Paul Swarbrick
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| ordination = 10 July 1982
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Paul Swarbrick (born 2 July 1958) is a Roman Catholic prelate, who has served as Bishop of Lancaster since 2018.
Early life and education
Born on 2 July 1958 at Garstang, Lancashire, England,{{cite web |last1=Cheney |first1=David M. |title=Bishop Paul Swarbrick |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bswar.html |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |accessdate=9 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Former Pupil Paul Swarbrick Named Bishop of Lancaster |url=https://www.lrgs.org.uk/news/2018/former-pupil-paul-swarbrick-named-bishop-lancaster |website=Lancaster Royal Grammar School |accessdate=9 July 2018}} Swarbrick was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, an all-boys school in Lancashire's county town.
A distant cousin of Mgr Thomas Adamson, he prepared for Holy Orders at Ushaw College, a seminary in County Durham.{{cite news |last1=Gledhill |first1=Ruth |title=Pope Francis appoints Canon Paul Swarbrick as new Bishop of Lancaster |url=http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/12/bishop-of-lancaster-paul-swarbrick/ |accessdate=9 July 2018 |work=Catholic Herald |date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124040724/http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/12/bishop-of-lancaster-paul-swarbrick/ |archive-date=24 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Ordained ministry
On 10 July 1982, at the age of 24, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Brian Foley at St Mary and St Michael's Church, Garstang, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster.{{cite news |last1=Gledhill |first1=Ruth |title=Parish priest expresses 'shock' after Pope Francis makes him a bishop |url=http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8547/parish-priest-expresses-shock-after-pope-francis-makes-him-a-bishop |accessdate=9 July 2018 |date=12 February 2018}}
Swarbrick served as Assistant Priest at St Mary's Church, Kells, Whitehaven (1982–1983), and at St Maria Goretti Church, Preston (1983–1984), before moving to Blackpool, where he served as chaplain to St Mary's Catholic High School and Assistant Priest at St Cuthbert's Church from 1984 to 1990.{{cite web |title=Our Bishop |url=http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/our-bishop/ |website=The Diocese of Lancaster |accessdate=9 July 2018}} From 1990 to 2005, he undertook missionary work in the Diocese of Monze, Zambia.{{cite web |title=Lancaster, Bishop of, (Rc), (Rt Rev. Paul Swarbrick) (born 2 July 1958) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U291346 |website=Who's Who 2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=3 February 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2020}} Returning to England, he was an assistant priest at Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Preston. Then, he served as parish priest of Sacred Heart, Preston and St Walburge, Preston (2007 to 2010) and of Our Lady and St Michael, Workington (2010 to 2018).
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On 12 February 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Lancaster, being consecrated on 9 April 2018 by his predecessor, Bishop Michael Campbell.
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