Declan Ronan Lang
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The Right Reverend Declan Lang |
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| Bishop of Clifton | |
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| Province | Birmingham |
| Metropolis | Birmingham |
| Diocese | Clifton |
| See | Clifton |
| Appointed | 27 February 2001 |
| Installed | 28 March 2001 |
| Predecessor | Mervyn Alban Alexander |
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| Ordination | 7 June 1975 by Derek Worlock |
| Consecration | 28 March 2001 by Mervyn Alban Alexander |
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| Birth name | Declan Ronan Lang |
| Born |
15 April 1950 Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Evangelii Nuntiandi (Proclaim the Gospel) |
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Styles of Declan Lang |
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| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Declan Ronan Lang (born 15 April 1950) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth bishop of Clifton.
Declan Lang was born in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to Irish parents. He attended Ryde School, Allen Hall, and St. Edmund's College, Ware. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Royal Holloway, University of London. Lang was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Derek Worlock on 7 June 1975. He is particularly noted for the influence he had as a youth chaplain and subsequently on those now playing leading roles in the Catholic community such as the evangelist and charismatic catholic Sr Maria Natella OP and ministerial advisor and author Francis Davis; for his work as an adult educationalist as an ecumenist
He then served as an Assistant Priest at the Cathedral and Chaplain to St Edmund's Comprehensive School in Portsmouth. Four years after ordination he was appointed Secretary to Bishop Emery and Chancellor. During this time he also worked on the Diocesan Youth Commission, which he later chaired. For a number of years he went as Chaplain with the Portsmouth Group to Lourdes at Easter.
In 1983 he was appointed to the Religious Education Council as Adult Religious Education Advisor, a position he held until 1990. While doing this work he was also Parish Priest of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, Bishop's Waltham, for four years and then Parish Priest at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth. As a result of his work in Adult Religious Education he produced together with John O'Shea, Vicky Cosstick and Damian Lundy the Parish Project. This was to help Parishes look at what they were currently doing, evaluate it and plan together future direction. This scheme has been taken up by a number of Parishes throughout the country.
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