Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who regularly speaks out on social concerns such as prisons, as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most senior Catholic Cleric in England and Wales.
The appointment of Bishop Moth, 67, of Arundel and Brighton in southern England, is Pope Leo’s second liberal appointment to a senior church position this week, coming a day after his nomination of pro-migrant Bishop Ronald Hicks as Archbishop of New York.
Bishop Moth, like his counterpart in New York, is known as a figure able to mediate between different viewpoints inside the church, while showing a commitment to Catholic social teachings, in his case in the areas of prisons and mental health.
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