Rt Rev Patrick McKinney

Rt Rev Patrick McKinney

Bishop of Nottingham

Bishop Patrick McKinney was brought up in Birmingham and was ordained to the priesthood on 29 July 1978.

Between 1982 and 1984, he studied for a Licence in Sacred Theology in the Pontfical Gregorian University in Rome.  Returning to the Archdiocese of Birmingham, he taught fundamental theology in St Mary’s College, Oscott until 1989, when he was appointed Rector, a post he held for nine years, during which period he was also a lecturer in ecclesiology, the theology of the Church.

He went on to serve as Parish Priest of a number of parishes in the Archdiocese of Birmingham and as an Episcopal Vicar for Staffordshire for a number of years.  During this time, he served as a Foundation Governor and Chair of Governors in a number of Catholic primary schools and as chaplain to a large secondary school in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.  He was made a Prelate of Honour in 1990 and a member of the Metropolitan Chapter of St Chad in 1992.  He also served for a time as Chair of the Birmingham Archdiocesan Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue.

On 14 May May 2015, he was appointed tenth Bishop of Nottingham by Pope Francis and was ordained to the episcopate by Cardinal Vincent Nichols (Archbishop of Westminster) in St Barnabas’ Cathedral, Nottingham on 3 July 2015.