Paul Joseph Hendricks (born 18 March 1956) is an Auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of the

Archdiocese of Southwark The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Southvarcensis'') is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in England. It is headed by the Archbishop of Southwark. The archdiocese is part of the Ecclesiastical ...

and Titular Bishop of Diocese of Ross.

Early life

Paul Hendricks was born in 1956 in

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, Kent. He attended

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, gaining in 1977 a degree in Physics. After working at the GEC Hirst Research Centre in Wembley, he began his studies for the priesthood at the

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, Rome in 1979, and was ordained priest in 1984 by

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Michael Bowen. Fr. Hendricks served as curate at St Boniface Church in Tooting from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a lecturer in philosophy in 1989 at the Provincial

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of St John at Wonersh. He also served as Bursar of the Seminary until his appointment as Parish Priest of Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham in 1999.

Episcopal career (2006-present)

On 14 February 2006, Father Hendricks was ordained to the episcopate with Father Patrick Lynch at

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, by Archbishop Kevin MacDonald,

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. He was appointed

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of Rosemarkie by

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, and given pastoral responsibility for the South-West London area of the Archdiocese by Archbishop MacDonald. Since July 2022, Bishop Hendricks has oversight of the Kent Pastoral Area of the archdiocese, at the request of Archbishop John Wilson.

References

Webpage of the Archdiocese of Southwark relating to Bishop Hendricks
retrieved 8 May 2008.

retrieved 8 May 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendricks, Paul 1956 births Living people Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford People from Beckenham 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England