Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox diocese The Bishop of Arundel and Brighton is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the Province of Southwark, England.<ref name=darun>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref>
On 21 May 2015, Pope Francis appointed Richard Moth to be the fifth bishop of Arundel and Brighton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was installed on 28 May 2015 at Arundel Cathedral.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The most recent former bishop was the Right Reverend Kieran Thomas Conry, the fourth bishop of the diocese,<ref name=darun/> who announced his resignation on 27 September 2014, and which was accepted by Pope Francis on 4 October 2014.<ref name=conryresigned/>
The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton was created on 28 May 1965 out of the Diocese of Southwark when the latter was elevated to archdiocese status.<ref name=darun/>
The diocese covers Template:Cvt and consists of the counties of East and West Sussex and Surrey outside the Greater London Boroughs. The see is in the town of Arundel where the bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady & Saint Philip Howard.<ref name=darun/>
List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
| Bishops of Arundel and Brighton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1965 | 1971 | David John Cashman | Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Westminster (1958–1965). Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 14 June 1965. Died in office on 14 March 1971.<ref name=bcashman>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref> |
| 1971 | 1977 | Michael George Bowen | Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 18 May 1970 and consecrated on 27 June 1970. Succeeded Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 14 March 1971. Translated to Southwark on 28 March 1977, from which he resigned on 6 November 2003.<ref name=bbowen>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref> |
| 1977 | 2000 | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor | Priest of the Diocese of Portsmouth and former Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome. Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 17 November 1977 and consecrated on 21 December 1977. Translated to Westminster on 15 February 2000. |
| 2001 | 2014 | Kieran Thomas Conry | Formerly a priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Appointed bishop on 8 May 2001 and consecrated on 9 June 2001.<ref name=bconry>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref> Resigned on 4 October 2014.<ref name=conryresigned>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2015 | incumbent | Richard Moth | Priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark and afterwards Vicar General. Appointed as Bishop of the Forces in 2009. Appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 21 May 2015. |
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