Peter Doyle (bishop)
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Peter John Haworth Doyle (born 3 May 1944) is the retired Roman Catholic bishop of Northampton.
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
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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]
References
- ↑ a b c d e f . Northampton, Bishop of, (RC) Rt Rev. Peter John Haworth DoyleScript error: No such module "Unsubst". in Who's Who 2007 online (A. & C. Black, London) (accessed 28 September 2007)
- ↑ Diocese of Northampton - The Bishop of Northampton Template:Webarchive accessed 15 September 2007
- ↑ BBC News - Pope names first British Bishop
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