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Terry Drainey | |
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Bishop of Middlesbrough | |
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Church | Roman Catholic |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Middlesbrough |
See | Middlesbrough |
Appointed | 17 November 2007 |
Installed | 25 January 2008 |
Predecessor | John Patrick Crowley |
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Ordination | 12 July 1975 by Thomas Holland |
Consecration | 25 January 2008 by Patrick Altham Kelly |
Personal details | |
Born | (1949-08-01)1 August 1949 (age 75) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | expectantes beatam spem |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Styles of Terence Drainey | |
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Reference style | The Right Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Terence Patrick Drainey (born 1 August 1949, inManchester) is an EnglishCatholicprelate. He is the seventh and currentBishop of Middlesbrough.
Drainey studied for the priesthood atSt Cuthbert's College, Ushaw and theRoyal English College atValladolid, Spain. He was ordained in 1975 for theDiocese of Salford where he worked for ten years as an assistant priest at St Wulstan,Great Harwood. From 1986 to 1991 he was on loan to theArchdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya as afidei donum (literally translated as "gift of faith") priest.
In 1991, upon leaving Africa, Drainey returned to the Salford diocese where he was appointed parish priest at the church of the Holy Cross,Patricroft,Eccles in Salford, where he served for the next six years prior to being appointed spiritual director to the Royal English College at Valladolid in 1997.
In June 2003, Drainey returned to England to take up the position of President ofUshaw College. Three years later, on 12 April 2006, he was appointed a Papal Chaplain byPope Benedict XVI with the title ofMonsignor.
Drainey was appointed seventhBishop of Middlesbrough by the Pope on 17 November 2007 and was installed byPatrick Kelly,Archbishop of Liverpool, inSt Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, on 25 January 2008. Upon his appointment he requested that people call him "Bishop Terry" to avoid confusion with BishopTerence Brain of Salford.[1]
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Preceded by | Bishop of Middlesbrough 2007–present | Incumbent |