BY Ian Dunn | March 21 | 
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Bishop Malcolm McMahon named as the new Archbishop of Liverpool
Pax Christi national president thanks his predecessor. Installation Mass on May 1
Pope Francis has appointed the Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham to be the ninth Archbishop of Liverpool.
Archbishop-elect McMahon (above), a Dominican priest, was ordained in 1982 and was appointed Bishop of Nottingham in November 2000. He is chairman of the English bishops’ conference department of education and formation and is national president of Pax Christi, the Catholic peace group.
Speaking at a press conference in the Metropolitan Cathedral Archbishop-Elect McMahon said he was ‘honoured and humbled.’
“I promise to do my best to repay the trust that he has placed in me, and which the priests and people of the Archdiocese of Liverpool are being asked to put in me from today,” he said. “I would like to thank Archbishop Patrick Kelly for his many years of service in this archdiocese, and Bishop Tom Williams, who has been Apostolic administrator since Archbishop Kelly’s retirement last year.”
The archbishop-elect said he was sorrow to be leaving Nottingham but excited by his new role
“I am grateful to my family and friends, my Dominican brethren, and the priests and people of the Diocese of Nottingham for their support, guidance and friendship,” he said. “I am naturally sorry to be leaving Nottingham, my home for the last 13years, and I will miss the people there; I hope that the prayers of my diocese will come with me as I prepare to bid them a fond farewell shortly after Easter. The Archdiocese of Liverpool has a long and proud history, rich in the tradition of missionary discipleship.
“We just have to think of the many priests, deacons, religious and laypeople who have done so much to proclaim the Kingdom of God and who gave their lives in his service, and the Archdiocese’s parishes, churches and schools are living witnesses to God’s love for us. The rich and living Catholic heritage of the Archdiocese should inspire us and challenge us, and I know that I can rely on the prayers and support of the Catholic faithful as I take up the challenge which lies ahead of me.”
Archbishop-Elect McMahon’s Mass of installation as Archbishop of Liverpool will be celebrated at 12 noon on Thursday May 1 2014, the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.
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