Paul McAleenan (born 15 July 1951) is a Northern Irish-born Auxiliary Bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster in England.
Biography
Born in Belfast , Northern Ireland on 15 July 1951, McAleenan attended St Gabriel's Secondary School in Belfast.[ 1] He worked in Engineering prior to entering the priesthood in 1979. NcAlleenan trained for the priesthood in St. Patrick's College, Thurles in Tipperary County , Ireland, and was ordained in 1985,[ 2] for the Diocese of Westminster.
McAleenan served for 30 years in several English parishes. He was named Canon prior to his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster in November 2015.[ 3] As an auxiliary bishop, he has pastoral oversight for the deaneries of Hertfordshire.
British human rights activist and journalist William Gomes has criticised Bishop McAleenan for ignoring him and listening him and others with lived experiences of racism [ 4]
References
External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster
Churches
St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
St Casimir, Bethnal Green
Benson Memorial Church
Brompton Oratory
Holy Trinity, Brook Green
St Mary, Cadogan Street
Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town
Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Camden
Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea
Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick
St Peter, Clerkenwell
St Etheldreda, Ely Place
Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fulham
St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham
St Andrew Bobola, Hammersmith
St Augustine, Hammersmith
St Theodore, Hampton
St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington
Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow
Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Heston
St Joseph, Highgate
St Monica, Hoxton
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington
Our Lady of Victories, Kensington
Sacred Heart, Kilburn
St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth
St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane
St Mary Moorfields
Mary Immaculate and St Peter, New Barnet
Notre Dame de France
St Monica, Palmer's Green
St Alban and St Stephen, St Albans
St Patrick, Soho Square
St Anselm, Southall
St James, Spanish Place
St Ignatius, Stamford Hill
St Mary and St Michael, Stepney
Sacred Heart, Teddington
English Martyrs, Tower Hill
St James, Twickenham
St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham
Holy Rood, Watford
St Mary Magdalen, Whetstone
St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove
Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington
All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington
St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School
Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Bishop Douglass Catholic School
Cardinal Pole Catholic School
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford
The Douay Martyrs School
St Augustine's Priory, Ealing
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Finchley Catholic High School
Gumley House Convent School
Gunnersbury Boys' School
John F Kennedy Catholic School
The John Henry Newman School
La Sainte Union Catholic School
London Oratory School
Loreto College, St Albans
Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School
Mount House School
Newman Catholic College
Nicholas Breakspear School
Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill
Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
Sacred Heart Language College
St Anthony's School, Hampstead
St Aloysius' College, Highgate
St Angela's Ursuline School
St Anne's Catholic High School
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
St Dominic's Sixth Form College
St George's Catholic School
St Gregory's Catholic Science College
St Ignatius College, Enfield
St James' Catholic High School, Colindale
St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth
St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford
St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
St Michael's Catholic High School
St Columba's College, St Albans
St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames
St Richard Reynolds Catholic College
Salvatorian College
St Thomas More Language College
St Catherine's School, Twickenham
St Edmund's College, Ware
Westminster Cathedral Choir School
St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green