John Arnold (bishop)

The Right Reverend John Arnold
Bishop of Salford
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Salford
Appointed	30 September 2014
Installed	8 December 2014
Predecessor	Terence Brain
Orders
Ordination	16 July 1983 by Cardinal Basil Hume OSB
Consecration	2 February 2006 by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Personal details
Born	(1953-06-12) 12 June 1953 Sheffield, England, UK
Nationality	British
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (2006-2014) Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne (2006-2014)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (born 12 June 1953^[1]) is the eleventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford.^[2] He was formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster and held the titular see of Lindisfarne.

Arnold was born in Sheffield and attended Mylnhurst Convent School before attending Grace Dieu Manor School and Ratcliffe College, both schools run by the Institute of Charity (Rosminian Fathers). In 1975 he graduated with a law degree from Trinity College, Oxford and completed his legal qualification by being called to the Bar in the Middle Temple in 1976 after studies at the Council of Legal Education.

Arnold left the field of law and entered a seminary to undertake the studies for receiving Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. He was ordained on 16 July 1983 by Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, the Archbishop of Westminster.

Between 1981-85 he studied for a JCD at the Gregoriana. After his ordination he was a chaplin of the Cathederal from 1985-1988 and from 1988-1993 vice-administrator of the Cathederal. In 1993 he was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. George, in Enfield. From 2001 to 2005 he was vicar general and chancellor of the diocese.

In recognition of this work as a priest, he was named a Chaplain of His Holiness. In December 2006 he was named as an auxiliary bishop for Westminster, for which office he was consecrated a bishop by the subsequent Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. He held responsibility for the pastoral care of the deaneries of Barnet, Brent, Enfield, Haringey and Harrow. He was also the Chairman for the charity CAFOD, the Catholic Church's aid and development agency.^[3] He additionally served as Chairman of the Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board.

On 30 September 2014, he was appointed to be the Bishop of Salford and was installed on 8 December 2014.

References

Sources

• "The Right Reverend John Arnold". The Catholic Church in England and Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2012. 

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