Mervyn Alexander

Mervyn Alban Alexander (born June 29, 1925 in Highbury , London , † August 14, 2010 in Clifton-Bristol , England ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton .

Life

Mervyn Alexander studied theology at the Venerable English College in Rome and was ordained a priest at Leonine College in Rome on July 18, 1948 . After completing his doctoral studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University , he received his doctorate theologiae in 1951 . Alexander was an assistant priest at St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Clifton, Bristol from 1951 to 1964. He was also a hospital chaplain at the Bristol Maternity and Homeopathic Hospital . In 1953 he became a chaplain and pastor at the University of Bristol . In 1967 he took over the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in Weston-super-Mare as pastor .

Pope Paul VI appointed Mervyn Alexander on March 8, 1972 titular bishop of Pinhel and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Clifton . The Bishop of Clifton Joseph Edward Rudderham donated to him on April 25 of that year, the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were George Patrick Dwyer , Archbishop of Birmingham , and John Edward Petit , Bishop of Menevia .

On December 20, 1974, Pope Paul VI. the appointment as Bishop of Clifton.

From 1973 to 1983 Alexander was a member of the Secretariat for Non-Christians (since 1988: Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue ) and at the same time chairman of the Commission for Non-Christians in Wales and England. From 1977 to 1983 he was vice-chairman of the Commission on the Liturgy and from 1976 to 1983 president of the Catholic Child Welfare Council . Alexander was particularly involved in ecumenism in Wales and England and was co-chair of the Roman Catholic and Methodist committees from 1976 to 1980. In 1977 he was elected co-chair of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary . In 1982 he became chairman of the working group on the spirituality of the Pope's visit by John Paul II to England and Wales. From 1982 to 1999 he was chairman of the Committee for the Arts and Architecture . In 1987/1988 Alexander was President of the Diocesan Synod.

In 2001 he received an honorary doctorate in law for his commitment to the city of Bristol and the University of Bristol .

On February 27, 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. He was then pastor in St. Joseph in Weston-super-Mare. Since 2008 he has lived at St. Angela's Home in Clifton.

Web links

• Entry to Mervyn Alexander on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Obituary of the Diocese of Clifton (English) ( Memento of 24 April 2010 at the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Edward Rudderham	Bishop of Clifton 1974-2001	Declan Ronan Lang