Francis Mostyn (Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District)

Francis George Mostyn (1800–1847) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England from 1840 to 1847.[1]

He was born in 1800, the son of Charles Browne Mostyn, of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, by his second wife, Miss Tucker.[1][2] His grandfather was Sir Edward Mostyn, 5th Mostyn Baronet, of Talacre.[2] Francis began his education at St Mary's College, Oscott in 1813, leaving three years later, only to return as an ecclesiastical student in December 1822.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood in 1828,[1] and for the next twelve years he served the mission in Wolverhampton.[3]

He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District and Titular Bishop of Abydus on 22 September 1840.[1] His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 21 December 1840, the principal consecrator was Bishop John Briggs, with bishops Walsh and Brown as co-consecrators.[1][2]

He died in office at Durham on 11 August 1847, aged 47,[1] and was buried in the cemetery at Ushaw College.[3]