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Nottingham Bishop Malcolm McMahon to become Archbishop of Liverpool, historic stronghold of Catholicism
21 March 2014 10:27 by Christopher Lamb
Pope Francis today appointed the Bishop of Nottingham as the next Archbishop of Liverpool, the diocese traditionally seen as the stronghold of Catholicism in England and Wales.
Malcolm McMahon, 64, a Dominican religious and Chairman of the Catholic Education Service (CES), succeeds Archbishop Patrick Kelly, who submitted his resignation last year on the grounds of ill health.
Liverpool has traditionally been one of the Church’s most important sees and has been in need of a new archbishop since the retirement of Patrick Kelly, who submitted his resignation on the grounds of ill health 14 months ago.
Bishop McMahon was widely tipped as a contender to be Archbishop of Westminster back in 2009.
Born in London, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) and after graduation worked for the Daimler Motor Company in Coventry and London Transport.
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