1. Malcolm McMahon was Bishop of Nottingham from 2000 to 2014.
12 Facts About Malcolm McMahon
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Malcolm McMahon was born in London, the second of three brothers and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology before working for London Transport.
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Malcolm McMahon was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Basil Hume on 26 June 1982.
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Malcolm McMahon later became Parish Priest of St Dominic's in Newcastle upon Tyne, and of St Dominic's in Haverstock Hill.
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Malcolm McMahon was elected prior provincial of the Dominicans' English Province in both 1992 and 1996.
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On 7 November 2000, Malcolm McMahon was appointed Bishop of Nottingham by Pope John Paul II.
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Malcolm McMahon's name had been mentioned as a possible successor to Cormac Murphy-O'Connor as Archbishop of Westminster and to Kevin McDonald as Archbishop of Southwark.
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Archbishop Malcolm McMahon was enthroned at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King on 1 May 2014, the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, before a congregation of three thousand.
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Archbishop Malcolm McMahon has said that there is no doctrinal reason preventing priests from having wives:.
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Malcolm McMahon defended the work of the Holy See and the Church in England and Wales on this and expressed the hope that the Vatican would become more open and transparent in its treatment of victims and perpetrators.
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On 21 March 2017, Hardman Portrait published a portrait of Malcolm McMahon to be displayed to the public in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt.
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Malcolm McMahon is depicted in choir dress, mirroring the black and white portrait of his predecessor Archbishop Richard Downey.