Cardinal marks 60 years of priesthood

The Rt Rev Richard Moth, Bishop of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, welcomed former Bishop Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor to Arundel Cathedral at the end of last month to celebrate 60 years of priesthood.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Dec 2016, 10:29 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2016, 12:52 BST
The Rt Rev Richard Moth, Bishop of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, welcomed former Bishop Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor to Arundel Cathedral at the end of last month to celebrate 60 years of priesthood.The Rt Rev Richard Moth, Bishop of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, welcomed former Bishop Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor to Arundel Cathedral at the end of last month to celebrate 60 years of priesthood.
The Rt Rev Richard Moth, Bishop of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, welcomed former Bishop Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor to Arundel Cathedral at the end of last month to celebrate 60 years of priesthood.

Cardinal Cormac was ordained a priest in October 1956 in Rome before returning to the Diocese of Portsmouth to work.

In 1971, he was appointed Rector of the English College in Rome from where he was called to become Bishop of Arundel & Brighton in November 1977. He was Bishop of Arundel & Brighton for nearly 23 years.

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In November 2000, he was as installed as tenth Archbishop of Westminster and made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in February 2001. He is now retired.

Bishop Richard said, in welcoming the Cardinal back to his old Diocese, that in saving his final Diamond Jubilee celebration for Arundel & Brighton Diocese, the Cardinal ‘had saved the best wine till last!’

Cardinal Cormac, during his homily, said: “We should not look backwards, for we are an Advent people, looking forward with hope.”

He spoke of his continual trust in the Lord ‘who is full of mercy and compassion’.

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He reflected that the Lord was ‘present both in the hopes and joys as well as the griefs and sorrows of life’.

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