Alan Hopes

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The Right Reverend

Alan Hopes
Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia
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Bishop Hopes in 2019
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Province Westminster
Diocese East Anglia
SeeEast Anglia
Appointed11 June 2013
Installed16 July 2013
Term ended11 October 2022
Predecessor Michael Charles Evans
Successor Peter Collins
Orders
Ordination1968 (Anglican priest)
4 December 1995 (Catholic priest)
by  George Basil Cardinal Hume
Consecration24 January 2003
by  Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Personal details
Born
Alan Stephen Hopes

(1944-03-17) 17 March 1944 (age 80)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Alma mater King's College London
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Ordination history of
Alan Hopes
History
Priestly ordination
Date4 December 1995
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Co-consecrators Arthur Roche, Kieran Conry
Date24 January 2003
Place Westminster Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alan Hopes as principal consecrator
Peter Collins 14 December 2022

Alan Stephen Hopes (born 17 March 1944) is a British Roman Catholic prelate and former Anglican priest. From 2013 to 2022 he served as the Bishop of East Anglia. He was previously appointed as an auxiliary bishop of Westminster in 2003.

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Early life and education

Hopes was born in Oxford, England, on 17 March 1944. [1] He 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, graduating in 1966. He then attended Warminster Theological College, an Anglican theological college to train for ministry in the Church of England. [2]

Anglican ministry

Hopes was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1968. As a priest in the Church of England he was Vicar of St Paul's Church, Tottenham from 1978 to 1994.

Roman Catholic ministry

Priesthood

In 1994, 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. [2] [3]

In 2001, Hopes was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Westminster [2] and in 2002 became a member of the Committee for Liturgy and Worship of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.[ citation needed ]

Episcopate

Hopes at the ordination of former Anglican bishops to the Catholic diaconate in 2011 Hopes Newton Broadhurst 2011-01-13.jpg
Hopes at the ordination of former Anglican bishops to the Catholic diaconate in 2011

On 4 January 2003, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular bishop of Cuncacestre and an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, [1] [4] making him one of the most senior members of Catholic clergy to have converted in the 1990s.[ citation needed ] On 24 January 2003 he received episcopal consecration, [5] [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.[ citation needed ] As an auxiliary bishop, Hopes had particular pastoral oversight of the deaneries of West London.

In October 2010, Hopes was appointed 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 [5] [8] [6] and he was installed on 16 July 2013 at St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich. [2]

On 28 October 2016 he was appointed by Pope Francis a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.[ citation needed ]

Hopes submitted his resignation as required upon turning 75 and Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 11 October 2022. He remained as apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of his successor on 14 December 2022. [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.01.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ Bishop Alan Hopes' Biography, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 11 June 2013, retrieved 11 November 2013
  4. ↑ Bishop Alan Hopes, Archdiocese of Westminster, 24 February 2006, retrieved 7 November 2010
  5. 1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.06.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Pope appoints new Bishop of East Anglia". Independent Catholic News. UK. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Two more Anglican bishops to become Catholic". Independent Catholic News. UK. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Pope Appoints New Bishop of East Anglia" (Press release). Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. 11 June 2003. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of East Anglia
2013 – 2022		Succeeded by
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre
2003 – 2013		Succeeded by
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