of St. Asaph; but that, as he had not done homage to the queen for Oxford, he was not yet bishop of that see. Not allowed to perform a bishop's office, say Mass, or administer the sacraments, as long as he remained in the country, by June 1559 he decided to leave England. Although the ports were being watched for him, he succeeded in making his escape. In 1561 Goldwell became superior of the Theatines at San Silvestro, their house in Rome. He was the only English bishop at the last stages of the council of Trent, (Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester, and Reginald Pole being at the earlier stages in the 1540s) and in 1562 was again attainted. In the following year he was appointed vicar-general to Carlo Borromeo, archbishop of Milan. Later, he returned to Rome, where he is known to have ordained the famous Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria as a priest. In 1580, in spite of his advanced age, he set out for England at the head of the mission which included Campion and Persons, but he was taken ill at Reims and obliged to return to Rome. At Pentecost in 1584 he ordained Camillus de Lellis to the sacred priesthood, the founder of the Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (M.I.). De Lellis is the Catholic patron Saint of the Sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. Lord Thomas Goldwell died in Rome in 1585, the last surviving pre-Reformation bishop of Catholic England. Episcopal succession While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of: and the principal co-consecrator of: Notes References 1501 births 1585 deaths Bishops of St Asaph. 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Participants in the Council of Trent Bishops of Oxford Alumni of Canterbury College, Oxford Alumni of All Souls College, Oxford Theatine bishops