Marcus Stock

The Right Reverend
Marcus Stock
Bishop of Leeds
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Leeds
Appointed 15 September 2014
Installed 13 November 2014
Predecessor Arthur Roche
Orders
Ordination 13 August 1988
by Basil Hume (Westminster)
Consecration 13 November 2014
by Vincent Nichols (Westminster)
Personal details
Birth name Marcus Nigel Stock
Born August 27, 1961
London
Nationality English
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post General Secretary, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (2009-2014)
Acting Director, Catholic Education Service (2011-2013)
Director of Schools, Archdiocese of Birmingham (1999-2009)
Acting Director of Schools, Archdiocese of Birmingham (1995-1999)
Religious Education Teacher, European School, Culham (1991-1994)
Tutor in Theology, Archdiocese of Birmingham Permanent Diaconate Formation Program (1989-1994)
Alma mater Keble College, Oxford
English College, Rome
Pontifical Gregorian University[1]
Motto Desiderio, desideravi
(I have desired with desire to be with you Luke, 22:15)
Styles of
Marcus Stock
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop

Marcus Stock (born 27 August 1961) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. On 15 September 2014, he was announced as the tenth Bishop of Leeds succeeding Arthur Roche[2] and ordained bishop into this role on 13 November 2014.

Early life

Marcus Stock was born on 27 August 1961 in London, England. He attended Oxford University, studying Theology at Keble College.[1] He entered training for the priesthood at the Venerable English College and was awarded a Licence in Dogmatic Theology by the Pontifical Gregorian University.[1] He was ordained a Deacon whilst in Rome by Cardinal Basil Hume, the then Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.[1]

Priestly ministry

Marcus Stock was ordained a priest in 1988 by the Archbishop of Birmingham Maurice Couve de Murville and served in parishes across the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Between 1991 and 1994, Stock was a teacher of Religious Education at the European School, Culham. He was appointed Assistant Director before being promoted to Director of the Archdiocesan Schools Commission between 1999 and 2009,[1] before being appointed General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales in the same year by Vincent Nichols. He led the Bishops' Conference during the Papal Visit to the UK in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, and was in interim charge of the Catholic Education Service after the resignation of Oona Stannard. Shortly before his appointment as Bishop of Leeds it was announced that he would be succeeded at the Bishops' Conference by Fr Christopher Thomas from the Diocese of Nottingham at the conclusion of his five year term. In 2012, Stock was appointed Chaplain of His Holiness by Pope Benedict XVI.

Episcopal career

Pope Francis appointed Stock to the See of Leeds on 15 September 2014.[2] He chose the episcopal motto Desiderio, desideravi (Luke, 22:15) which translates as I have desired with desire to be with you. Bishop-elect Stock attended Solemn Vespers on the eve of his consecration as bishop, where his episcopal insignia (ring, mitre and crozier) were blessed by Monsignor John Wilson, the Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Leeds. His crozier was given as a gift from Stock's previous diocese, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.[1]

On 13 November 2014, Marcus Stock was consecrated the tenth Bishop of Leeds by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, along with the co-consecrators Archbishop Bernard Longley, the Archbishop of Birmingham (from the diocese Stock had previously ministered in) and Archbishop Arthur Roche, the ninth bishop and Bishop Emeritus of Leeds (from whom Bishop Stock is succeeding).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds (12 November 2014). Solemn Vespers on the Memorial of Saint Josaphat. Leeds: Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. p. 2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nomina del Vescovo di Leeds (Inghilterra)". Vatican Press Office. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Arthur Roche		 Bishop of Leeds
2014 – present 		Incumbent