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Arthur Roche
Arthur Roche (born 6 March 1950) is a British bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments since 2021. He was previously secretary of the congregation from 2012 to 2021.
Before his service in the Roman Curia, Roche was Bishop of Leeds from 2004 to 2012. He was coadjutor bishop of Leeds under Bishop David Konstant (2002–2004) and before that an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster (2001–2002). He was appointed an archbishop when he joined the Roman Curia in 2012.
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis elevated him to the College of Cardinals.
Arthur Roche was born in Batley Carr in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Arthur and Frances Roche. He attended St Joseph's Primary School, St John Fisher High School and Christleton Hall. From 1969 to 1975, he studied at St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, where he obtained a degree in theology from the Comillas Pontifical University. Upon his return to England, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop William Gordon Wheeler for the Catholic Diocese of Leeds on 19 July 1975.
Roche's first appointment in the diocese was as assistant priest at Holy Rood Church in Barnsley until 1978, when he became private secretary to Bishop Wheeler. He was appointed vice-chancellor of the diocese in 1979. From 1982 to 1989, he was on the staff of St Anne's Cathedral in Leeds and helped to organise the visit of Pope John Paul II to York in May 1982.
Roche was the diocesan financial secretary from 1986 to 1991 and parish priest at St Wilfrid's Church from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Licence in Theology (STL). He then became spiritual director of the Venerable English College, Rome. He was appointed general secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales in April 1996 and given the title of monsignor.
On 12 April 2001, Pope John Paul II named Roche an auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Rusticiana. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 10 May at Westminster Cathedral from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, with Bishops David Konstant and Victor Guazzelli serving as co-consecrators.
Roche was named coadjutor to the Bishop of Leeds, David Konstant, on 16 July 2002. Roche became the ninth bishop of Leeds when Pope John Paul accepted Bishop Konstant's resignation on health grounds on 7 April 2004.
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Arthur Roche
Arthur Roche (born 6 March 1950) is a British bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments since 2021. He was previously secretary of the congregation from 2012 to 2021.
Before his service in the Roman Curia, Roche was Bishop of Leeds from 2004 to 2012. He was coadjutor bishop of Leeds under Bishop David Konstant (2002–2004) and before that an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster (2001–2002). He was appointed an archbishop when he joined the Roman Curia in 2012.
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis elevated him to the College of Cardinals.
Arthur Roche was born in Batley Carr in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Arthur and Frances Roche. He attended St Joseph's Primary School, St John Fisher High School and Christleton Hall. From 1969 to 1975, he studied at St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, where he obtained a degree in theology from the Comillas Pontifical University. Upon his return to England, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop William Gordon Wheeler for the Catholic Diocese of Leeds on 19 July 1975.
Roche's first appointment in the diocese was as assistant priest at Holy Rood Church in Barnsley until 1978, when he became private secretary to Bishop Wheeler. He was appointed vice-chancellor of the diocese in 1979. From 1982 to 1989, he was on the staff of St Anne's Cathedral in Leeds and helped to organise the visit of Pope John Paul II to York in May 1982.
Roche was the diocesan financial secretary from 1986 to 1991 and parish priest at St Wilfrid's Church from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Licence in Theology (STL). He then became spiritual director of the Venerable English College, Rome. He was appointed general secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales in April 1996 and given the title of monsignor.
On 12 April 2001, Pope John Paul II named Roche an auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Rusticiana. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 10 May at Westminster Cathedral from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, with Bishops David Konstant and Victor Guazzelli serving as co-consecrators.
Roche was named coadjutor to the Bishop of Leeds, David Konstant, on 16 July 2002. Roche became the ninth bishop of Leeds when Pope John Paul accepted Bishop Konstant's resignation on health grounds on 7 April 2004.