Paul Hendricks is a British Roman Catholic clergyman, currently serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark and Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie.

Early life

Paul Hendricks was born in 1956 in Beckenham, Kent. He attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...

, gaining in 1977 a degree in Physics. After working at the GEC Hirst Research Centre

Hirst Research Centre

GEC Hirst Research Centre was one of the first specialised industrial research laboratories to be built in Britain, and was part of the General Electric Company plc empire...

 in Wembley, he began his studies for the priesthood at the Venerable English College, Rome in 1979, and was ordained priest in 1984 by Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 Michael Bowen.

Priestly career (1984-2006)

Father Hendricks served as curate at St Boniface Church in Tooting from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a Lecturer in Philosophy in 1989 at the Provincial Seminary

Seminary

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 of St John at Wonersh

St. John's Seminary (Wonersh)

St. John's Seminary in Wonersh, Guildford, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, United Kingdom, is the principal seminary for the Archdiocese of Southwark, and the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton...

. He also served as Bursar of the Seminary until his appointment as Parish Priest of Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham in 1999.

Episcopal career (2006-

On 14 February 2006, Father Hendricks was ordained to the episcopate with Father Patrick Lynch

Patrick Lynch

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 at St George's Cathedral, Southwark

St George's Cathedral, Southwark

St George's Cathedral, Southwark, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Archdiocese of Southwark, south London.The Cathedral is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Province of Southwark which covers the Archdiocese of Southwark and the Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth, and Plymouth...

, by Archbishop Kevin MacDonald

Archbishop Kevin McDonald

Kevin John Patrick McDonald is the Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, England,.He attended St. Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent, the Christian Brothers' Grammar School from 1958-1965...

, Archbishop of Southwark

Archbishop of Southwark

The Archbishop of Southwark is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark in England. As such he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Southwark....

. He was appointed Titular Bishop

Titular bishop

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...

of Rosemarkie by the Pope, and given pastoral responsibility for the South-West London area of the Archdiocese by Archbishop MacDonald.