New Bishop of Arundel and Brighton ordained

The sixth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton has been ordained during a ceremony at Arundel Cathedral.

The Right Reverend Stephen Wang, 59, who lives near Crawley in West Sussex, was appointed to the role by Pope Leo XIV on 2 July.

His instalment during the Mass of Episcopal Ordination was broadcast during a live stream at 12:00 BST on Monday.

Shortly after the announcement from the Pope in July, Wang said: "I feel a mixture of gratitude and trepidation, an excitement and curiosity about all that lies ahead, and above all, a sense of peace."

He joined the diocese after serving as the Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome for five years.

Before he left, he said he went on a course for new bishops in the Vatican, often called the "Baby Bishops course", where he was one of three out of 153 attendees not yet ordained.

The bishop graduated from the University of Cambridge with a theology and religious degree in 1989 and undertook Roman Catholic priest training in Rome between 1992 and 1997, according to the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.

He later returned to Cambridge to study a doctorate in human happiness in 2001 and took on a variety of clergy roles in London thereafter.

Originally from capital, he said the first thing he did after moving to West Sussex was visit Arundel Cathedral, which he described as "breath-taking".

Wang takes over from Richard Moth, who held the role for a decade before becoming the new Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales in 2025.

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