Ordination Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/bishops/ordination/ England and Wales Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:15:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Ordination Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/bishops/ordination/ 32 32 174395915 New Bishop of Arundel and Brighton calls for care for those in need and a growth in holiness, as he begins ministry https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-of-arundel-brighton-calls-for-care-for-those-in-need-and-a-growth-in-holiness-as-he-begins-ministry/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-of-arundel-brighton-calls-for-care-for-those-in-need-and-a-growth-in-holiness-as-he-begins-ministry/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:21:06 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=121272 Catholics across Sussex and Surrey welcomed a new bishop on Monday 19 October, when Bishop Stephen Wang was ordained as the sixth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. Pope Leo XIV announced Bishop Stephen’s appointment in July. Monday’s Mass of Ordination at the Cathedral of our Lady and St Philip Howard was attended by His Excellency […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-of-arundel-brighton-calls-for-care-for-those-in-need-and-a-growth-in-holiness-as-he-begins-ministry/feed/ 0 121272 Archbishop: A bishop’s duty is “to announce Christ, alive in his Church, and in the world” https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-a-bishops-duty-is-to-announce-christ-alive-in-his-church-and-in-the-world/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-a-bishops-duty-is-to-announce-christ-alive-in-his-church-and-in-the-world/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:13:41 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=114763 Preaching at the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Gerard Bradley in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 2 February, Archbishop John Wilson highlighted the primary duty of a bishop in his homily. The Archbishop of Southwark said: “Christ alone is our light and our help. With the authority of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-a-bishops-duty-is-to-announce-christ-alive-in-his-church-and-in-the-world/feed/ 0 114763 Bishop Gerard Bradley ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark Archdiocese https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-gerard-bradley-ordained-as-an-auxiliary-bishop-of-southwark-archdiocese/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-gerard-bradley-ordained-as-an-auxiliary-bishop-of-southwark-archdiocese/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:49:41 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=114728 At a packed and vibrant St George’s Cathedral, Archbishop John Wilson ordained Bishop Gerard Bradley as an Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark. The ordination took place on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 2 February 2026, following the appointment by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in December 2025, who assigned Bishop Bradley the Titular […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-gerard-bradley-ordained-as-an-auxiliary-bishop-of-southwark-archdiocese/feed/ 0 114728 Archbishop gives thanks for the “gift of two new bishops” https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-gives-thanks-for-the-gift-of-two-new-bishops/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-gives-thanks-for-the-gift-of-two-new-bishops/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:58:16 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93686 On the Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Archbishop Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, has ordained two new auxiliary bishops in St Chad’s Cathedral. Bishop Timothy Menezes and Bishop Richard Walker were ordained bishops in the presence of their families, friends and guests. Former Archbishop of Birmingham, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, attended alongside the Catholic […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-gives-thanks-for-the-gift-of-two-new-bishops/feed/ 0 93686 Episcopal Ordination of Bishop-elect David Waller https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-elect-david-waller/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-elect-david-waller/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:31:16 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=92935 The Episcopal Ordination of the Revd David Arthur Waller as the second Ordinary – and first Bishop Ordinary – of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham will take place in Westminster Cathedral at 11am on Saturday 22 June 2024, the feast day of St John Fisher and St Thomas More. The principal consecrator […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-elect-david-waller/feed/ 0 92935 Bishop Bosco MacDonald Ordained Tenth Bishop of Clifton https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-ordained-at-clifton-cathedral/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-ordained-at-clifton-cathedral/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 15:29:09 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=91691 Bishop Bosco MacDonald was Ordained the Tenth Bishop of Clifton at the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul on Wednesday 8 May 2024. A full congregation welcomed the new Bishop, along with his family and almost all Clifton’s priests and deacons, and many of the Bishops of England and Wales. The choir and music […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-ordained-at-clifton-cathedral/feed/ 0 91691 Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Philip Moger https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-philip-moger/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-philip-moger/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:00:36 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=72452 Bishop Philip Moger was ordained an auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Southwark by Archbishop John Wilson on Tuesday 21 February 2023 at 12:30pm in St George’s Cathedral. Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, were in attendance, along […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-philip-moger/feed/ 0 72452 Cardinal ordains former Anglican Bishop Jonathan Goodall to the Catholic priesthood https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-ordains-former-anglican-bishop-jonathan-goodall-to-the-catholic-priesthood/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-ordains-former-anglican-bishop-jonathan-goodall-to-the-catholic-priesthood/#respond Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:10:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=63142 His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols has ordained the former Church of England Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Jonathan Goodall to the Catholic priesthood. The ordination Mass took place in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 12 March. Concelebrating were Archbishops George Stack, Leo Cushley and Kevin McDonald alongside Bishops Marcus Stock, John Sherrington and over 20 priests. Also concelebrating […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-ordains-former-anglican-bishop-jonathan-goodall-to-the-catholic-priesthood/feed/ 0 63142 Dr Michael Nazir-Ali ordained to the priesthood https://www.cbcew.org.uk/michael-nazir-ali-ordained-to-the-priesthood/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/michael-nazir-ali-ordained-to-the-priesthood/#respond Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=59575 The former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, has been ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham by Cardinal Vincent Nichols. The ordination took place at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory in Warwick Street, central London at midday on Saturday, 30 […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/michael-nazir-ali-ordained-to-the-priesthood/feed/ 0 59575 Canon Thomas Neylon ordained Bishop https://www.cbcew.org.uk/canon-thomas-neylon-ordained-bishop/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/canon-thomas-neylon-ordained-bishop/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:35:50 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=58227 Today, Friday 3 September 2021, The Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon OP, Archbishop of Liverpool, will ordain Canon Thomas Neylon as Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool at 12.00 noon in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. This will be the first major service to be celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral since […]

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