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| Bishop Kieran Conry |  |
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| Bishop Kieran was
consecrated the fourth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 9 June 2001. Born in Coventry, he studied at the Venerable English College in Rome and the Gregorian University. He was ordained in 1975, becoming a Monsignor in 1984. After a period as parish priest in Staffordshire and then Administrator at St Chad's Cathedral, Mgr. Conry was Director of the Catholic Media Office from 1994 to 2001. |
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| Canon Tim Madeley | ||||||||||||||||
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| Canon Tim was born in Brighton,
baptised in St Pancras, Lewes and educated in the Diocesan Catholic
Schools system in Lewes, Horsham, Ifield and Crawley. He began his
training for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, Wonersh in 1987
and was ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Crispian Hollis in the
Seminary in 1993. He served his Diaconate in St Joseph's, Redhill
until his ordination to the priesthood in April 1994 at St John the
Evangelist, Horsham by Bishop (now Cardinal) Cormac Murphy O'Connor. |
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| Canon Tim was appointed
immediately to Our Lady of Ransom, Eastbourne on a temporary basis
until this was made permanent later that Summer. He stayed at Eastbourne
until his appointment to St. Francis and St. Anthony, Crawley in September
1998. During the next seven years, as part of a developing clergy
team, Canon Tim saw the amalgamation of four parishes (seven churches)
into one new parish with the clergy living and working from one central
parish house. He was appointed Dean of Arundel Cathedral in 2005 and arrived in mid September. He was installed as a Canon of the Chapter of Arundel Cathedral
on 26th February 2008. |
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| Deacon David Clifton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Deacon David is an
architect by profession and was ordained Deacon of the Cathedral in
July 2001. The ordination was conducted by Bishop Kieran.
The Clifton family are long standing Arundelians.
David's son Bruno has recently taken his vows as a Dominican Friar |
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| Fr. Malcolm King | ||||||||||||||||
| Father Malcolm was
ordained to the priesthood in Arundel Cathedral by Bishop Kieran in
January 2008. Prior to this he had been an Anglican priest since 1970
having originally trained at Chichester Theological College. He was chaplain in the Royal Air Force, serving in Germany, Malta and Sardinia. After leaving the RAF, he became chaplain to St George’s Hospital, Kings Lynn; parish priest in St Albans diocese and later Spiritual Director at Lincoln Theological College. He returned to Chichester and was based at Coldwaltham and Bury. |
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| After many
years as an Anglo-Catholic within the Anglican faith, Father Malcolm
said that he felt like ‘coming home’ and becoming a Catholic.
The Bishop of Arundel invited him to become part of the priesthood
of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2006 Father Malcolm joined Wonersh
Seminary and was ordained a Deacon in 2007 by the Bishop of Wrexham
after which he was appointed Deacon at St Richard’s Chichester
with the Witterings and Bosham. The Bishop decided that Father Malcolm
should be based in Arundel Cathedral and be available as needed throughout
the Cathedral Deanery. |
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Lay assistants and altar servers provide dedicated support for the liturgy, while beautiful flowers, arranged by a team of ladies, decorate the Cathedral. Cleaning of the church is regularly done by
a devoted body of volunteers from the congregation. |
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