Patrick Kelly (Archbishop of Liverpool)

Patrick Altham Kelly ( born November 23, 1938 in Morecambe, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is an emeritus Archbishop of Liverpool.

Life

Kelly was a seminarian at the Pontifical English College in Rome and received on 16 February 1962, the ordination. He worked from 1962 to 1964 as a priest in Lancaster. In 1964 he became professor of theology at St. Mary's College, Oscott, Birmingham. In 1979 he became rector of the college.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 9, 1984 Bishop of Salford. He received his episcopal consecration of Bishop Emeritus of Salford, Thomas Holand, on 3 April 1984. Were co-consecrators the Archbishop of Liverpool, Derek Worlock, and the Archbishop of Birmingham, Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville.

May 21, 1996 he was appointed John Paul II appointed Archbishop of Liverpool. On February 27, 2013 Benedict XVI accepted. his resignation to.