- Malcolm Patrick McMahon
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The Right Reverend
Malcolm McMahon OPBishop of Nottingham Province Westminster Metropolis Westminster Diocese Nottingham See Nottingham Appointed 7 November 2000 Enthroned 8 December 2000 Predecessor James Joseph McGuinness Orders Ordination 26 June 1982 Consecration 8 December 2000
by James Joseph McGuinnessPersonal details Birth name Malcolm Patrick McMahon Born 14 June 1949
London, EnglandNationality British Denomination Roman Catholic Styles of
Malcolm McMahon
Reference style Right Reverend Spoken style Your Lordship Religious style Monsignor Posthumous style not applicable Malcolm Patrick McMahon, OP (born 14 June 1949) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth and current Bishop of Nottingham.
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Early life and ministry
Malcolm McMahon was born in London, and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology before working for Daimler Motor Company and London Transport. In 1976, he decided upon an ecclesiastical career and joined the Dominican Order. Making his religious profession in December 1977, McMahon studied philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford and theology at Heythrop College. He was ordained to the priesthood by Basil Cardinal Hume on 26 June 1982.
He served as chaplain of Leicester Polytechnic from 1984 to 1985, whence he was named pastor for a London parish. McMahon later became pastor of St. Dominic's Church in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1989), and of St. Dominic's Church in Haverstock Hill (1990). He was elected prior provincial of the Dominicans' English province in both 1992 and 1996. In 2000, he was made prior of Blackfriars at Oxford.
Episcopal career
Bishop of Nottingham
On 7 November 2000, McMahon was appointed Bishop of Nottingham by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 8 December from Bishop James McGuinness, with Bishops Victor Guazzelli and Patrick O'Donoghue serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas.
McMahon's name had been mentioned as a possible successor to Cormac Murphy-O'Connor as Archbishop of Westminster[1] and to Kevin MacDonald as Archbishop of Southwark.
Views
Malcolm McMahon supports the idea of marriage of Catholic priests. He said there is no doctrinal reason preventing them from having wives:
"There is no reason why priests shouldn't be allowed to marry.It has always been a matter of discipline rather than doctrine[...]It is a question of justice for those men who want to be priests and to have a wife. Marriage should not bar them from their vocation but they must be married before they are ordained. The justice issue also applies to communities which could be deprived of the Eucharist because there aren’t enough priests.[2]"
He also supports increasing the role of women in Catholic Church, however he is against ordination of women as priests:
"I look forward to the day when women play a greater role in ministry and take up more of a place in the Church, but not in sacred orders.[3]"
Personal info
The Bishop is one of a dozen clerics who play golf at Hollinwell every Tuesday. In his free time he likes to listen to live music at the Lakeside and Opera North at the Theatre Royal but also admits to being a fan of Nora Jones. He enjoys eating out at one of his two favourite restaurants in Nottingham, Turkish restaurant Antalya and Dolche, an Italian opposite the Broadway Cinema, which he also likes to frequent.[4]
References
- ^ Thompson, Damian (6 Feb 2009). "Paddy Power suspends betting on Bishop Malcolm McMahon for Westminster". Telegraph. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/8297667/Paddy_Power_suspends_betting_on_Bishop_Malcolm_McMahon_for_Westminster/.
- ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (8 Nov 2008). "Catholic Church has no reason to stop priests from marrying, says leading bishop". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3406108/Catholic-Church-has-no-reason-to-stop-priests-from-marrying-says-leading-bishop.html/.
- ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (8 Nov 2008). "Catholic Church has no reason to stop priests from marrying, says leading bishop". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3406108/Catholic-Church-has-no-reason-to-stop-priests-from-marrying-says-leading-bishop.html/.
- ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (2009-03-04). "Serving Nottingham". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/03/04/bishop_malcolm_mcmahon_feature.shtml/.
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Catholic Church titles Preceded by
James McGuinnessBishop of Nottingham
2000–presentSucceeded by
incumbentCatholic Archbishops and Bishops in England and Wales Province of Westminster Thomas McMahon (Brentwood) · Vacant post (East Anglia) · Peter Doyle (Northampton) · Malcolm McMahon (Nottingham) · Vincent Nichols (Westminster)Province of Birmingham Province of Liverpool John Rawsthorne (Hallam) · Michael Campbell (Lancaster) · Arthur Roche (Leeds) · Patrick Kelly (Liverpool) · Terence Patrick Drainey (Middlesbrough) · Séamus Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) · Terence Brain (Salford)Province of Southwark Province of Cardiff Military Ordinariate Charles Phillip Richard Moth (Bishopric of the Forces)Apostolic Exarchate Apostolic Nuncio Antonio MenniniCategories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Blackfriars, Oxford
- People from London
- Members of the Dominican Order
- English bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops in the United Kingdom
- Post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops in England
- People associated with De Montfort University
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
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