David Waller (bishop)
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| Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bishop Waller in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Immediately subject to the Holy See | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | 29 April 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 23 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Keith Newton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous post(s) | Vicar general (2020–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | 1992 (Anglican priest) by Eric Kemp 2011 (Catholic priest) by Thomas McMahon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 22 June 2024 by Víctor Manuel Fernández | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 June 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism (formerly Anglicanism) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | College of Ripon and York St John Chichester Theological College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
David Arthur Waller (born 10 June 1961) is an English Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2024, Waller has been the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. He was formerly a priest in the Church of England before converting to Catholicism in 2011. As he is celibate, he was eligible to be consecrated as a Catholic bishop unlike his predecessor as ordinary.
Early life and education
[edit]Waller was born in London, England on 10 June 1961.[1] He was educated at St David and St Katharine Church of England Secondary School in Hornsey, London, and the College of Ripon and York St John.[1][2] Having been a community worker in Bradford, he then trained for Anglican ministry at Chichester Theological College, an Anglo-Catholic theological college.[1]
Church of England
[edit]Waller was ordained a Church of England deacon in 1991 and as a priest in 1992 by Bishop Eric Kemp.[1] He served in the Diocese of Chichester as a curate (1991–1995) and then as team vicar of Crawley (1995–2000).[1] He then served as vicar of the Parish of St Saviour, Walthamstow, in the Diocese of Chelmsford from 2000 until he left the Church of England to join the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
In addition to his parish ministry, he was a member of the House of Clergy in the General Synod of the Church of England from 2005 to 2010.[3][4]
Roman Catholic Church
[edit]On 24 April 2011, Waller officially converted from Anglicanism to the Roman Catholic Church.[5] He was ordained as Catholic deacon on 14 May 2011 and as a priest on 11 June 2011, both times by Thomas McMahon, Bishop of Brentwood.[5] He was parochial administrator of St John the Baptist church, Ilford, from 2011 to 2015, and then parish priest of Christ the King, Chingford, from 2015 to 2024.[1] In 2020, he was additionally appointed vicar general of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham by its ordinary, Keith Newton.[6]
Episcopal ministry
[edit]On 29 April 2024, it was announced that Pope Francis had appointed Waller as the next ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.[7] He is celibate and was therefore consecrated as the first bishop-ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham; his predecessor Newton was married and therefore ineligible for the episcopate.[8][9]
His episcopal consecration took place on 22 June 2024 at Westminster Cathedral with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández as the principal consecrator, and Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols and Bishop Steven J. Lopes as principal co-consecrators.[10][11][12] He is also the first bishop of any of the three personal ordinariates that has served as an ordinariate priest rather than being an external appointment.[13][3] The following day, on 23 June 2024, he took canonical possession of the Ordinariate and was installed as its bishop-ordinary at Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Westminster.[12][14]
On 2 July 2024, Waller undertook his first ordination; that of Richard Pain, a former Anglican bishop, to the diaconate.[15] He then undertook his first ordinations to the priesthood of four men including Pain, on 20 July.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Right Rev. David Waller". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Pope appoints new Bishop Ordinary for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham". Catholic Bishops' Conference. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ a b "'Momentous' day for Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham as it gets first Bishop Ordinary". Catholic Herald. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "General Synod Elections". Church Times. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Father David Arthur Waller". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Governance - Vicar General". www.ordinariate.org.uk. Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Pentin, Edward (29 April 2024). "Former Anglican vicar becomes first bishop of UK ordinariate". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Bishop to lead British ordinariate of former Anglicans". Catholic Culture. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Pentin, Edward (29 April 2024). "Former Anglican Vicar Becomes First Bishop of UK Ordinariate". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Latest News - EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF BISHOP-ELECT DAVID WALLER". www.ordinariate.org.uk. Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Bishop David Arthur Waller". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "UK ordinariate's first bishop is 'vote of confidence' from Rome". The Pillar. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Luxmoore, Jonathan (26 June 2024). "British bishop's historic ordination shows Rome's strong support for ordinariates' mission". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "FORTHCOMING ORDINATIONS" (PDF). ordinariate.org.uk. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Facebook: The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham". www.facebook.com. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
Bishop David Waller will celebrate his first ordinations this summer, ordaining four men to the sacred priesthood for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Pray for them, and join us!
- ^ "Ordinariate is here to stay, declares cardinal". Church Times. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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- 1961 births
- People of the personal ordinariates
- People from Hornsey
- Alumni of the College of Ripon and York St John
- Alumni of Chichester Theological College
- 20th-century Anglican priests
- 21st-century Anglican priests
- Anglican priest converts to Roman Catholicism
- Members of the General Synod of the Church of England
- Living people
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United Kingdom
- Bishops appointed by Pope Francis