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Archbishop Mark Anthony O'Toole

Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia

Coat of arms
Born
Jun 22, 1963 London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ordained priest
Jun 9, 1990 London, United Kingdom
Ordained bishop
Jan 28, 2014 Devon, United Kingdom
Appointed
Sep 12, 2024
Principal consecrator
Hugh Christopher Budd
Co-consecrators
Vincent Gerard Nichols Peter David Gregory Smith
Motto
In manus tuas, Domine

Archbishop-elect Mark O’Toole was born in London on 22 June 1963. After secondary school he obtained a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Leicester, and in theology from Heythrop College, London. He was subsequently awarded a degree in philosophy from Campion Hall in Oxford, and in theology from the Pontifical University of Leuven. He was ordained a priest on 9 June 1990 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Westminster. He has served as deputy priest of Willesden Green, dean of studies of the Allen Hall Seminary (1996-2002), and since 2008, rector. In 2002 he was appointed as personal secretary to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor. He has served as a member of the Ethical Committee of Saint John and Saint Elizabeth Hospital, and is advisor to the Faculty of Theology at Heythrop College, London. On 9 November 2013 he was appointed as bishop of Plymouth, receiving episcopal consecration on 28 January 2014. Within the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, he is president of the Department of Evangelization and Catechesis. He is also a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.