Patrick Lynch (Roman Catholic bishop)

Patrick Kevin Lynch (born April 27, 1947, Cork City, County Cork, Ireland) is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark in England. He has 2 brothers Gerry and Kevin and a sister Noreen. Gerry married Gillian, Kevin married Bernie and Noreen married Patrick. Kevin has 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Gerry has 4 kids and 8 grandchildren. He has close connections to a small fishing village in the south of Ireland.

After leaving St. Fintan's High School, he entered the novitiate of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He then studied theology in the United States of America, gaining a Master's Degree in 1971. He was ordained a priest on July 21, 1972. After ordination, he served in Peterborough and in Daventry, Northamptonshire. In 1984, he became director of the congregation's formation house in London. He became a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Westminster in 1987, before his election as provincial of the congregation in 1992. At the end of his term as provincial, during which he had travelled to Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa, he became a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Southwark. He also worked at St. Chad's Roman Catholic Church for several years before being appointed as a bishop.

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