Peter Doyle (bishop) explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Peter Doyle
Bishop emeritus of Northampton
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Province:Westminster
Diocese:Northampton
Appointed:24 May 2005
Enthroned:28 June 2005
Term End:19 March 2020
Predecessor:Kevin John Patrick McDonald
Successor:David Oakley
Ordination:8 June 1968
Ordained By:Derek Worlock
Consecration:28 June 2005
Consecrated By:Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Birth Name:Peter John Haworth Doyle
Birth Date:3 May 1944
Birth Place:Blackburn, England
Nationality:British
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:facere 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.

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.

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

  1. . Northampton, Bishop of, (RC) Rt Rev. Peter John Haworth Doyle in Who's Who 2007 online (A. & C. Black, London) (accessed 28 September 2007)
  2. http://www.nymo.org/standard.asp?id=449 Diocese of Northampton - The Bishop of Northampton
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4578025.stm BBC News - Pope names first British Bishop
  4. Web site: Catholic Association . 2012-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120215002958/http://www.catholicassociation.co.uk/hospitalite/hospcounc.shtml . 2012-02-15 .