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)
NORTHAMPTON, Bishop of, (RC) Rt Rev. Peter John Haworth Doyle
in ''Who's Who 2007'' online (A. & C. Black, London) (accessed 28 September 2007) He was educated at
St Ignatius' College
St Ignatius' College is a Catholic voluntary aided secondary school for boys aged 11–18 in Enfield, London, England, founded by the Society of Jesus. It was formerly a grammar school, only accepting boys who had passed the Eleven plus exam.
...
,
Stamford Hill,
London, before ordination as a
priest in 1968.
Career
He was a curate at
Portsmouth and
Windsor between 1968 and 1975,
[ then administrator of the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, 1975 to 1987,][ parish priest of St Joseph's, ]Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Bu ...
, 1987 to 1991 and of St Peter's, Winchester
Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...
, 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
The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Northampton, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Northampton and mother church of the Diocese of Northampton which covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfor ...
on 28 June 2005 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.
Sportsman
Doyle played for rugby football clubs in Windsor and Portsmouth. He also 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
Stonyhurst College is a co-educational Catholic Church, Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Society of Jesus, Jesuit tradition, on the Stonyhurst, Stonyhurst Estate, Lancashire, England. It occupies a Grade I listed building. Th ...
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
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Peter
1944 births
Living people
People from Wilpshire
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England
Roman Catholic bishops of Northampton