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 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.
Moth is the chair of the Department for Social Justice for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and regularly speaks out on social issues including the cost-of-living crisis and two-child benefit cap. He welcomed the scrapping of the cap saying that “large families are a blessing” and that it had pushed many families into poverty.
As Archbishop of Westminster, Moth will have a prominent role on the national stage in England and Wales through engaging with the UK government and playing a leading role in the bishops’ conference of England and Wales.
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