Two new auxiliary bishops have been ordained by the Archbishop of Birmingham in St Chad’s Cathedral during a ceremony attended by some big names in the Catholic Church both at the national and Vatican levels.
Bishop Timothy Menezes and Bishop Richard Walker were ordained bishops by Archbishop Bernard Longley in the presence of their families, friends and guests on 16 July. The ceremony coincided with the Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
In his homily, Archbishop Longley likened the two bishops ordained in Birmingham’s mother church to “episcopal twins” given "the ecclesial nature of what is taking place".
