Peter Doyle (bishop)

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Peter Doyle
Bishop emeritus of Northampton
Church Roman Catholic Church
Province Westminster
Diocese Northampton
Appointed24 May 2005
Installed28 June 2005
Term ended19 March 2020
Predecessor Kevin John Patrick McDonald
Successor David Oakley
Orders
Ordination8 June 1968
by  Derek Worlock
Consecration28 June 2005
by  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Personal details
Born
Peter John Haworth Doyle

(1944-05-03) 3 May 1944 (age 79)
Blackburn, England
NationalityBritish
Denomination Roman Catholic
Mottofacere judicium et dilicere caritatem
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Peter John Haworth Doyle.svg

Peter John Haworth Doyle (born 3 May 1944) is the retired Roman Catholic bishop of Northampton.

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Early life

Doyle was born on 3 May 1944 in Wilpshire, Lancashire, the son of John Robert Doyle and his wife Alice Gertrude (née Haworth) [1] Doyle was educated at St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, London, before ordination as a priest in 1968. [2]

Career

Doyle was a curate at Portsmouth and Windsor from 1968 to 1975, [1] then administrator of the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, 1975 to 1987, [1] parish priest of St Joseph's, Maidenhead, 1987 to 1991 and of St Peter's, Winchester, 1991 to 2005, [1] and concurrently a canon of St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, from 1983 to 2005. [1]

Doyle's appointment to Northampton was Pope Benedict XVI's first senior appointment in the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. [3] He was consecrated at Northampton Cathedral on 28 June 2005 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

Sportsman

Doyle played for rugby football clubs in Windsor and Portsmouth, plays golf, and enjoys skiing. [1]

Lourdes

Doyle actively encourages people to travel to Lourdes, to which he has a great attachment.[ citation needed ]

The Northampton diocese, together with the dioceses of Clifton, East Anglia, Portsmouth and Southwark, plus Stonyhurst College travel each year with the Catholic Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Doyle became the patron of the Catholic Association Hospitalité from 2012, on the retirement of Bishop Crispian Hollis. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 . Northampton, Bishop of, (RC) Rt Rev. Peter John Haworth Doyle [ permanent dead link ] in Who's Who 2007 online (A. & C. Black, London) (accessed 28 September 2007)
  2. Diocese of Northampton - The Bishop of Northampton Archived 2007-11-25 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 September 2007
  3. BBC News - Pope names first British Bishop
  4. "Catholic Association". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Northampton
2005 to 2020
Succeeded by