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Our bishops, episcopal vicars, trustees and more.
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Sherrington as Archbishop of Liverpool. First ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Nottingham in 1987, Bishop Sherrington has been Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Hilta since 2011. Archbishop-elect Sherrington will become the tenth Archbishop of Liverpool in succession to Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP, who has been Archbishop of Liverpool since 2014.
Bishop John Sherrington was ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Hilta on 14th September 2011.
Bishop Sherrington has responsibility for the pastoral care of the parishes and deaneries of North London and is Moderator of the Curia and a Trustee of the Diocese. He is Chair of the Governing Body of Mater Ecclesiae College.
He served on the Methodist Roman Catholic International Commission (MERCIC) for ten years and was Co-Chair for five years. He was also for some years a Trustee of CAFOD which gave him further insight into the international mission of the Church.
Within the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, he is a member of the Department for Social Justice with responsibility for life issues since 2014, and a member of the Education Department since 2022. He is a member of the governing body of the Anscombe Centre, Oxford, and a Trustee of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.
Internationally, he is a member of the Overseas Seminary Committee. He is also a Trustee of the Pontifical Beda College and Venerable English College in Rome, and a Trustee of the Royal English College in Valladolid, Spain.
Bishop Sherrington was ordained as a bishop in 2011 by the then-Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the co-consecrators being Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and the then-Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham.
Having been ordained a priest for the Diocese of Nottingham in 1987, before becoming a parish priest (2004-2011), he lectured in moral theology at All Hallows College, Dublin and St John’s Seminary, Wonersh where he was also a member of the formation staff.
Before entering the seminary he graduated with a BA in mathematics from Queens' College, Cambridge, where St John Fisher was once President. Upon graduation, he worked for a short period in management consultancy. He was ordained a priest in 1987 and after a short period in a parish, then completed an STL in Moral Theology at the Gregorian University, Rome.
Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP was born and brought up in London. When he left school, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He worked in the transport industry before joining the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in 1976 and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Basil Hume on 26 June 1982.
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He lived in Holy Cross Priory, Leicester between 1984 and 1985, during which time he served as Catholic chaplain to Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), before moving to St Dominic’s, Haverstock Hill in north London.
He later served as parish priest of St Dominic’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne before returning to St Dominic’s, Haverstock Hill. In 1992, he was elected Prior Provincial of the English Province of the Order of Preachers. In 2000 he was elected Prior of Blackfriars, Oxford.
On 7 November 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him ninth Bishop of Nottingham, and he was ordained to the episcopate by Bishop James McGuinness in St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham on 8 December 2000. He was installed as the ninth Archbishop of Liverpool on 1 May 2014, the Feast of St Joseph the Worker.
Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP is the vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, a trustee for the Catholic Trust for England and Wales (CATEW) and National President of Pax Christi, the International Catholic Movement for Peace.
Bishop Neylon is the Titular Bishop of Plestia. Born in 1958, he is the oldest of three children of Irish parents who met in Warrington and were married at Sacred Heart Church in the town.
Bishop Tom began training for the priesthood at St Joseph’s College, Upholland at the age of 16 and then at St Cuthbert’s College, Ushaw, Durham. He was was ordained on 31 May 1982 in Heaton Park, Manchester by then-Pope St John Paul II during the Papal Visit.
Following his ordination, his first appointment was as assistant priest at St Cuthbert’s, Wigan and four years later in 1986 he moved to join the Team Ministry serving Skelmersdale.
In 1996 he was appointed as parish priest of St Julie’s, Eccleston, St Helens. In 2004 he took on responsibility for St Teresa’s, Devon Street and in 2018, English Martyrs, Haydock. During his 24 years in St Helens, he also served as Dean of St Helens, was appointed as a Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Liverpool and as a member of the Chapter of Canons of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.
In his spare time, Bishop Tom enjoys spending time with his family - his sister and her husband in Cumbria and his brother and his family in Newton-le-Willows. He also enjoys walking, reading and rugby league, where he supports Warrington Wolves.
Canon Prescott serves as the Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese. He was appointed as a Vicar General on 1 March 2021. He is also parish priest of St Clare and St Hugh near Sefton Park. He deals with the administrative functions pertaining to the ministry of the vicars general.
Under Canon Law, a bishop can appoint one or more Episcopal Vicars who, in a specific part of the diocese or in a certain area of responsibility, possess the same ordinary power as the Bishop.
In the Archdiocese of Liverpool there are six Episcopal Vicars with responsibility for Clergy, Education, Finance, Pastoral Development, Religious, and Sick and Retired Clergy. In addition, Sr Lynne Baron FCJ is the Archbishop’s Delegate for Catholic Social Action.
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