British prelate (1930–2019)
Michael George Bowen (23 April 1930 – 17 October 2019) was a British prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Southwark from 1977 to 2003, having previously served as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton .
Michael Bowen was born in Gibraltar on 23 April 1930 and was a wine merchant [ 1] before being ordained to the priesthood on 6 July 1958. On 18 May 1970 he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton and Titular Bishop of Lamsorti by Pope Paul VI . Bowen received his episcopal consecration on the following 27 June from Archbishop Domenico Enrici with bishops David Cashman and Derek Worlock serving as co-consecrators .
Bowen succeeded the late David Cashman as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton on 14 March 1971. Bowen was later named Archbishop of Southwark on 28 March 1977. He resigned this post, after 26 years of service, on 6 November 2003. Following the announcement of his resignation, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor said,
Archbishop Michael Bowen enters a well earned retirement after many years of faithful and joyous service on behalf of the Church ... He has been a true teacher and guide to his flock, a man who has led with certainty and humility, and served well the people and priests of his Archdiocese .[ 2]
Bowen died on 17 October 2019, aged 89.[ 3]
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Churches Arundel Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard St Peter's Church, Aldrington St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton St Joseph's Church, Brighton St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill St Tarcisius Church, Camberley Sacred Heart Church, Caterham St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester St Teresa of Avila Church, Chiddingfold Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Anthony and St George Church, Duncton Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne St John of Rochester Church, Egham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green St Joan of Arc's Church, Farnham St Edmund Church, Godalming English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Haslemere St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Hastings Corpus Christi Church, Henfield St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll St Anselm Church, Hindhead Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead St Bernard's Church, Lingfield St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst All Saints Church, Oxted Sacred Heart Church, Petworth St George's Church, Polegate St Mary's Church, Preston Park St Anthony of Viareggio Church, Rose Green St Joseph Church, Rustington St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Church of St Thomas More, Seaford St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Richard of Chichester Church, Slindon Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea St Edward the Confessor Church, Sutton Park Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield St Ambrose Church, Warlingham St Dunstan's Church, Woking St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Churches St George's Cathedral, Southwark - Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George Sacred Heart Church, Battersea Corpus Christi Church, Brixton St Osmund's Church, Barnes Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Michael the Archangel Church, Chatham St Paul's Church, Dover St Thomas More Church, Dulwich Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church, Kew St Agatha's Church, Kingston St Mary Magdalen Church, Mortlake Our Lady of the Angels Church, Erith Our Lady of Gillingham Church Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond Polish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Putney St Augustine's Church, Ramsgate St Ethelbert's Church, Ramsgate St Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond St Joseph Church, Roehampton St Mary's Church, Clapham St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham Sts Simon and Jude Church, Streatham Hill St Raphael's Church, Surbiton St Anne's Church, Vauxhall St Patrick's Church, Waterloo Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon St Peter's Church, Woolwich Schools Bishop Challoner School Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College The Cedars School Christ the King Sixth Form College Coloma Convent Girls' School Donhead Preparatory School Holy Cross School, New Malden Holy Cross Preparatory School The John Fisher School La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School The Laurels School Marymount International School London Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School Richard Challoner School Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell St Anselm's Catholic School St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls St Columba's Catholic Boys' School St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover St Francis Xavier College, Clapham St Gregory's Catholic School St John Bosco College, Battersea St John Fisher Catholic School St John's Catholic Comprehensive School St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Croydon St Matthew Academy St Michael's Catholic College St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls St Simon Stock Catholic School St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham St Thomas the Apostle College St Ursula's Convent School Thomas More Catholic School, Purley Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea Ursuline High School, Wimbledon Wimbledon College