of Canterbury, Higher Broughton, where he served for the next four years.

The principal consecrator was Archbishop William Godfrey, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain (later Archbishop of Liverpool, then of Westminster), and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Peter Amigo of Southwark and Bishop John McNulty of Nottingham.

On the same day he was appointed Titular Bishop of Magarmel, but resigned the title on 7 December 1970.