Alan Hopes
| The Right Reverend Alan Hopes | |
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| Bishop of East Anglia | |
 Alan Hopes in 2011 | |
| Church | Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist |
| Province | Westminster |
| Diocese | East Anglia |
| See | East Anglia |
| Appointed | 11 June 2013 |
| Installed | 16 July 2013 |
| Predecessor | Michael Charles Evans |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
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| Consecration |
24 January 2003 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Alan Stephen Hopes |
| Born |
14 March 1944 Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | King's College London |
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| Ordination history of Alan Hopes | |
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Priestly ordination | |
| Date of ordination | 4 December 1995 |
Episcopal consecration | |
| Principal consecrator | Cormac Murphy-O’Connor |
| Co-consecrator | Arthur Roche |
| Co-consecrator | Kieran Conry |
| Date of consecration | 24 January 2003 |
| Place of consecration | Westminster Cathedral |
Alan Stephen Hopes is the Catholic Bishop of East Anglia[1] He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Cuncacestre.[2]
Early life and education
He was born in Oxford, England on 14 March 1944.[2] Hopes was educated at Oxford High School until he moved to London in 1956, when he attended Enfield Grammar School. In 1963 he began a degree in theology at King's College London, taking his degree in 1966. He then attended Warminster Theological College.[3]
Priesthood
He was ordained as an Anglican priest in the Church of England in 1968. Hopes served as a priest in the Church of England until 1994 when he was received into the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 4 December 1995. For three years he served as assistant priest at Our Lady of Victories in Kensington, London, before becoming parish priest of the Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More Parish, Chelsea.[3][4]
In 2001, Hopes was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Westminster[3] and in 2002 became a member of Bishops' Conference Committee for Liturgy and Worship.
Episcopate
On 4 January 2003, at the age of 58, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Westminster,[5] making him one of the most senior members of Catholic clergy to have converted in the 1990s. On 24 January 2003 he received episcopal consecration,[6] along with the now Archbishop Bernard Longley, in Westminster Cathedral from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. The principal co-consecrating bishops were Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds and Bishop Kieran Conry of Arundel and Brighton.
In October 2010, Hopes was appointed as episcopal delegate of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales for the implementation of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.[7]
On 11 June 2013, Pope Francis appointed Hopes the fourth Bishop of East Anglia[1][6] and installed on 16 July 2013 at St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich.[3]
In 2014, Hopes celebrated a historic Pontifical High Mass at the throne in his cathedral, for All Saints' Day.[8]
In June 2015, Bishop Hopes visited the Port of Felixstowe at the invitation of Apostleship of the Sea. He went on board two ships and met with seafarers and blessed them. He also celebrated Mass at the port chapel.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Pope Appoints New Bishop of East Anglia" (Press release). Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- 1 2 Cheney, David M. (21 August 2013), Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes, Catholic-hierarchy.org, retrieved 7 November 2010
- 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Alan Hopes installed as new Bishop of East Anglia". Independent Catholic News (UK). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Bishop Alan Hopes' Biography, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 11 June 2013, retrieved 11 November 2013
- ↑ Bishop Alan Hopes, Archdiocese of Westminster, 24 February 2006, retrieved 7 November 2010
- 1 2 "Pope appoints new Bishop of East Anglia". Independent Catholic News (UK). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Two more Anglican bishops to become Catholic". Independent Catholic News (UK). 8 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Historic: First Pontifical High Mass at the Throne in England since the advent of the new rite". Rorate Caeli. Published: 4 November 2014.
- ↑
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| Preceded by Michael Charles Evans |
Bishop of East Anglia 2013 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Owen Francis Swindlehurst |
Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre 2003 – present |
Succeeded by Vacant |
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