John Rawsthorne

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The Right Reverend John Rawsthorne
Bishop of Hallam
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Hallam
See	Hallam
Appointed	4 June 1997
Installed	4 June 1997
Predecessor	Gerald Moverley
Orders
Ordination	16 June 1962
Consecration	16 December 1981 by Derek John Worlock
Personal details
Born	(1936-11-12) 12 November 1936 Crosby, Lancashire
Nationality	British
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (1981 - 1997) Titular Bishop of Rotdon (1981 - 1997)

Styles of John Rawsthorne

Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

John Rawsthorne (born 12 November 1936) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, currently serving as Bishop of Hallam.^[1]

John Rawsthorne was the first son of Harold (d. 1945) and Miriam (d. 1989) Rawsthorne; he has two brothers, Paul and Christopher, and three sisters, Elizabeth, Ann, and Katherine. After attending St. Joseph's College in Upholland, he was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1962 by the then Archbishop of Liverpool, John Carmel Heenan.

Until 1965 Rawsthorne studied natural sciences, and was then assigned to pastoral work in West Derby, Croxteth, Childwall, and Liverpool; he also worked in religious education.

On 9 November 1981, Rawsthorne was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Liverpool and titular bishop of Rotdon by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 16 December from Archbishop Derek Worlock, with Bishops Kevin O'Connor and Anthony Hitchen serving as co-consecrators.

Following the resignation of Bishop Gerald Moverley, Rawsthorne was appointed second Bishop of Hallam on 4 July 1997. Rawsthorne is a keen walker and takes part in a sponsored walk every year to raise money to support St. Wilfrid's Drop-in Day Centre in Sheffield. He is also an active member of with the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, especially with education and youth work.

References

↑ Bishop John Rawsthorne, Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Religious titles
Preceded by Gerald Moverley	Bishop of Hallam 1997–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops in England and Wales

Province of Westminster	Thomas McMahon (Brentwood) Alan Hopes (East Anglia) Peter Doyle (Northampton) Malcolm McMahon (Nottingham) Vincent Nichols (Westminster)

Province of Birmingham	Bernard Longley (Birmingham) Declan Lang (Clifton) Mark Davies (Shrewsbury)

Province of Liverpool	John Rawsthorne (Hallam) Michael Campbell (Lancaster) Vacant post (Leeds) Vacant post (Liverpool) Terry Drainey (Middlesbrough) Séamus Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Terence Brain (Salford)

Province of Southwark	Kieran Conry (Arundel and Brighton) Christopher Budd (Plymouth) Philip Egan (Portsmouth) Peter Smith (Southwark)

Province of Cardiff	George Stack (Cardiff) Tom Burns (Menevia) Peter Brignall (Wrexham)

Military Ordinariate	Richard Moth (Bishopric of the Forces)

Eparchy	Hlib Lonchyna (Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London)

Apostolic Nuncio	Antonio Mennini

Persondata
Name	Rawsthorne, John
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	12 November 1936
Place of birth	Crosby, Lancashire
Date of death
Place of death

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