Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton
The Bishop of Arundel and Brighton is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the Province of Southwark , England.[ 1]
On 21 May 2015, Pope Francis appointed Richard Moth to be the fifth bishop of Arundel and Brighton.[ 2] [ 3] Kieran Thomas Conry , the fourth bishop of the diocese,[ 1] [ 4]
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton was created on 28 May 1965 out of the Diocese of Southwark when the latter was elevated to archdiocese status.[ 1]
The diocese covers 1,929 sq mi (4,997 km2 ) and consists of the counties of East and West Sussex and Surrey outside the Greater London Boroughs . The see is in the town of Arundel where the bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady & Saint Philip Howard .[ 1]
List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Bishops of Arundel and Brighton
From
Until
Incumbent
Notes
1965
1971
David John Cashman Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Westminster (1958–1965). Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 14 June 1965. Died in office on 14 March 1971.[ 5]
1971
1977
Michael George Bowen Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 18 May 1970 and consecrated on 27 June 1970. Succeeded Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 14 March 1971. Translated to Southwark on 28 March 1977, from which he resigned on 6 November 2003.[ 6]
1977
2000
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Priest of the Diocese of Portsmouth and former Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome. Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 17 November 1977 and consecrated on 21 December 1977. Translated to Westminster on 15 February 2000.
2001
2014
Kieran Thomas Conry Formerly a priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham . Appointed bishop on 8 May 2001 and consecrated on 9 June 2001.[ 7] [ 4]
2015
incumbent
Richard Moth Priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark and afterwards Vicar General. Appointed as Bishop of the Forces in 2009. Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 21 May 2015.
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Churches Arundel Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip HowardSt Peter's Church, Aldrington St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton St Joseph's Church, Brighton St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill St Tarcisius Church, Camberley Sacred Heart Church, Caterham St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester St Teresa of Avila Church, Chiddingfold Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Anthony and St George Church, Duncton Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne St John of Rochester Church, Egham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green St Joan of Arc's Church, Farnham St Edmund Church, Godalming English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Haslemere St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Hastings Corpus Christi Church, Henfield St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll St Anselm Church, Hindhead Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead St Bernard's Church, Lingfield St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst All Saints Church, Oxted Sacred Heart Church, Petworth St George's Church, Polegate St Mary's Church, Preston Park St Anthony of Viareggio Church, Rose Green St Joseph Church, Rustington St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Church of St Thomas More, Seaford St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Richard of Chichester Church, Slindon Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea St Edward the Confessor Church, Sutton Park Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield St Ambrose Church, Warlingham St Dunstan's Church, Woking St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
