Bernard Longley
Bernard Longley (born April 5, 1955 in Manchester , England ) is Archbishop of Birmingham .
Life
Longley studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and New College, Oxford . He received on 12 December 1981, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a chaplain in Epsom and in psychiatric care facilities. From 1991 he performed various tasks in the field of ecumenism at the diocesan level, and from 1996 also at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Great Britain . In 1999 he was appointed Moderator of the Coordinating Committee of the Churches of Great Britain and Ireland and General Secretary of the English Bishops' Conference responsible for questions of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster on January 4, 2003 . The episcopal ordination received Longley along with Alan Hopes on 24 January 2003 by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor . Co- consecrators were the Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds , Arthur Roche , and the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton , Kieran Thomas Conry .
On October 1, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to Archbishop of Birmingham. The inauguration took place on December 8th of the same year.
Memberships
Bernard Longley is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Birmingham (Inghilterra) , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 5, 2011.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Nichols |
Archbishop of Birmingham since 2009 |
... |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Longley, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester , England |