Richard Moth
Charles Phillip Richard Moth (born July 8, 1958 in Chingola , Northern Rhodesia ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Arundel and Brighton .
Life
Charles Phillip Richard Moth was ordained a priest on July 3, 1982 . He was a pastoral minister in Clapham Park and was a judge at the Diocesan Court in Southwark. After studying canon law in Ottawa, he became a curate in Lewisham and a military chaplain at 217 General Hospital RAMC in 1987. In 1992 he became the private secretary of Archbishop Michael George Bowen . He also assumed the office of Vice Chancellor of the Diocese of Southwark. In 1998 Pope John Paul II appointed him a papal honorary chaplain ( monsignor ). In 2001 he was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Southwark to succeed John Hine . In 2001 he was appointed prelate of His Holiness .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Military Bishop of Great Britain on July 25, 2009 . He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Southwark , Kevin John Patrick McDonald , on September 29 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Thomas Matthew Burns SM , Bishop of Menevia , and Michael George Bowen , Old Archbishop of Southwark.
Richard Moth leads the Bishops' Conference Mental Health Project . He was in charge of the British Bishops' Conference for the London 2012 Summer Olympics . In 2012 he followed Terence Brain as prison bishop.
Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on March 21, 2015 . The inauguration took place on May 28 of the same year.
He is Grand Officer of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .
Web links
- Entry on Richard Moth on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- Richard Moth's website
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Arundel and Brighton (Inghilterra). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 21, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015 (Italian).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Kieran Thomas Conry |
Bishop of Arundel and Brighton since 2015 |
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| Thomas Matthew Burns SM |
Military Bishop of Great Britain 2009-2015 |
Paul Mason |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Moth, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moth, Charles Phillip Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chingola |