11 Facts About Richard Moth

Charles Phillip Richard Moth was born on 8 July 1958 and is a British Roman Catholic prelate.

Charles Phillip Richard Moth was born in 1958 in Chingola, Northern Rhodesia, and immigrated to the United Kingdom at the age of two.

Richard Moth was educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent.

Richard Moth trained for the priesthood at St John's Seminary, Wonersh.

Richard Moth served as Curate at St Bede's, Clapham Park and as a judge at the Southwark Metropolitan Tribunal before being sent to do further study in Ottawa, gaining a Licentiate and then a Master's in Canon Law.

Richard Moth was named a Monsignor to the degree of Papal Chaplain in 1998.

In 2001, upon the elevation of the Vicar General, Mgr Canon John Hine, to be an Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, Richard Moth was named Vicar General and Chancellor of the Archdiocese, with the new post he was promoted to be a Prelate of Honour.

In July 2009, Richard Moth was appointed Bishop of the Forces by Pope Benedict XVI.

Richard Moth stepped down as Vicar General of Southwark and was succeeded by Mgr.

Richard Moth was consecrated bishop on 29 September 2009, the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, in Westminster Cathedral.

On 21 March 2015, Richard Moth was announced as the next Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, having been appointed by Pope Francis.