Thomas McMahon (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Thomas McMahon |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood | |
| Province | Westminster |
| Diocese | Brentwood |
| Appointed | 16 June 1980 |
| Installed | 17 July 1980 |
| Term ended | 14 April 2014 |
| Predecessor | Patrick Joseph Casey |
| Successor | Alan Williams |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 November 1959 |
| Consecration | 17 July 1980 by Basil Hume |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 17, 1936 Dorking, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Thomas McMahon (born 17 June 1936, Dorking, Surrey) is British Roman Catholic bishop. From 1980 to 2014, he was the Bishop of Brentwood; he is currently Bishop Emeritus.
Bishop McMahon grew up in Harlow and attended St. Bede's Grammar School, Manchester, before training for the priesthood at St. Sulpice, Paris. He was ordained on 28 November 1959 at the seminary in Wonersh.
He was appointed an assistant priest in Colchester, where he served for five years. From 1964 to 1969 he was appointed to Westcliff-on-Sea, and then became parish priest of (where he continues to live as parish priest). From 1972 to 1980 he served as Chaplain to Essex University. He was a member of the National Ecumenical Commission.
On 17 July 1980 Cardinal Basil Hume, OSB, consecrated him Bishop of Brentwood. He has been a member of I.C.E.L. (representing the Bishops of England and Wales on the Episcopal Board) since 1983. He was Chairman of the Bishops' Pastoral Liturgy Committee from 1983 to 1997, and has been Chairman of the Bishops' Church Music Committee since 1985.
He was Chairman of the Brentwood Diocesan Ecumenical Commission in 1979. Brentwood is the only diocese in the country with boundaries that are co-terminous to the Anglican Diocese and there is very close co-operation on both a personal and pastoral level between the two bishops. They meet every month in the early morning for an hour's prayer, followed by a working breakfast. They undertake many joint engagements in their dioceses.
Brentwood has five ecumenical parishes where there is shared ownership of the church between the denominations; two shared primary schools and there is also a joint pilgrimage each year to the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell. Bishop McMahon was Chairman of the Essex Church Leaders Consultative Council from 1984 to 1993, and he is a member of the Barking Church Leaders Group and the London Church Leaders Group.
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