| The Right Reverend Peter Doyle | |
|---|---|
| Bishop emeritus of Northampton | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Westminster |
| Diocese | Northampton |
| Appointed | 24 May 2005 |
| Installed | 28 June 2005 |
| Term ended | 19 March 2020 |
| Predecessor | Kevin John Patrick McDonald |
| Successor | David Oakley |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 June 1968 by Derek Worlock |
| Consecration | 28 June 2005 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter John Haworth Doyle (1944-05-03) 3 May 1944 (age 80) Blackburn, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | facere judicium et dilicere caritatem |
| Coat of arms |  |
Peter John Haworth Doyle (born 3 May 1944) is the retired Roman Catholic bishop of Northampton.
Early life
Doyle was born on 3 May 1944 in Wilpshire, Lancashire, the son of John Robert Doyle and his wife Alice Gertrude (née Haworth) Doyle was educated at St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, London, before ordination as a priest in 1968.
Career
Doyle was a curate at Portsmouth and Windsor from 1968 to 1975, then administrator of the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, 1975 to 1987, parish priest of St Joseph's, Maidenhead, 1987 to 1991 and of St Peter's, Winchester, 1991 to 2005, and concurrently a canon of St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, from 1983 to 2005.
Doyle's appointment to Northampton was Pope Benedict XVI's first senior appointment in the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. He was consecrated at Northampton Cathedral on 28 June 2005 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.
Sportsman
Doyle played for rugby football clubs in Windsor and Portsmouth, plays golf, and enjoys skiing.
Lourdes
Doyle actively encourages people to travel to Lourdes, to which he has a great attachment.
The Northampton diocese, together with the dioceses of Clifton, East Anglia, Portsmouth and Southwark, plus Stonyhurst College travel each year with the Catholic Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Doyle became the patron of the Catholic Association Hospitalité from 2012, on the retirement of Bishop Crispian Hollis.
References
- ^ . Northampton, Bishop of, (RC) Rt Rev. Peter John Haworth Doyle in Who's Who 2007 online (A. & C. Black, London) (accessed 28 September 2007)
- Diocese of Northampton - The Bishop of Northampton Archived 2007-11-25 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 September 2007
- BBC News - Pope names first British Bishop
- "Catholic Association". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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| Preceded byKevin McDonald | Bishop of Northampton 2005 to 2020 |
Succeeded byDavid Oakley |
| Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in England and Wales | ||
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| Province of Birmingham | ||
| Province of Liverpool | ||
| Province of Southwark | ||
| Province of Cardiff-Menevia | ||
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