Michael George Bowen

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Michael George Bowen
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Spoken style His Grace
Religious style Monsignor
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Michael George Bowen (born April 23, 1930) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Southwark from 1977 to 2003, having previously served as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.

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Michael Bowen was born in Gibraltar, and was a wine merchant[1] before being ordained to the priesthood on July 6, 1958.

On May 18, 1970, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton and Titular Bishop of Lamsorti by Pope Paul VI. Bowen received his episcopal consecration on the following June 27 from Archbishop Domenico Enrici, with Bishops David Cashman and Derek Worlock serving as co-consecrators.

He succeeded the late David Cashman as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on March 14, 1971. Bowen was later named Archbishop of Southwark on March 28, 1977, and resigned his post as Archbishop after twenty-six years of service, on November 6, 2003. Following the announcement of his resignation, Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said, "Archbishop Michael Bowen enters a well earned retirement after many years of faithful and joyous service on behalf of the Church...He has been a true teacher and guide to his flock, a man who has led with certainty and humility, and served well the people and priests of his Archdiocese"[2].

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  1. ^ London SE1. Archbishop of Southwark to reitre May 24, 2003
  2. ^ Archdiocese of Westminster. New Archbishop of Southwark November 6, 2003

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Preceded by
David John Cashman		 Bishop of Arundel and Brighton
1971–1977		 Succeeded by
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Preceded by
Cyril Conrad Cowderoy		 Archbishop of Southwark
1977–2003		 Succeeded by
Kevin John Patrick McDonald