The Diocese of Lancaster welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV
Together with the Universal Church, and with all people of good will, the Catholic Diocese
of Lancaster in the UK welcomes and commends to the grace of Almighty God Cardinal
Robert Prevost OSA as Pope Leo XIV, the successor of St Peter. Pope Leo comes to this
universal ministry after many years of professed and ordained life as deacon priest and
as a bishop, as a religious, and as a teacher. As with his predecessors we hold the Holy
Father in our prayers and take courage already from the words of his inaugural address
with its call for peace across humanity.
The times we live in cry out for a fundamentally different approach to serve the world
order, one led by Christ. I ask you to do all you can in your parishes and homes to ensure
that our loyalty to the Holy Father is Gospel led, not media led.
May we also rejoice in learning that, as Father General of the Order of Saint Augustine,
Father Prevost was present in our Cathedral of Saint Peter for the Episcopal Ordination of
my predecessor, Bishop Michael Campbell OSA on 31st March 2008.
Mary the Mother of God. Pray for him. St Peter. Pray for him. St John Paul II. Pray for him,
Pope Saint Leo the Great, pray for him
The Archdiocese of Liverpool welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV
The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV
