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  Archbishop of Birmingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archbishop of Birmingham heads the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in England.
The Archbishop's see in the City of Birmingham where his cathedra or seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Chad.
With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the centuries from Queen Elizabeth I by instituting Catholic dioceses on the regular historical pattern.
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 Archbishop Grimshaw School
Archbishop Grimshaw School is located in the southeast outskirts of Birmingham and was apparently named after Francis Joseph Grimshaw, who served as Archbishop of Birmingham from 1954 until his death in 1965.
Archbishop Grimshaw school was apparently named for Francis Joseph Grimshaw, who was appointed as Archbishop of Birmingham in 1954 after being ordained in 1926 and consecrated as Bishop of Plymouth in 1947.
Archbishop Grimshaw School is located in Chelmsley Wood, in the outskirts of Birmingham, apparently near Marston Green and the intersection of the M6 and the M42 (see Figure 1).
www.grimshaworigin.org /Webpages2/ArchGrimSchool.htm   (10030 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Archbishop meets BBC over 'bias'
In a statement, the archbishop said: "I was able to express the deep disquiet felt by so many Catholics and others at some aspects of BBC programmes with regard to religious belief in general and the Catholic Church in particular.
The archbishop also complained about the timing of the Kenyon Confronts and Panorama programmes - to be shown in the same month as Pope John Paul II celebrates his 25th anniversary as pontiff and the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Archbishop Nichols said he was given a "full and impressive" list of the BBC's programming schedules to mark the events.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3172408.stm   (348 words)

  
 This is Oxfordshire | CommuniGate | Archbishop of Birmingham: Hospital Chaplaincy
By The Universe: The Archbishop of Birmingham has condemned a decision by the Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust to axe all but one hospital chaplain and has requested that the decision is reversed.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols is working closely with the Anglican Bishop of Worcester, Rt Rev Peter Selby, to convince the Worcestershire NHS Trust to reverse its decision, which if implemented, would leave just one Free Church hospital chaplain to cover three large hospitals in Worcester, Kidderminster and Redditch.
The Archbishop argued his case in a letter to John Rostill, chief executive of the Worcester Acute Hospitals Trust, in which he emphasised that he was ‘responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics’ throughout the Archdioceses of Birmingham which includes Worcestershire.
www.communigate.co.uk /oxford/rcchurch/page51.phtml   (513 words)

  
 titusonenine » Blog Archive » The Archbishop of Birmingham expresses Concerns over new regulations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Archbishop of Birmingham Vincent Nichols threatened to withdraw Catholic co-operation with the Government over schools, charity programmes and adoption agencies if the new sexual orientation regulations go ahead.
It’s simply amazing how religous conservatives like the Archbishop in the news story and like minded souls in the USA are thrilled when they get their morality encoded in the laws of the land but cry foul when it goes the other way.
The Archbishop rightly refuses to be bullied by the tyranny of the majority.
titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=16429   (2368 words)

  
 Birmingham, city, England — Infoplease.com
Birmingham is Britain's second largest city (in both area and population) and is the center of water, road, and rail transportation in the
Birmingham was among the first English localities to have a municipal bank, a comprehensive water-supply system, and development planning.
The Univ. of Birmingham is in the suburb of Edgbaston, as is the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a Roman Catholic shrine that was formerly the parish house of John Henry Cardinal
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0807661.html   (598 words)

  
 Archbishop of Birmingham: "We Must All Act For the Good of the People and the Planet His Vision For a Modern ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Archbishop of Birmingham yesterday attacked society's lack of respect for human life and the environment while outlining an alternative manifesto for the General Election.
The archbishop said moral issues such as human embryo research and cloning, as well as the potential impact of cross-pollination from genetically modified crops, should dominate the political agenda.
The archbishop said he hoped voters within the Archdiocese of Birmingham would not be afraid to question politicians' views on the value of human life.
www.mindfully.org /GE/GE2/Archbishop-Of-Birmingham-UK.htm   (527 words)

  
 Spero News: Archbishop of Birmingham to cycle 235 miles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, is planning to ride 235 miles during a challenging five-day charity "Cycle For Youth" starting from Aston Hall, Stone, in Staffordshire next Monday, July 19.
The 58-year old Archbishop, who had a hip replacement operation in February 2002, said: "I am looking forward to making this bike ride in the company of more than 50 other cyclists.
Archbishop Nichols added: "When I was growing up in Liverpool, parish and church events were often marked by fun and laughter.
www.speroforum.com /site/print.asp?idarticle=775   (421 words)

  
 Independent Catholic News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
This was the message issued yesterday, by the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham, in the aftermath of the desecration of some Muslim graves in Handsworth Cemetery, Birmingham on Friday.
The Archbishop emphasised: "It is because we respect and honour every human being that we are disgusted by the actions of those who seek to spread conflict and division.
Archbishop Nichols added: "During this week we, as a society, remember the dead, especially those who have died in the course of wars and conflicts.
www.indcatholicnews.com /racismvn.html   (332 words)

  
 Catholic World News : New Leaders for a New Millennium
Archbishop Puente, a Spaniard by birth who was appointed as apostolic nuncio in July 1997, will have his own list of the qualities required of possible candidates.
Archbishop Kelly, who is 60 years old, came to prominence as rector of Oscott College, the Birmingham diocesan seminary, and as Bishop of Salford.
In February 1976, the Archbishop of Liverpool was appointed before the Archbishop of Westminster, and the candidate chosen--Bishop Derek Worlock of Portsmouth--has previously been considered a strong contender for the Westminster position.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=20713   (1807 words)

  
 Archbishop of Canterbury | Press releases
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has given his strong support to the work of hospital chaplains and has stressed the need for a commitment to securing effective chaplaincy services across the National Health Service at a time of job cutbacks and financial restraint.
Whilst recognising the financial constraints on the NHS and the need to ensure that all areas – including chaplaincy - bear their fair share of any cutbacks, Dr Williams stressed that chaplaincy should neither be considered a ‘soft target’, nor bear a disproportionate burden of staff reductions.
The meeting between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Warner, Minister of State for NHS Reform, took place at Lambeth Palace on September 18th, 2006.
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org /releases/061006a.htm   (438 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | BBC accused of anti-Catholic bias
The three programmes due to be broadcast are Kenyon Confronts, which investigates allegations of child abuse in the church, a Panorama documentary programme called Sex and the Holy City and a BBC Three animated series Popetown, in which the Pope is caricatured.
The archbishop singled out Kenyon Confronts for particular criticism and in his statement said the programme was focusing on "old" claims of abuse which had been properly investigated.
The archbishop's criticism comes after attempts by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, to draw a line under child sex abuse scandals in the Catholic church.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3148708.stm   (605 words)

  
 Spero News: UK: Catholic schools on the defensive
The Archbishop was preaching at a special Mass of Thanksgiving for Teachers at St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham on the evening of Friday, June 25, during which he presented 24 retiring headteachers from the Archdiocese of Birmingham with the Diocesan “Ubi Caritas” Award.
Archbishop Nichols, who celebrated Mass together with more than 40 priests from the Archdiocese, said: “Our Catholic schools are also an integral part of the life of the Church.
Archbishop Nichols said: “Critics of our schools like to say that they are somehow exclusive and fail to reflect the diversity of our society.
www.speroforum.com /site/print.asp?idarticle=713   (718 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, the head of the archdiocese in Mosul, a crime-ridden city in northern Iraq, was walking in front of his church when a group of insurgents pushed him into a car at gunpoint on Monday, several members of Mosul's large Christian population community said.
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www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=ARCHBISHOP   (5185 words)

  
 Catholic World News : A "Boat Priest" Travels Home
Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville, the former Archbishop of Birmingham, who did so much to help establish the Vietnamese chaplaincy in England, preached a homily during which he described Msgr.
Archbishop Couve de Murville said: "Today we all share the sorrow of the Vietnamese people, their sense of bewilderment and loss after Mgr Diems mysterious death, their grief at the disappearance of a great priest and a great leader."
Archbishop Nichols wrote to the Bishop Peter Nguyen Van Nhon, of Dalat, Vietnam, where the slain priest was ordained: "Mgr Peter Dao Due Diem worked heroically and tirelessly for the Vietnamese community here in England.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=21628   (1470 words)

  
 Christian Today – Christian News > Catholic Archbishop Rebukes Government for Marginalising Morality
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham, has criticised the government during his homily at St Chad Cathedral’s annual Civic Mass, in Birmingham, in which he warned that what is lawful is not necessarily moral.
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, has criticised the government during his homily at St Chad Cathedral’s annual Civic Mass, in Birmingham, in which he warned that what is lawful is not necessarily moral.
Archbishop Nichols highlighted the fact that modern day society is so focused on finding out what was legal, that often it forgot whether the decision would be morally correct.
www.christiantoday.com /article/catholic.archbishop.rebukes.government.for.marginalising.morality/8550.htm   (652 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com
The archbishop claimed that reporters for the show, which uses a confrontational approach to uncover scandal, called priests in the middle of the night, misrepresented themselves to church officials and others and employed subterfuge to interview an elderly priest in a residential care home.
In the last 20 years, three Birmingham diocese priests have been convicted of sex abuse while two others accused have fled the country, and the "Kenyon Confronts" program is expected to delve into alleged church mishandling of those incidents.
But Archbishop Nichols said that the BBC was dredging up old news, that it hadn't uncovered any new allegations of sexual abuse and that its techniques weren't warranted by the circumstances.
www.crosswalk.com /news/1223094.html?view=print   (868 words)

