Arthur Roche
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The Most Reverend Arthur Roche |
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| Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
Roche when Bishop of Leeds in 2008
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| Appointed | 26 June 2012 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP |
| Other posts | Bishop Emeritus of Leeds |
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| Ordination | 19 July 1975 by William Wheeler |
| Consecration | 10 May 2001 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
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6 March 1950 Batley Carr, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Arthur and Frances Roche |
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| Motto | Duc in Altum (Put out into the deep) |
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Styles of Arthur Roche |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Ordination history of Arthur Roche | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | William Wheeler (Leeds) |
| Date of ordination | 19 July 1975 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (Westminster) |
| Co-consecrators |
David Konstant (Leeds) Victor Guazzelli (Westminster aux.) |
| Date of consecration | 10 May 2001 |
Arthur Roche (born 6 March 1950) is an English archbishop of the Catholic Church. On 26 June 2012, he was named by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at which time he was raised to his current rank.
Roche had served as the ninth Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, having served previously as Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds and, before that, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, England's principal Catholic diocese.
Arthur Roche was born in the village of Batley Carr, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Arthur and Frances Roche. He attended St Joseph's Primary School, St John Fisher High School and Christleton Hall. From 1969 to 1975, he studied at St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, where he obtained a degree in theology from the Comillas Pontifical University. Upon his return to England, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop William Wheeler for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds on 19 July 1975.
Roche's first appointment in the diocese was as assistant priest at Holy Rood Church in Barnsley until 1978, when he became private secretary to Bishop William Gordon Wheeler. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the diocese in 1979. From 1982 to 1989, he served on the staff of St Anne's Cathedral in Leeds, and helped to organise the visit of Pope John Paul II to York in May 1982.
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