Big News: Bishop Mark O'Toole
Bishop Mark O'Toole, born 22 June 1963 and currently ninth of Plymouth diocese ( appointed 2013 ) will be the next Archbishop of Cardiff, he will also be bishop of Menevia, it has been revealed. Former private secretary to St. Gallen Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor (2002-2008), then appointed rector at Allen Hall Seminary in September 2008, O'Toole has long been on a trajectory to high office. Archbishop-elect O’Toole will become the eighth archbishop of Cardiff in succession to Archbishop George Stack, who has been Archbishop of Cardiff since 2011. The installation will take place in Cardiff Cathedral on 20 June, the feast day of Welsh martyrs Saints Julius and Aaron. This follows a similar move in Ireland which was seen as a way of reducing the number of bishops . The Papal Nuncio in Ireland, Archbishop Jude Okolo explained: “this form of union of two dioceses under one Bishop is not an amalgamation and does not suppress either of the two dioceses. Both dioceses will c...