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He was educated at Oxford High School until he moved to London in 1956, when he attended Enfield Grammar. In 1963 he began a degree in Theology at King College , London , taking his degree in 1966. He then attended Warminster Theological College and was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1968. He served as a priest in the Church of England until 1992 when he converted to the Catholic Church , he was ordained a priest in the Catholic Church on the 4th December 1995. For three years he served as Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Victories in Kensington, London; before he became parish priest at Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea. In 2001 he was appointed as Vicar General and in 2002 became a member of Bishops' Conference Committee for Liturgy and Worship. Aged fifty eight years of age he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster on the 4th January 2003, making him one of the most senior members of Catholic Clergy to have converted in the 1990s. He was on the 24th January 2003 Ordained Bishop. |
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