  
 RTE News - Service held to mark 1974 Birmingham bombings
A memorial service has been held in Birmingham to remember the victims of the IRA pub bombings 30 years ago.
Speaking at the service, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, Vincent Nichols, urged those present not to repeat the mistakes of what he called the bitter past.
Six men, who became known as the Birmingham Six, were arrested shortly after the two explosions and convicted at Lancaster Castle.
www.rte.ie /news/2004/1121/birmingham.html   (182 words)

  
 Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Bishop William Kenney, CP, was welcomed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, during Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Patron of the Diocese, at St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, on Friday 8 December.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols was the principal celebrant and preacher at the Mass attended by more then 320 servers, many of them members of the St Stephen's Guild, together with their parish priests, family and friends.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols pictured outside St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, with Fr Jan Nowotnik, Director of St Stephen’s Guild for Altar Servers, in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, and some of the altar servers who were on the sanctuary during the special Votive Mass of St Stephen.
www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk /page14.asp   (5756 words)

  
 Clifton Ingram - Solicitors - Wokingham - Berkshire: landmark decision
In a landmark decision made on 30 June 2005 in the Courts of Justice, Manchester, Christopher Clarke J gave judgment in the case of A v Archbishop of Birmingham that the Archbishop of Birmingham will have to pay over £1 million to A in damages and costs.
Ultimately, the Archbishop accepted liability in negligence to A for the sexual abuse perpetrated by Father Clonan, which could and should have been avoided.
Notwithstanding the admission of liability in A’s case, the Archbishop continued to dispute the extent to which the abuse had affected A and, in particular, his ability to earn a living.
www.cliftoningram.co.uk /about/churchclaim.htm   (499 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Archbishop warns of gay rights backlash
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, has warned the Government of a serious backlash if it attempts to force through a raft of new homosexual rights laws.
Archbishop Nichols said that the proposed regulations, designed to ensure equal treatment for gays, could mean the end of the Church’s co-operation with the Government in providing a range of welfare services.
The Archbishop, who forced the Government into a humiliating climbdown over faith schools early this month, said the process of secular democracy in Britain was not morally neutral but was “engaged in an intense and at times aggressive reshaping of our moral framework”.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/28/ubishop128.xml   (646 words)

  
 The Diocese of York, Official World Wide Web Site
He was formerly Bishop for the Diocese of Birmingham (2002-2005) and Bishop for Stepney (1996-2002).
Archbishop of York's Sermon for the Festival of St Wilfrid and the Consecration of the Chapel of Justice and Peace, Ripon Cathedral, Sunday 15 October 2006
Archbishop Sentamu spent a week in York Minster during August 2006, fasting and praying for peace in the Middle East.
www.dioceseofyork.org.uk /archbishop.shtml   (446 words)

  
 RTE News - Martin rejects BBC documentary claims
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has rejected an allegation that Pope Benedict XVI was responsible for imposing a vow of secrecy on victims of clerical sexual abuse.
In Britain, one archbishop said the documentary was a 'deeply prejudiced attack' against the Pope.
Speaking on behalf of the bishops of England and Wales, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Birmingham, said the programme had misrepresented confidential Vatican papers to back up its claims.
www.rte.ie /news/2006/1002/pope.html   (268 words)

  
 Bishop Accountability
West Midlands Police is to consider extraditing a priest accused of abusing children after he snubbed a request by the Archbishop of Birmingham to return to Britain.
The Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, wrote to Robinson, via his lawyer in California, pleading with him to return to Britain and face the allegations surrounding him.
A spokesman for the Archbishop of Birmingham said he was co-operating fully with the police inquiry and had passed on to them correspondence with Robinson.
www.bishop-accountability.org /news/2005_08_02_Pinch_ImStaying.htm   (462 words)

  
 titusonenine » Blog Archive » Archbishop Vincent Nichols: ‘We must untangle the lethal mix of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Archbishop Vincent Nichols: ‘We must untangle the lethal mix of nationalism and religion’
The Archbishop of Birmingham said: “We must untangle the lethal mix of nationalism and religious belief, for true believing leads us to see that we are all brothers and sisters.
Archbishop Nichols said: “We must separate personal preference or convenience from true religious observance, for faith always opens new horizons which disturb our preferences and prejudices….
titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=884   (300 words)

  
 Christian Today – Christian News > Archbishop Condemns Chaplain Jobs Axe
The Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham has criticised the decision of a health trust to get rid of all but one of its hospital chaplains.
The Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, has condemned the decision by a health trust Tuesday to axe all but one of its hospital chaplains.
Archbishop Nichols is now working closely with the Anglican Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Rev Peter Selby, to convince the trust to reverse its decision on the job axes, the Birmingham Mail reported.
www.christiantoday.com /article/archbishop.condemns.chaplain.jobs.axe/7500.htm   (483 words)

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