Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols

Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana

Motto: Fortis Ut Mors Dilectio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1945		Born
1968²	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
21 Dec 1969	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
5 Nov 1991	45.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
5 Nov 1991	45.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Othona
24 Jan 1992	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Othona
15 Feb 2000	54.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
3 Apr 2009	63.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
21 May 2009	63.5	Installed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
22 Feb 2014	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	68.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana
2 Oct 2014	68.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Vincent Gerard Nichols
Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols
(born 8 Nov 1945)
Archbishop of Westminster

Event Place
Birth Place Crosby, Liverpool, Lancashire, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Westminster.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus †
Titular Archbishop of Horta
Principal Consecrator:
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Derek John Harford Worlock †
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Bishop Alan Charles Clark †
Bishop of East Anglia, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. (1995)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Richard Adrian Walker (2000)
Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright (2000)
Monsignor Keith Newton (2011)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop David Christopher McGough † (2005)
Archbishop John Francis Sherrington (2011)
Bishop Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson (2014)
Bishop Alan Stephen Williams, S.M. (2014)
Bishop Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock (2014)
Bishop Patrick Joseph McKinney (2015)
Bishop Paul McAleenan (2016)
Archbishop John Wilson (2016)
Bishop Carmel Zammit (2016)
Bishop David James Oakley (2020)
Bishop James Paul Curry (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edwin Regan (1994)
Bishop Declan Ronan Lang (2001)
Archbishop Kevin John Patrick McDonald (2001)
Bishop Kevin John Dunn † (2004)
Bishop John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (2006)
Archbishop Mark Anthony O’Toole (2014)
Bishop David Arthur Waller (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89668309
WikiData: Q765284

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129, Number 11,611
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: Bollettino, 26 Sep 2014
op: CL, 8 Oct 2015
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018

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