Archbishop appointed.THE new Archbishop of Birmingham, a key position in the Catholic Church in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. , has been named by the Vatican. The Right Reverend Bernard Longley, currently the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, was appointed as the second city's new Archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .
Bishop Longley, the ninth person to fill the role, succeeds Archbishop Vincent Nichols, who left the post after nine years to be installed as Archbishop of Westminster and leader of Catholics in England and Wales. |
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