Philip Moger was born on 25 April 1955 and is an English bishop of the Catholic Church serving as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Southwark.
11 Facts About Philip Moger
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Philip Moger was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Leeds and served as the rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham from 2020 - 2023.
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Phillip Moger was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on 25 April 1955, and was raised mainly by his grandmother after his mother died when he was five.
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Philip Moger felt the first call to the priesthood when he was eight years old.
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Philip Moger worked briefly for NatWest Bank before becoming a seminarian for the Diocese of Leeds and studying at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw.
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Philip Moger was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Leeds at St Mary's church, Halifax, by then-bishop of Leeds Gordon Wheeler in 1982.
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Philip Moger served various roles throughout the diocese, including as a parochial vicar, the vocations director for the Diocese, and as a chaplain at a Sue Ryder home.
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Philip Moger was named the first Catholic honorary canon of the Church of England's Ripon Cathedral by Bishop John Packer in 2008, as well as serving as the Catholic observer on the Church of England's Liturgical Commission.
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Philip Moger was consecrated a bishop at St George Cathedral on 21 February 2023 by Archbishop John Wilson with Bishop Marcus Stock and Bishop Paul Hendricks acting as the principal co-consecrators.
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Mentions of due process in his statement raised the question of if Philip Moger was subject to a canonical inquiry.
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Philip Moger stated that he would be taking a sabbatical, although the statement did not make clear whether he might return as Auxiliary in Southwark, nor was any comment made on the Vatican's official Bollettino of appointments and resignations.