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Our bishops, episcopal vicars, trustees and more.
Archbishop Malcolm Patrick 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 McMahon 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.
Bishop Williams is the Titular Bishop of Mageo. He was born on the 10th February 1948, in Liverpool. His father, Richard, was a bargee based in Stanley Dock and his mother, Margaret, was a school cleaner.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop George Andrew Beck on 27 May 1972 in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.
His first appointment was to St Francis of Assisi, Garston in September 1972. In January 1975 he was appointed to Sacred Heart Parish, Hall Lane, Liverpool where he served as a chaplain to the primary schools and the Royal Liverpool Hospital or ‘Old Royal’.
In 1984 he was asked to take responsibility for Our Lady Immaculate Parish in St Domingo Road. The ancient chapel, designed by Pugin, was condemned as unusable and Father Tom oversaw the conversion of the parish centre into a church which was opened by Archbishop Derek Worlock in 1986.
He has been a member of FLAME for 27 years, travelling to Lourdes with children and young people with disabilities, and has also worked with the St Anthony’s Lourdes Trust finding funding to train local teenagers to work with young people with disabilities in Lourdes. He has been Chair of Project Jennifer since it began in 2002, looking at the redevelopment of the Scotland Road and Great Homer Street districts.
He served as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Liverpool between 2013 and 2014 following the retirement of Archbishop Patrick Kelly.
He is currently Chair of the Healthcare Reference Group of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
His hobbies include a weekly game of golf and he is a member of the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club. He enjoys horse racing, is a fanatic Evertonian and, until the onset of regular Sunday and mid-week fixtures, was a season ticket holder for many years.
On Saturday 25 March, it was published by the Holy See that the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Tom Williams from the office of Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool upon reaching the age of 75 years. Bishop Williams will now be known as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus.
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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